Travelers coming into Canada by the land border can benefit from a one-time exemption if they forget to submit their information through the ArriveCan application.
The federal government discreetly made the change in May for Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and extended it to all foreign nationals, including American citizens, at the end of the month of July, confirmed the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Friday.
The federal government has faced massive backlash from various stakeholders for its use of ArriveCan in recent months.
The Canadian American Business Council, who recently launched an ad campaign to urge the government to “travel like it’s 2019, has described it as an “cumbersome issue-plagued app (that) has no public health purpose” and “creates unnecessary delays for travelers”.
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