Effective September 22, some permanent residence applicants do not need to provide their biometric as per Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Due to COVID-19, most biometrics collection service points, and Visa Application Centres were temporarily closed, thereby affecting many permanent resident applicants, who were unable to give their biometrics. Also, it is uncertain as to when biometric collection services in Canada and overseas will reopen and operate at full capacity.
Hence permanent residence applicants are exempt from requiring to provide new biometrics along with their application for permanent residence if they have given their biometrics in the last 10 years.
Eligible applicants
Candidates are exempt from submitting their biometrics whether they are inside or outside Canada if they have both
• a pending or new application for permanent residence
• previously provided their biometrics within the 10-year period before the day on which they made the current permanent residence application
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