#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: ANALYSIS: The latest announcement comes despite pressure to lift Canada's border restrictions. The decision to keep the restrictions is likely due to policy and politics. The Canadian government provided another coronavirus pandemic surprise. It announced it will keep its international and United States travel restrictions in place for at least one more month, until July 21. On the br

#COVID19 #COPR #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: All valid Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) holders can now complete their landings and become Canadian immigrants. After 15 months, Canada’s border has reopened to approved permanent residents. These newcomers can now officially immigrate to Canada when they arrive at the border. Granted, they will be subject to the same public health measures that affect all incoming travellers. Immigration Minister Marco

#COVID19 #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions #reopening As for CIC News: The Canadian prime minister says the government is monitoring the COVID situation inside and outside Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that Canada will likely further ease travel restrictions this summer. In a press conference on June 22, Trudeau said Canada is prepared to lift travel restrictions once more people become fully vaccinated. “We’re talking about weeks and n

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Minister Blair tweeted that the government will be extending travel restrictions for another month. Canada will be extending its restrictions on international travellers until July 21. Public safety minister, Bill Blair, confirmed the news in a tweet on June 18, saying Canada is extending travel restrictions on non-essential international travel until July 21st, 2021. Blair also said

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Canadian government confirms it is extending restrictions by one month until July 21. It will announce a phased reopening plan on Monday. The Canadian government has confirmed it is extending restrictions on non-essential travel from around the world and the United States until July 21. CIC News Update: Click here to read the latest CIC News story on international travel restrictions

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Canadian officials confirmed the border will remain closed to non-essential travel for another month. Canada announced today that the border with the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21. In spite of pressure from the business community and a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border the closure in place since March

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Canada is easing quarantine requirements for fully-vaccinated exempt travellers, opening border to COPR holders. Canada’s phased approach to easing border measures will begin on July 5, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, for fully vaccinated travellers who are exempt from travel restrictions, which now includes approved permanent residents. Fully vaccinated travellers who are permitted to enter

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: ANALYSIS: It likely will not begin June 21, but a phased reopening could start in July. All eyes are on the Canadian border as the current travel restrictions are set to expire this Monday, June 21. The question is, will they be extended again? There has been much discussion, and hints leaked to the media, but officials have been tight-lipped so far. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has

#COVID19 #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions #reopening As for CIC News: Canadian business leaders are calling on the government to reopen the borders and economy immediately. Canadian business groups, are urging the federal government to come up with a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders. On June 14, the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable called on the federal government to release the plan immediately. The government has not

#COVID19 #travel #travelrestrictions #NHL As for CIC News: Hockey players coming to Canada to play in the Stanley Cup will not have to complete 14 days of isolation. The federal government is allowing National Hockey League teams to cross the Canada-U.S. border for the final two rounds of the championship playoffs. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino has issued a “national interest” exemption, allowing NHL hockey players to cross the border with a modified quarantine require

#COVID19 #CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions #quarantine As for CIC News: Health minister wants loosen quarantine rules for exempt travellers who are fully vaccinated for the first phase of easing travel restrictions. Canadians and exempt travellers who are fully vaccinated will soon have an amended quarantine requirement when arriving from abroad. Health Minister Patty Hajdu told reporters that travellers who are already exempt from travel rest

#CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Non-essential travellers may be allowed to come to Canada if they are fully vaccinated, according to the prime minister. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking at a phased-in approach to reopening the Canadian border, starting with fully vaccinated travellers. “We are looking at how we’re going to start welcoming up tourists in a phased way as the numbers come down in Canada, as the numbers

#COVID19 #IRCC #immigration #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: IRCC has frozen some applications of CEC and PNP applicants who are in Canada but have spouses and children overseas. When Arsheveer Kaur returned to Canada in May 2020, she never imagined she would be giving birth to her son without her husband by her side. Now, more than one year, Kaur and her husband, Jugraj Singh, are still separated by administrative red tape. Amid the pandemic, Immigration, Refugee

#CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Scientific panel advising the Canadian government, recommends ending the mandatory three-day hotel stay, but that the home quarantine policy remain in place. The scientific panel that advises the Canadian federal government on COVID-19-related issues is now recommending ending the mandatory hotel quarantine. Since February 22, air travellers to Canada have been required by law to check in to a

#CanadaUSborder #canadaborderreopening #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: While no official date has been set, a recent meeting with Ontario border-city mayors and the federal government suggest June 22 could be a date to watch. A meeting with Ontario mayors from border cities and the public safety minister suggests travel restrictions may start to ease on the southern border by the end of June. Mayor Drew Dilkens from Windsor told iHeartRadio that while the feds di

#CanadaUSborder #travel #travelrestrictions As for CIC News: Trudeau suggests Canada-U.S. border will reopen when at least 75 per cent of Canadians are vaccinated. Canada has extended the travel restrictions in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Travel continues to be restricted from all countries, including the U.S., through to June 21 Restrictions on travel to Canada from countries other than the U.S. will be extended until Jun