Да нет, всё похоже на правду.
> This notice applies to all Immigration and International Protection permissions to reside in the State that are due to expire between 21 April 2021 and 20 September 2021 and to permissions extended under previous notices. This is the seventh, and expected to be the final, extension of permissions granted since the outset of the pandemic.
Уже седьмой(!) раз продлевают всем ВНЖ "автоматом".