Applicants in India can submit their passports and can only fetch their decision envelopes in person on Saturdays.
This facility is provided at the Visa Application Centres in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, and New Delhi.
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On Saturdays, the VAC’s working hours will be from 9 AM – 2 PM. This facility is made available for the applicants who did not acquire a 2-way courier service.
Until further notice, travel agents and representatives are not allowed to submit Decision Envelopes and passports.
During weekdays, applicants must continue using the two-way courier service to submit passport and Decision envelopes pickup.
A new directive issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) was updated for the Canada visa applicants in India on the Biometric Instruction Letters (BIL).
The expired passport submission letters and the passports submitted after the 30-day validity period are no longer accepted by the IRCC.