Pilot program to exempt permanent residence applicants in the family class or the spouse or common-law partner in Canada - Extended to 2023

Foreign nationals applying to immigrate to Canada are required to both declare and have all of their family members (spouse or common-law partner and children) examined, even if those family members are not accompanying the principal applicant.
Instructions have been added that the current pilot program, set to expire on September 9, 2021, has been extended for 2 years. The impact of COVID-19 on the processing of applications, as well as the results of an analysis of the pilot, has warranted extending the pilot by implementing a subsequent public policy that will be in effect from September 10, 2021 to September 9, 2023.

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