My wife is pregnant and she is due in May and wants her mother to be with her here in Canada around that time but due to travel restrictions put in place I guess she can't travel, she has a valid TRV though.
I heard that there are some exceptions to this travel ban where immediate family members of a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident can still travel to Canada. Does anybody know if my wife being a Permanent Resident can bring her mother if she comes under immediate family member category maybe ?
The latest announcement already mentioned "close family" rather than "immediate family". Where could we find their definition of close family? My parents have supervisa and already have tickets before the travel ban. Thank you so much for your help.
"These exemptions follow others announced earlier this week, for
foreign nationals travelling at the invitation of the Canadian government for a purpose related to the containment of COVID-19
close family members of Canadian citizens
close family members of Canadian permanent residents"
The latest announcement already mentioned "close family" rather than "immediate family". Where could we find their definition of close family? My parents have supervisa and already have tickets before the travel ban. Thank you so much for your help.
"These exemptions follow others announced earlier this week, for
foreign nationals travelling at the invitation of the Canadian government for a purpose related to the containment of COVID-19
close family members of Canadian citizens
close family members of Canadian permanent residents"
The latest announcement already mentioned "close family" rather than "immediate family". Where could we find their definition of close family? My parents have supervisa and already have tickets before the travel ban. Thank you so much for your help.
"These exemptions follow others announced earlier this week, for
foreign nationals travelling at the invitation of the Canadian government for a purpose related to the containment of COVID-19
close family members of Canadian citizens
close family members of Canadian permanent residents"
Only speculation on my part but personally would assume close still means the definition of immediate, spouse and dependant children. This is a common fault with IRCC different people write different web pages and in just using one word over the other they create confusion.
Not sure any visitor visa holders which a super visa is are considered essential travellers.
Also note this statement below in the announcement which seems to imply temporary resident visa holders in the visitor classification, which a Super Visa is, are excluded from the exemption. Add to that as well many health insurance companies are tending to exclude COVID from their policies so something to check as well should the worst happen.
As said just my interpretation and personally if were my parents I would persuade them to stay put for a few months rather than risk travelling. They say airplanes are pretty well filtered but you still have people seated all around and the airport waiting/immigration areas, your choice if visitor travel allowed.
Exemptions to the air travel restrictions will apply to foreign nationals who have already committed to working, studying or making Canada their home, and travel by these individuals will be considered essential travel for land border restrictions.
The latest announcement already mentioned "close family" rather than "immediate family". Where could we find their definition of close family? My parents have supervisa and already have tickets before the travel ban. Thank you so much for your help.
"These exemptions follow others announced earlier this week, for
foreign nationals travelling at the invitation of the Canadian government for a purpose related to the containment of COVID-19
close family members of Canadian citizens
close family members of Canadian permanent residents"
It's still limiated to immediate family members (so no parents).
It's clear from the wording in the link above of the above. The link above mentions the new exemptions, and then states: "These exemptions follow others announced earlier this week, for... close family members of Canadian citizens" Nothing has changed with regards to family members with the most recent announcement.
My wife is pregnant and she is due in May and wants her mother to be with her here in Canada around that time but due to travel restrictions put in place I guess she can't travel, she has a valid TRV though.
I heard that there are some exceptions to this travel ban where immediate family members of a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident can still travel to Canada. Does anybody know if my wife being a Permanent Resident can bring her mother if she comes under immediate family member category maybe ?
If they don’t set limitations on what foreign nationals are allowed in, then they just as well let everyone in, and wave a white flag in surrender to the Covid-19
You can have a very a Canadian delivery and post partum period just father and mother. Fathers in Canada are usually in the delivery room, change diapers, help cook and clean while the wife is recovering or tired, etc. The nurses will teach you the basics and you can ask some questions, you can take parental leave if you are still working and can, there are services like lactation consultants if your wife needs advice about breastfeeding, etc.
Just to add that general advice is that family members who may have existing health conditions which is very often the case with many parents should as far as possible remain apart from other family members until the COVID situation stabilises, the older the parent bigger the risk. Always a balance of risk versus need but to ask parents or to be grandparents to make an intercontinental trip at the present time may not be the best choice for anyone and may worst case be a regrettable choice. Add to that any new travel insurance exclusions since the situation arose.
At the moment most hospitals are also limiting the amount of visitors that can go to hospitals including L&D. Each hospital will have their own policy but my local hospital was allowing only 1 guest with the woman. Some floors have no visitors.
