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Study Permit

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Study Permit

Conditions as study permit holder in Canada:

As a study permit holder, you must-

  • be enrolled at a designated learning institution (DLI)
  • show you are actively pursuing your studies by being enrolled full time or part time during each academic semester (excluding regularly scheduled breaks)
  • making progress towards completing your program’s courses, and not taking any unauthorized leaves longer than 150 days from your study program.
  • must inform anytime you change post-secondary schools.
  • end your studies if you no longer meet the requirements of being a student, and leave Canada when your permit expires.

Full time or part time studies:

A study permit may be issued whether or not the student’s studies are on full time or part time basis (i.e., the condition that you must actively pursue your studies does not require you to be enrolled on full-time basis), as long as they are enrolled at a designated learning institution (DLI).

However, the student must have a full time status in order to work on or off campus.

Leaving or coming back to Canada

If you leave Canada and want to return, you must have a valid:

  • Passport or travel document
  • Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA), if you are from a country where you need an eTA
  • Visitor visa, if you are from a country where you need a visa (unless you travel solely to United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon and return to Canada while your study permit is still valid).

Health Insurance: The Government of Canada does not pay for the medical cost foreign students. Health coverage for foreign

students varies from provinces.

If you finish studies earlier than expected

The permit expires 90 days after you complete your studies, no matter what the expiry date on permit is.  If you want to keep studying, you must apply to extend your study permit at least 30 days before your study permit expires.