January 6 According to a comprehensive report by Canada’s Sing Tao Daily, Immigration Canada provides temporary residents with another opportunity to extend their stay.
Temporary residents, including foreign workers, students and visitors, can apply for restoration of identity before August 31.
According to the information on the Canadian government website, those who have valid temporary resident status on or after January 30, 2020 but whose validity expire on or before May 31, 2021, can apply for the restoration of their temporary residence before August 31, 2021, according to the unofficial agency Canada Immigration Newsletter. Resident status.
The Federal Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) announced a policy on July 14, 2020 to relax the deadline for temporary residents to apply for restoration status until December 31, 2020.
The new policy is to extend the deadline again on this basis, which will affect the current country but lose temporary Identity foreign workers, students and visitors.
Normally, they have 90 days to apply for the restoration of their temporary resident status, but due to the interruption of services caused by the epidemic, affected people can now submit their applications by the end of August if they meet the conditions.
Eligibility for this new policy is that the applicant must be in Canada and have a valid temporary Canadian status between January 30, 2020 and May 31, 2021.
They must remain in Canada since they entered the country, during which temporary status expired. At the same time, they also need to pay an application fee to restore their temporary resident status.
The beneficiaries of the new policy include people with work visas and eligible temporary foreign workers, who are allowed to start work while waiting for the restoration of their status.
