{"id":77945,"date":"2020-06-16T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-until-july-21"},"modified":"2020-06-16T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:12:38","slug":"canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-until-july-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-until-july-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada-U.S. Border to Remain Closed Until July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/coronavirus-canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-for-another-month-until-june-21\">to non-essential travel<\/a> until July 21 following a further extension announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The widely-expected 30-day extension was announced by Trudeau in his daily coronavirus press briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI can now confirm that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend current border measures by 30 days until July 21,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a measure that will protect people on both sides of the border as we continue to fight COVID-19.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The move represents a third month-long extension to the border closure, initially announced in March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rules allow for the continuation of essential travel, including trucks that are essential to the maintenance of supply chains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Canada recently announced <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-to-provide-limited-exemption-to-u-s-border-closure-to-reunite-families\">an exemption to the border closure<\/a> to allow immediate family members of citizens and permanent residents to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. is the world\u2019s hardest-hit country, with more than two million cases of the virus. U.S. federal and state officials have often been at odds on the best way to respond to COVID-19, resulting in a patchwork of measures across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span>Read More<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-to-provide-limited-exemption-to-u-s-border-closure-to-reunite-families\">Canada to Provide \u2018Limited Exemption\u2019 to U.S. Border Closure to Reunite Families<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/who-can-cross-canada-u-s-border-ircc-cbsa-need-same-interpretation-of-covid-19-restrictions\">Who Can Cross Canada-U.S. Border? IRCC, CBSA Need Same Interpretation of COVID-19 Restrictions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/coronavirus-canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-for-another-month-until-june-21\">Coronavirus: Canada-U.S. Border To Remain Closed For Another Month Until June 21<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1eav8hru91\">Gradual Reopening<\/h3>\n<p><span>Currently, each of Canada\u2019s provinces is doing all it can to safely re-open following virus-related lockdowns, looking to kickstart their economies after an incredibly difficult period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has offered guidance on what constitutes essential and non-essential travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reasons considered \u2018non-essential\u2019 include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>To visit family for a vacation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>For the birth of a grandchild, nephew, niece, cousin, etc. (For the parent of a child, this may be considered non-discretionary travel; however, it will still require assessment.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>To spend time at a secondary residence (vacation home, hunting or fishing lodge, etc.). This includes entry for upkeep or maintenance purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>To attend the funeral of a family member (This purpose of travel would be improbable due to quarantine measures and limits to the number of attendees at funerals under provincial restrictions.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Reasons considered \u2018essential\u2019 include travel for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Economic services and supply chains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Critical infrastructure support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Health (immediate medical care), safety and security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Supporting Indigenous communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Transiting through Canada for non-optional or non-discretionary purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Studying in Canada if already approved for a study permit on or before March 18.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tending to family matters for non-optional or non-discretionary purposes (such as bringing supplies to elderly parents or tending to sick family members) when there is no one else available in Canada to assist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Any other activities that are deemed non-optional or non-discretionary by the Government of Canada or based on an officer\u2019s assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1eav8hpve0\">14-Day Self-Quarantine Plan<\/h3>\n<p><span>Regardless of the reason for travel or exemption, any traveller with COVID-19 symptoms will not be allowed to enter Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Furthermore, anyone entering Canada from the US or any other country will be required\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/covid-19-anyone-entering-canada-must-have-plan-for-14-day-isolation\">to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days upon entry<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Travellers are also required to present a quarantine plan, with details of where they will stay, how they will get groceries and medication and whether they will be staying with vulnerable people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21 following a further extension announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday. The widely-expected 30-day extension was announced by Trudeau in his daily coronavirus press briefing. \u201cI can now confirm that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend current border measures by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":77940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69391,68467,4859],"tags":[69166,68445,68446,69173,69174],"class_list":["post-77945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada-u-s-border-fr","category-coronavirus-fr","category-lactualite-canadienne","tag-canada-u-s-border-fr","tag-coronavirus-fr","tag-covid-19-fr","tag-immigration-to-canada-fr","tag-international-travel-fr","category-69391","category-68467","category-4859","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}