Six Canada immigration Visa Application Centres are currently open in India for candidates to submit biometrics, as the centres continue to resume limited services amid the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n
The VACs are open by appointment only and are offering \u201cbiometrics collection services for priority family sponsorship<\/span><\/a> applications\u201d, according to the Government of Canada website.<\/p>\n The six VACs currently open are:<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n Canada Introduces Biometrics Exemption for Some Permanent Residence Applicants<\/a><\/span> Canada closed down its VAC network in March in a move aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n While it has begun opening certain centres, full services are unlikely to resume anytime soon as a second wave of the virus sweeps around the world.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Canada has opened two temporary VACs in the U.S. as of November 23, at locations in Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n The temporary centres are only for biometrics collection and will be open for a year. Other services are available at the Los Angeles and New York VACs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe locations have been chosen to make it more convenient for those applicants affected by VAC \u2026\u00a0 <\/span>closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide their biometrics in support of ongoing or new applications,\u201d an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada statement said.<\/p>\n\n
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