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Canada still processing visa, eTA, study, and immigration applications. Canada Visa and Immigration big announcement

Remaining positive, the Candian government is thinking big. Canada is still processing visa, eTA, study, and immigration applications.

On 10 April, Canad’s official immigration website released information about the latest visa and immigration updates. It has finally decided who can still travel to Canada.

Canada still processing visa, eTA, study, and immigration applications.

Work visas

Canada will keep on processing work visa applications for temporary foreign workers. Special priority will be given to those of essential services streams such as food supply chain, farming, health, and medicines. Ease has also been announced LMIA reports for the following 10 occupations:

  1. General Farm Workers (NOC 8431)
  2. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (NOC 9462)
  3. Transport Truck Drivers (NOC 7511)
  4. Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers (NOC 8252)
  5. Harvesting labourers (NOC 8611)
  6. Fish and seafood plant workers (NOC 9463)
  7. Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers-retail and wholesale (NOC 6331)
  8. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (NOC 8432)
  9. Labourers in fish and seafood processing (NOC 9618)
  10. Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing (NOC 9617)

Study permits

Study permits will also be processed for the upcoming terms to its maximum extent according to IRCC. A student who has got a study permit before 18 March 2020 will still be able to come to Canada.

Temporary visitor’s visa

A temporary visitor’s visa application has been set aside as no essential. Until further updates, no such applications will be processed.  This suspension also applies to some electronic travel authorization (eTA) applications.

Permanent residency

Permanent residency applications will be kept on processing. All permanent residency status holders will be able to come to Canda who got it before 18 March 2020. Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residence were issued to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores as low as 455 on April 16, 2020. Further on, PR applications will be processed as usual.

Bio-Metrics updates

All applicants receiving the Bio-Metrics requirement will be able to submit it in 90 days instead of 30 days.