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COVID-19 Updates-Resources Newcomer Support ESL Support Career Development Refugee Resources Refugee Claim Process

Learn about changes to immigration policies, visa status, applications and other IRCC services.

Pathway to permanent residency for asylum claimants doing frontline health care work – Government of Canada

COVID-19 impact on IRCC services – Government of Canada

COVID-19 resources for immigrant service providers – AMSSA

Changes to Immigration & Refugee Law – Immigration & Refugee Legal Clinic; Migrant Workers Centre

Links to key information on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s website posted as a courtesy to stakeholders:

  • Temporary residence: COVID-19 program delivery
  • Temporary processing changes
  • Common questions about applying for a visitor visa or eTA
  • Travel restrictions and exemptions
  • Processing changes for visas
  • Ministerial Instructions with respect to the processing of certain new and existing applications for temporary residence
  • Temporary policy changes to allow some international students to apply for Post-Graduate Work Permits (PGWP) in cases where their courses moved online

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