Biometrics Requirement Visitor Extend PR Application Process

[Rajpal (Admin)]

The biometrics requirements as per section 12.1 IRPR can be divided into the following 2 categories

1 ) Visitor Visa, Study and Work Permit Applications:

For these applications, you only need to give your biometrics once every 10 years. This means that if you have already given biometrics in the past 10 years as part of an application for a temporary resident visa, work or study permit and as they’re still valid, you don’t need to give them again.

2 ) Permanent Residence Applications:

For PR applications, you must give your biometrics and pay the associated fee each time even if you have given them in the past as part of another application.

In your cousin’s case, since she has not provided biometrics in the past for her temporary resident visa, she will now have to provide them for her extend of status application. The biometrics she provided for her permanent residency application cannot be used as part of her extend of status application. Unfortunately, she will have to pay twice for biometrics (once for PR application & once for extend of status application).

For further information about biometrics, please see the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/biometrics/facts.html