Permanent residence - Covid-19 Update

Expedited processing
The decision to expedite an application due to special circumstances remains at the discretion of IRCC, including the migration program manager of the responsible IRCC office and the manager of the responsible processing office in Canada.

Requests for additional documents on open applications
The COVID-19 facilitation, where request letters for additional information or documents were issued with 90-day extensions, applies until April 11, 2021. On April 12, 2021 and later, an officer will send a final request letter with a 30-day deadline to the affected applicants, to allow for either of the following to be provided by the applicant:

*the submission of the missing documents or information, or
*a request for extension to submit documents at a later time with a reasonable explanation and proof of the explanation that would allow the application to remain open
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