{"id":2984,"date":"2020-07-31T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2021-09-15T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T19:55:34","slug":"permanent-residence-covid-19-program-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/permanent-residence-covid-19-program-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent residence: COVID-19 program delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"
Application intake<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Intake of new permanent residence applications will continue. Files that are incomplete due to unavailable documents will be retained in the system and reviewed in 90 days.<\/span>New, complete<\/span> permanent residence applications under section 10 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) will be processed as per normal procedures while taking into consideration the additional processing guidance outlined in these instructions. <\/span>If a new<\/span> application is missing supporting documentation (associated fees are required), the applicant should include an explanation with their application that they are affected by the service disruptions as a result of the novel coronavirus. The application may then be promoted and reviewed in 90 days.\u00a0<\/span>New applications should be promoted in the order they were received, and the org ID should be associated with them when the applicant self-identifies. If the application is still incomplete in 90 days, officers should request the missing documents with an additional 90-day deadline.\u00a0<\/span>Applications found to be incomplete with no explanation provided, or for reasons unrelated to the disruption of services associated with impacts of the novel coronavirus, may be rejected as per section R10, and all fees associated with the application should be refunded to the applicant. The reason for rejection should be unrelated to the disruption of services.<\/span><\/p>\n If the COPR and PRV were issued on or before March 18, 2020 and are still valid, the applicant<\/span><\/p>\n Applicants must check the issue date in the Application Details section of their COPR to see if this applies to them.<\/span><\/p>\n Applicants can travel to Canada from the US for non-discretionary reasons to settle and live in Canada as a permanent resident if<\/span><\/p>\n If the COPR and PRV were issued on or before March 18, 2020 but are now expired, the applicant<\/span><\/p>\n Applicants must check the issue date in the Application Details section of their COPR to see if this applies to them.<\/span><\/p>\n Applicants with expired COPRs can travel to Canada from the US for non-discretionary reasons to settle and live in Canada as a permanent resident if<\/span><\/p>\n Only permanent resident applicants who are in possession of an expired COPR and PRV and who are ready to travel to Canada should contact IRCC using the web form, to provide information on when the COPR expired and the non-discretionary reason(s) for travelling. Once Web forms are received, the Client Support Centre will refer them to the appropriate processing network (CN or IN), which will assess them based on the eligibility criteria below.<\/span><\/p>\n These applicants can come to Canada and become a permanent resident now if they plan to stay and settle. If they\u2019re planning on coming temporarily and leaving again, they can\u2019t do that right now unless they\u2019re exempt from the travel restrictions. <\/span>They must show<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, the applicant and accompanying family members must show that they meet the following criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n Priority will be given to clients with a proposed or confirmed and detailed travel plan, or a willingness to book and confirm travel plans immediately once approved.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Application intake\u00a0 Intake of new permanent residence applications will continue. Files that are incomplete due to unavailable documents will be retained in the system and reviewed in 90 days.New, complete permanent residence applications under section 10 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) will be processed as per normal procedures while taking into consideration… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderslawfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Approved permanent residence applications (with a COPR and PRV issued to clients outside Canada)<\/span><\/h2>\n
Valid COPR and PRV<\/span><\/h3>\n
Travelling from any country other than the US (group 1)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Travelling from the US (group 2)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Expired COPR and PRV<\/span><\/h3>\n
Travelling from any country other than the US (group 3)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Travelling from the US (group 4)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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