As of July 1, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will once again process online applications for visitor visas and electronic travel authorizations (eTAs). Despite Visa Application Centres gradually reopening, processing will be limited to online applications only.
Canada remains closed to tourists and all other non-essential travel until at least July 31. Those who are eligible to travel to Canada must have a plan to isolate themselves for 14-days. This is mandatory even if the traveler does not have symptoms of the virus.
The purpose of resuming processing of visitor visas and eTAs now is to ensure that processing times are not significantly delayed once the COVID-19 related travel restrictions are lifted.
IRCC continues to process applications for work, study, and permanent visas but these are also limited to electronic submissions.
Lauren Boorman
Adam Pinsky
