On February 28, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) implemented this policy to streamline and speed up the processing of TRVs to address the inventory that grew during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy has been successful in clearing most of the older TRV cases in our inventory and has helped IRCC deliver on its commitment to speed up the processing of TRV applications.
The termination of this policy does not impact those who were already issued a visa, and they can continue to travel to Canada until their visa expires.
IRCC has been taking action to reduce processing times and tackle the accumulated inventory in our system. We’re continuing to process TRVs as quickly as possible to respond to the growing number of people who want to visit Canada.