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Mandatory Online Submission for Temporary Resident Applications

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada
Operative dateJuly 1, 2020
CategoryTemporary residence / administration / digital requirement
Affected groupForeign nationals who are outside canada at the time of application for temporary resident visas, work permits, or study permits

Policy effect

Mandated that all applications for a temporary resident visa (including a transit visa), a work permit, or a study permit submitted by foreign nationals who are outside Canada at the time of application must be submitted using electronic means (apply online). Applications not submitted by electronic means will not be accepted and processing fees will be returned, except for foreign nationals who, because of a disability, are unable to meet a requirement to make an application, submit any document or provide a signature or information using electronic means, in which case they may do so by any other means made available or specified by the Minister. These instructions take effect on July 1, 2020, and expire on September 30, 2020.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Mandated that all applications for a temporary resident visa (including a transit visa), a work permit, or a study permit submitted by foreign nationals who are outside Canada at the time of application must be submitted using electronic means (apply online).; Applications not submitted by electronic means will not be accepted and processing fees will be returned, except for foreign nationals who, because of a disability, are unable to meet a requirement to make an application, submit any document or provide a signature or information using electronic means, in which case they may do so by any other means made available or specified by the Minister.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

All applications for a temporary resident visa (including a transit visa), a work permit, or a study permit submitted by foreign nationals who are outside Canada at the time of application must be submitted using electronic means (apply online). … Applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on or after the coming into force of the Instructions that were not submitted by electronic means will not be accepted and processing fees will be returned, except in the case of foreign nationals who, for reason of disability, submit an application by any other means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose. … These Instructions take effect on July 1, 2020, and expire on September 30, 2020.
Canada GazetteCanada Gazette, Part I, Volume 154, Number 28: Ministerial Instructions with respect to the submission of online applications for temporary resident visas and other documents due to reduced processing capacity during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2020/2020-07-11/html/notice-avis-eng.html

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