Welcome to the website of the Canada visa application centre (CVAC) in United States. TT Services is the exclusive service provider for the Government of Canada, authorized to provide administrative support services to visa applicants in United States. The Canada Visa Application Centre is operated by VFS Global on behalf of TT Visa Services Ltd (hereinafter TT Services).
Los Angeles
Travel Quarantine requirements for LA County are still in force. Only LA County residents can be seen without travel restrictions. Anyone coming from another county, out of state, or out of country into LA County is required to quarantine for 10 days.
Please visit the links below for details on travel restrictions and precautionary quarantine requirements currently in place for Los Angeles. Applicants are advised to plan their visit to the Canada VAC Los Angeles accordingly.
Current Travel Order as 3 of February http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/traveladvisory.htm
Current Health Officer Order as of 18 February: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/reopening-la.htm
New York:
The NY Governor has announced that domestic travelers will no longer need to quarantine effective 1 April 2021. All international travelers must still quarantine.
Please visit the link below for details on travel restrictions and precautionary quarantine requirements currently in place for New York. Applicants are advised to plan their visit to the Canada VAC in New York accordingly.
Interim guidance for quarantine restrictions on travelers arriving in New York State following out-of-state travel may request for exemptions at TravelAdvisoryExemption@health.ny.gov
San Francisco:
The San Francisco Health Officer has lifted the Travel Quarantine requirements, although Non-Essential travel is still discouraged.
When visiting the VAC, applicants will be required to:
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, the Visa Application Centre is only accepting applications for biometrics exempt applicants via the two way courier service offered by the VAC.
All passports will also only be returned using the courier services offered by the Visa Application Centre.
The Visa Application Centre is offering courier services at a discount of 10% on the courier prices listed in the pricing table on this website. This discounted rate will only be available from 23 March 2020 until further notice.
Documents and passports submitted using other courier vendor, other than the one offered by the VAC and pre-paid envelopes for the return of decision envelopes are not accepted at the VAC in New York and Los Angeles until further notice
The Visa Application Centre is offering courier services at a discount of 10% on the courier prices listed in the pricing table on this website. This discounted rate will only be available from March 2020 until further notice
IMPORTANT
Following Ministerial Instructions issued by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on April 9, April 29, May 19, June 9, July 1, October 1, 2020 applicants can no longer submit an application for temporary residence in paper at the VAC. New Ministerial Instructions issued on February 1, 2021 have extended this measure until September 30, 2021 with some exemptions. Please check the IRCC website to find out more about these exemptions.
Most applications for temporary residence must continue to be submitted online via IRCC’s website:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html
If you submitted an application for temporary residence in paper to the VAC and are not eligible under one of these exemptions, your application will be returned to you.
Please note that as of July 1, 2020, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada lifted the suspension on the processing of temporary resident visa (visitor visa) applications. Although processing of applications has resumed, travel restrictions to Canada remain in place. For more details, visit the IRCC website.
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