Astrolabe Immigration

Travelling or returning to Canada? Starting October 1, all border requirements, including vaccination, testing and quarantine/isolation, will be removed for all travellers entering Canada. You can still use ArriveCAN to voluntarily submit your customs and immigration declaration before arriving at Toronto Pearson, Vancouver or Montreal-Trudeau international airports.

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Canada is a top choice for people looking for a new place to work, study and build their lives with their families. Newcomers and visitors fuel our economy and add vibrancy to our communities.

Strengthening our immigration system means focusing on people, families and communities. It means giving Canada an advantage in the global race for talent and supporting our industries. It also means being flexible to respond to global humanitarian crises and help people when they need it most.
IRCC is taking action to tackle the backlog of applications.

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Building a stronger immigration system - Canada.ca Strengthening Canada’s immigration system means focusing on people, families and communities, giving Canada an advantage in the global race for talent to support our industries, and being flexible to respond to global humanitarian crises.

IRCC announced new measures for foreign nationals with expired or expiring post-graduation work permits and applicants to the temporary resident to permanent resident pathways.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/measures-post-graduation-work-permits-temporary-resident-permanent-resident-pathways.html

As of September 7, fully vaccinated travellers, from any country, can enter Canada.

Check out this summary of the border measure changes:

✔️ Fully vaccinated travellers who meet all of the mandatory requirements do not have to quarantine upon arrival in Canada.

✔️ Travellers MUST show their receipt to board their flight.

✔️ All travellers must have proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test taken within 72 hours before arrival, or a positive result taken 14-180 days before arrival. Antigen tests will not be accepted.

✔️ Fully vaccinated travellers do not need testing, unless they have been randomly selected to complete a Day 1 Covid-19 molecular test.

✔️ Travellers entering Canada for exempt essential purposes, such as medical support and trade and transport, will be able to save time by entering their info in ArriveCAN once and using the same receipt for each entry into Canada.

✔️ Unvaccinated children under 12 travelling with fully vaccinated parents and/or guardians no longer have to quarantine, but must avoid group settings during the first 14 days after arrival.

Get the latest information on travel requirements and restrictions here: http://ow.ly/JjmC50G45DI

Good News for Parents and Grandparents (PGP) program applicants.

We will accept a record number of applications for the 2021 Parents and Grandparents (PGP) program and give those who submitted an Interest to Sponsor form in 2020 another chance to be selected to apply. http://ow.ly/T0El50FA8qA

For the 2021 PGP intake, we will randomly select from the remaining pool of Interest to Sponsor forms received in 2020 and then send invitations to apply to potential sponsors, starting the week of September 20, 2021. We’ll send enough invitations to reach our goal of accepting 30,000 complete applications. Learn more about the 2021 process: http://ow.ly/MNlS50FA8qB