{"id":260521,"date":"2020-07-04T22:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260521"},"modified":"2020-07-05T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T11:25:45","slug":"ircc-temporary-visa-applications-must-be-submitted-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/04\/ircc-temporary-visa-applications-must-be-submitted-online\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCC: Temporary visa applications must be submitted online"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_260522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260522\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concentrated-female-entrepreneur-typing-on-laptop-in-3756681-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This policy will be in effect for those applying for work permits, study permits, and temporary resident visas (TRV) while outside of Canada between July 1 and September 30. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Canada has released new special instructions that require temporary visa applications to be submitted online between July 1 and September 30.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Canada will only accept temporary resident visas submitted online.<\/p>\n<p>This policy will be in effect for those applying for work permits, study permits, and temporary resident visas (TRV) while outside of Canada between July 1 and September 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Need assistance with a temporary visa application process? Contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wp@canadavisa.com\">wp@canadavisa.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) will provide special accommodations for individuals who are unable to complete their application process online due to a disability.<\/p>\n<p>Unless an applicant has a disability, IRCC will not accept paper-based applications during the effective period of this policy and will go ahead and return the application and processing fees to the applicant.<\/p>\n<p>This policy is part of IRCC\u2019s special coronavirus measures to manage immigration applications while it operates at reduced capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, work permit holders are able to travel to Canada so long as they are coming for a non-optional reason. Other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/coronavirus-covid-19-impact-canada-immigration-visa-border-latest-news.html#gs.9ycbip\">exemptions apply,<\/a>\u00a0including if an individual is coming to Canada to be with an immediate family member.<\/p>\n<p>Study permit holders are not able to come to Canada if they did not hold a valid permit as of March 18. This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/mandate\/policies-operational-instructions-agreements\/ministerial-instructions\/other-goals\/mi41.html\">new announcement by IRCC<\/a>, however, suggests that Canada plans to introduce an exemption for study permit holders who wish to begin their studies in Canada this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Need assistance with a temporary visa application process? Contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wp@canadavisa.com\">wp@canadavisa.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has released new special instructions that require temporary visa applications to be submitted online between July 1 and September &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":260522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,54365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","category-instagram","mauthors-kareem-el-assal","mauthors-cic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260523,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260521\/revisions\/260523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}