Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) announced today that, as a result of the February 27 earthquake near the city of Concepción, the visa section of the Canadian Embassy in Santiago is temporarily closed. CIC is making every effort to restore services as soon as possible.

Temporary resident visa applicants who need to travel to Canada before the visa office re-opens are asked to submit their applications to another Canadian visa office. Persons with Permanent Resident applications in process are being told that full processing will resume shortly.