COVID-19: U.S. Advises Against Travel To Canada

Canada immigration news: Canada’s increasing COVID-19 cases have caused U.S. officials to advise against travel north of the border.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised Canada to ‘Level Four: Very High’ in its travel recommendations. This means Americans should avoid travelling to Canada.

There are more than 80 countries with Level Four status in the U.S.

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Hospitalisations are at or near record highs in a number of provinces, including Ontario and Quebec.

Provincial health officials are racing to administer as many booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine as possible to nullify the impact of the variant.

As of December 15, Canada’s federal government is advising against all non-essential travel outside Canada due to the Omicron variant.

Colin Singer

Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.