Canada’s COVID-19 travel restrictions & immigration policies:
As per the new government reports, Canada’s COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel has recommended several changes to Canada’s COVID-19 border policies.
The panel has recommended to discontinue the mandatory 3-day hotel stopover required for travellers arriving by air. Air travellers would still be subject to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period, but would be able to complete the entire quarantine at a suitable location of their choosing. Also, the panel has recommended to put in place a system “to validate proof of vaccination for arriving travellers as soon as possible.” The panel recommended that fully vaccinated travellers be exempt from the 14-day quarantine, and that travellers who have received one-dose of a two-dose vaccine regimen be allowed to leave quarantine after receiving a negative result from a COVID-19 PCR test taken upon arrival in Canada.
It is notable that the report does not discuss changing exemptions to Canada’s COVID-19 travel restrictions. The panel only made recommendations regarding measures to be taken at the border, not the eligibility to travel to Canada.
Canada has extended the suspension of all commercial and private passenger flights arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan until June 21.
Canada extends travel restrictions with all countries till June 21, 2021: In a tweet issued on May 20, 2021, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced the extension of Canada’s travel restrictions with all countries, including the United States (the U.S. restrictions are managed through a separate order). Restrictions are now in place until June 21, 2021.
Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship.html
