Mine expires during the first week of August. Whichever airline flies directly. Don't have the luxury of choosing at this moment.
COPR and coronavirus
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The Canadian government is encouraging people with valid COPRs to travel. In light of the pandemic, if the luxury of automatic extensions existed or if extensions were given fairly quickly upon request, no would want to risk doing soft landings. Many have had their initial plans delayed or put on hold for months because of the travel restrictions and lockdowns. For some, winding up and relocating to another country can take months, it's not as easy as you think.
Fair enough. I would have preferred direct flight too, sadly Emirates only flies direct to Toronto. And I would prefer to fly to Calgary instead of taking an additional domestic flight from Toronto.
KLM flies directly to Calgary from Amsterdam starting from July.
Soft landing gonna be headache in these days as India has also imposed a mandatory 7 days paid institutional quarantine for people coming back to India + 7 days quarantine at home. It will be the new norm from now on and might be followed by other countries too if we want a smooth air travel flow between countries.
Returning to Work/Study is considered essential while returning to USA from Canada. I have read 2-3 posts where people completed landing and returned to the US using AVR
Same here, looking for soft landing, I contacted Emirates Airlines today but in vain, had a web chat with 2 and telephone call with 1, all 3 are clueless on any restrictions with regards to soft landing, they just said contact Canadian Embassy, so we don't have any other option just to wait and watch.
The ban between essential travel between two countries seems is not followed if passenger travels via pre-clearance sites.
"What seems to have happened is this rule that the Americans enacted on March 20 seems to only have been directed to the land port of entries," said immigration lawyer Len Saunders.
He told CTV News he only found out about this loophole when a client of his called him Wednesday to say he was in Las Vegas.
"Whoever drafted that rule probably didn’t realize that you have these U.S. pre-flight clearance facilities on Canadian soil," he explained. "Because logically thinking, if you can’t enter at a land port of entry, why should you be able to enter at an airport?"
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/apparent-loophole-in-travel-restrictions-allows-canadians-to-travel-to-u-s-1.4942108
many thanks for your responses, and apologies for a late one on my end. I did call the CBSA office and the lady was most positive - after confirming the job was essential, she said that if I had a job offer, it means "they need me" and that she feels they would allow me to land with my COPR dated after March 19 rather than just allowing me in on a work permit. Does this seem encouraging enough to travel?
Just to add. Below is a link from US Embassy of Canada which defines list of travel types considered as essential by the US
https://ca.usembassy.gov/travel-restrictions-fact-sheet/
So, if you are either returning to work or to resume/begin studies in the US, your travel is considered essential. And you may be correct regarding above article as it is also mentioned that this applies to land entry. If you are flying from Canada to USA, as long as you have valid travel documentation, there should not be any problem.
You can't land in Quebec province without a valid Quebec Certificate of Selection - do you have one? Btw Montreal is 540 km away from Toronto, are you sure you'd want to take a taxi?
I mailed them.They said
they can not give me details as it is consultant portal.He sent screen shot.My file is still in approved status and copr is showing expired.What abt ur status?I think none of the Indian applicant who has got copr from Delhi has undergone this status change from approved to in progress.Anyone?
