The Canadian government has confirmed to CIC News it is extending its coronavirus travel restrictions for at least one more month.
The Canadian border will remain closed for at least another month in an effort to curb corona virus numbers.
Canada originally implemented its travel restrictions on March 18 and they were set to expire today, June 30, at 12 PM EDT.
In an email to CIC News, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed that travel restrictions will remain in place until at least July 31.
The travel restrictions have contributed to Canada’s success in flattening the corona virus curve. In recent days, all of Canada has been able to record around 200 or fewer new daily COVID-19 cases.
This represents a significant improvement compared with the start of the pandemic when over 1,000 daily cases were being recorded across Canada.
Canada’s immigration system has continued to operate since the start of the pandemic.
It has already issued 49,900 ITAs through express entry program in 2020, which is more than what IRCC issued in the first half of 2019. In addition to express entry there are many other immigration programs that the selections of qualified applicants have been selected during pandemic.
