COVID - 19 TRAVEL EXEMPTIONS
COVID-19 - Travel restrictions and exemptions in Canada Permanent Resident
If you’re a landed permanent resident and have no symptoms of COVID-19, you’re allowed to travel to Canada. You must isolate for 14 days when you arrive even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory.
If you are showing symptoms of COVID-19 you will not be allowed to enter Canada by air. You can still enter at a land border and must isolate for 14 days when you arrive. This is mandatory.
Make sure you have a valid permanent resident card or a permanent resident travel document when you travel.
If you haven't landed yet
If you have an approved permanent residence application before March 18, 2020, but you haven’t landed yet, you’re also exempt from the travel restrictions and allowed to come to Canada. You must isolate for 14 days when you arrive even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory.
Are my family members allowed to come to Canada?
As a permanent resident, your immediate family members are exempt from the travel restrictions and allowed to come to Canada.
Your immediate family members must show that they’re coming to Canada for essential reasons and not reasons that are optional or discretionary, such as tourism, recreation or entertainment.
Everyone who comes to Canada must follow the 14-day isolation measure when they arrive.
International students
If you’re an international student who has a valid study permit or were approved for a study permit on or before March 18, 2020, you are exempt from the travel restrictions.
If you’re travelling by air, you need to pass a health check conducted by airlines before you’re allowed to board your flight. Anyone who shows symptoms of COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter Canada by air.
When you arrive in Canada, your health will be assessed before you leave the port of entry. You must isolate for 14 days even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory.
Temporary foreign workers
All temporary foreign workers are exempt from travel restrictions and can travel to Canada by air or land.
If you’re travelling by air, you need to pass a health check conducted by airlines before you’re allowed to board your flight. Anyone who shows symptoms of COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter Canada by air.
When you arrive in Canada, your health will be assessed before you leave the port of entry. You must isolate for 14 days even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory.
Visitors
Until further notice, you can’t travel to Canada even if you have a valid visitor visa or electronic travel authorization (eTA). You may still be able to travel to Canada by air if you’re a
- person registered under Canada’s Indian Act
- protected person
- foreign national travelling at the invitation of the Canadian government for a purpose related to the containment of COVID-19
- Immediate family member of a Canadian citizen
- You must show that you’re coming to Canada for essential reasons and not reasons that are optional or discretionary, such as tourism, recreation or entertainment.
- Immediate family member of a Canadian permanent resident