{"id":80121,"date":"2020-09-29T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/canadas-covid-19-international-travel-restrictions-extended-until-october-31"},"modified":"2020-09-29T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:58:57","slug":"canadas-covid-19-international-travel-restrictions-extended-until-october-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canadas-covid-19-international-travel-restrictions-extended-until-october-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s COVID-19 International Travel Restrictions Extended Until October 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has extended international travel restrictions in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus by another month, to October 31, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made via a federal government Order in Council, published on September 28. The existing travel restrictions, in place since March, had been due to expire on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>It means that the restrictions due to COVID-19 will have been in place for at least seven months. With a second wave of the pandemic currently hitting many parts of the country, it is likely the restrictions will be further extended.<\/p>\n<p>The Order in Council notes that \u201cno reasonable alternatives to prevent the introduction or spread of the disease are available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions cover travellers arriving from a foreign country other than the United States. The travel ban affecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-u-s-border-closure-extended-until-september-21\"><span>Canada-U.S. border<\/span><\/a> is covered by a separate agreement, that currently expires on October 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The following people can currently travel to Canada:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><\/span>Citizens and permanent residents.<\/li>\n<li><span><\/span>Work permit holders travelling for non-optional and non-discretionary reasons.<\/li>\n<li><span><\/span>International students who held a valid study permit, or had been approved for a study permit, on March 18, 2020, who are travelling for non-optional and non-discretionary reasons.<\/li>\n<li><span><\/span>Permanent resident applicants who had been approved for permanent residence before the travel restrictions were announced on March 18, 2020, but who had not yet travelled to Canada.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/explained-canadas-new-exemption-for-family-members-of-citizens-and-permanent-residents\">Immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><\/span><span>Anyone else covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/coronavirus-covid19\/travel-restrictions-exemptions.html\" rel=\"noopener\">exemptions listed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Read More<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-clarifies-which-workers-are-allowed-to-enter-country\">Canada Clarifies Which Workers are Allowed to Enter Country<\/a><\/span><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-u-s-border-closure-extended-until-september-21\">Canada-U.S. Border Closure Extended Until September 21<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/coronavirus-trudeau-says-canada-to-be-cautious-with-reopening-of-borders\">Coronavirus: Trudeau Says Canada to be Cautious with Reopening of Borders<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Anyone entering Canada is still required to quarantine for 14 days on arrival and provide CBSA officers with a viable quarantine plan.<\/p>\n<p>Canada immigration numbers dropped off in July, halting the recovery seen since the start of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The latest federal government figures show 13,645 new permanent residents were admitted during the month, nearly 30 percent down on the 19,180 admissions in June.<\/p>\n<p>July\u2019s figures are also dramatically down on the same month of 2019 when 36,615 new permanent residents were admitted.<\/p>\n<p>New \u2018arrivals\u2019 can either be candidates already in Canada transitioning from a temporary status, or those from overseas who were approved before March 18.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Permanent-Resident-Admissions-to-Canada.png\" alt=\"Permanent Resident Admissions to Canada\" width=\"512\" height=\"325\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Permanent-Resident-Admissions-to-Canada.png 888w, https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Permanent-Resident-Admissions-to-Canada-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Permanent-Resident-Admissions-to-Canada-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Permanent-Resident-Admissions-to-Canada-280x178.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Figures for the first seven months of the year show Canada has now fallen well behind its target of 341,000 new permanent resident arrivals in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Between January and July, Canada welcomed 117,075 new immigrants, down from 196,845 in the same period of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The drop off in numbers have all come since March, when coronavirus restrictions fully took hold, with 47,905 newcomers welcomed in 2020, compared to 130,890 in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has extended international travel restrictions in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus by another month, to October 31, 2020. The decision was made via a federal government Order in Council, published on September 28. The existing travel restrictions, in place since March, had been due to expire on September 30. 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