Canada now accepts citizenship functions online
The new online software is presently solely open to single applicants. The portal will open to households later this year. Canadian everlasting residents can now post purposes for citizenship online.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has launched a new online device that lets citizenship purposes be submitted online.
As of August 11, IRCC has opened the online portal to single candidates over the age of 18. It is no longer open to household applications, nor representatives. Also, it is now not open to those who are employed using the crown and dwelling outdoor of Canada.
Later in 2020, IRCC intends to open the online utility to families, and minors beneath age 18. In 2022, the online software will be handy for consultants to follow on behalf of their clients. It will additionally be open to crown servants declaring dwelling backyard Canada.
Applicants who have already submitted on paper ought to no longer strive to reapply online, IRCC says in a media release.
IRCC had already been creating this new tool, as a section of an initiative to modernize the immigration system. In late 2020, it launched the device to take a look at the platform’s capacity.
The new online portal approves candidates to shop partially completed functions and resume them at a later time. It additionally approves customers to add helping documents, proof of payment, print a PDF and ask for a confirmation of receipt.
Modernization of the immigration system
Immigration Minister Marco Mendocino has stated his imagination and prescient for Canada’s immigration machine to come to be paperless.
The pandemic pressured IRCC to begin modernizing to permit immigration to proceed amid public fitness measures. So far, Canada has made citizenship checking out on hand online, and additionally commenced keeping digital citizenship ceremonies.
Along different traces of business, the branch has additionally begun doing digital landings for newly-arrived everlasting residents. For immigration applicants, a quantity of paper-based applications is beginning to go digital.