Temporary Resident Document Cancellations at POE

New rules to strengthen temporary resident document cancellations, and border security and integrity

Effective January 31, 2025, the new changes give immigration and border services officers authority to cancel electronic travel authorizations (eTAs) and temporary resident visas (TRVs) on a case-by-case basis:

*a change in a person’s status or circumstances makes them inadmissible or no longer eligible to hold the document (for example, the person provided false information, has a criminal history or is deceased)

*an officer is not satisfied that someone will leave Canada by the end of their authorized period of stay

*the document is lost, stolen, destroyed or abandoned

The changes also enable officers to cancel TRVs, eTAs, work permits and study permits issued to people:

*they become a permanent resident

*they are deceased, or

*the document was issued based on an administrative error