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FrenchFamily

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Dec 18, 2020
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I have a question concerning this link

It's written :
Approved permanent residence applications (with a COPR and PRV issued to clients outside Canada)
Valid COPR and PRV
Travelling from any country other than the US (group 1)
If the COPR and PRV were issued on or before March 18, 2020 and are still valid, the applicant

  • is exempt from the travel restrictions
  • can travel to Canada for non-discretionary reasons with the COPR and PRV in order to settle and live in Canada as a permanent resident and
  • must have an acceptable plan to quarantine for 14 days in Canada
Applicants must check the issue date in the Application Details section of their COPR to see if this applies to them.

Travelling from the US (group 2)
Applicants can travel to Canada from the US for non-discretionary reasons to settle and live in Canada as a permanent resident if

  • their application was approved
  • they received their COPR and PRV and both are still valid and
  • they have an acceptable plan to quarantine for 14 days in Canada
If you come from outside the US, you must have a CoPR issued before the 18th of March (Group 1)... No problem, we all know that for a while now!

But, does it mean that you can come through the US in order to cross the border and validate your CoPR, doesn't matter when it was issued? Of course with quarantine plan...
They're just talking about TRAVEL, no IDENTITY...
Am I Right?
 

Naturgrl

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Apr 5, 2020
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https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/immigration-applicants.html#approved

it is confusing because on the immigration travel site it states,
  • You are exempt from the current travel restrictions and can come to Canada if you have a valid COPR, and
    • the COPR was issued on or before March 18, 2020, or
    • the COPR was issued after March 18, 2020 and you are an immediate family member sponsored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (note that grandparents are not considered immediate family members and cannot come to Canada at this time), or
    • you’re currently living in the U.S. and will be coming to Canada directly (transiting through the U.S. to Canada doesn’t apply)
 

mysee

Full Member
Nov 15, 2019
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https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/immigration-applicants.html#approved

it is confusing because on the immigration travel site it states,
  • You are exempt from the current travel restrictions and can come to Canada if you have a valid COPR, and
    • the COPR was issued on or before March 18, 2020, or
    • the COPR was issued after March 18, 2020 and you are an immediate family member sponsored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (note that grandparents are not considered immediate family members and cannot come to Canada at this time), or
    • you’re currently living in the U.S. and will be coming to Canada directly (transiting through the U.S. to Canada doesn’t apply)
This means you should be living in the US and coming from there , not like you are living in let’s say India, then take a flight from India to US(in transit) and then make it to Canada .
 

FrenchFamily

Full Member
Dec 18, 2020
41
12
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/immigration-applicants.html#approved

it is confusing because on the immigration travel site it states,
  • You are exempt from the current travel restrictions and can come to Canada if you have a valid COPR, and
    • the COPR was issued on or before March 18, 2020, or
    • the COPR was issued after March 18, 2020 and you are an immediate family member sponsored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (note that grandparents are not considered immediate family members and cannot come to Canada at this time), or
    • you’re currently living in the U.S. and will be coming to Canada directly (transiting through the U.S. to Canada doesn’t apply)
yes it’s confusing...
Your IRCC cote was updated on octobre 23rd.
Mine was updated on dec the 14th...
So which one is right?
And once again it’s written travel, not us resident!
Maybe you have to travel in the US first, not only transit... so you have to stay first in the US then you can go to Canada... don’t know

yes I’m French and I know that the border is closed... But some US media are talking about the fact that the trump administration is about to reopen the border between USA, UK and Schengen!
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