Supervisa stay confused
- Thread starter chahalsatinder
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If you are so concerned have your parent return home and then attempt to reenter Canada to visit again or consult a lawyer.
Actually that's because of https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...instructions/other-goals/super-visa-2023.html - basically it seems like the July 4, 2022 date was done under some residual COVID-related powers or something like that but in 2023 it became permanent with a new law.
Related, https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...rs/minister-2025-05/family-reunification.html and https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/astat/sc-2023-c-21/latest/sc-2023-c-21.html
So that's where the June 2023 date came from.
Also, from https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio.../parent-grandparent-super-visa/about.html#how
> You entered Canada before June 22, 2023
> You can only stay in Canada for the length of time the border officer granted you when you entered Canada. For example, if you were granted 2 years, you can stay in Canada for 2 years.
So the official website is unclear about what happens in the time period between July 4, 2022 and June 22, 2023 if the officer doesn't write a date on the visa, but leaves open the possibility that it's still five years.
Agreed - at this point, this seems like the best course of action. Calling IRCC means being able to pull up the specific visitor record/entry record so they should be able to see from notes how long of a stay the officer chose to grant. If the officer gave two years but left it blank when official guidance at the time was five years... sounds like a disaster in the making.
hi @chahalsatinder I don't understand why you quoted my post and left out the last word, but is there a question I can help answer?
Everybody need to follows law and law was 5 years stay after july7 2022.
My point is clear thanks for your reply and support
I got it
My point is clear thanks for your reply and support
Minor potential hiccup here - for the most part this sort of thing usually doesn't matter, but it might have been that the change in the rule in July 2022 was "administrative" with the legislature not following through with an updated law until June 2023...
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I have a screenshot from 2022, I have shared it with IRCC with one parents application for replacement of document. Once I have response to that, will share it with everyone here