Scholarships

How to Defer Enrollment After Obtaining Canadian Study Permit

There are above 1,500 institutes, academies, and other academic organizations permitted by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to receive international scholars.

In most cases, international students in this nation may be required by their Canadian-designated learning institutions to defer the beginning date of their course to the next semester. This could be the situation for so many motives, which include but are not restricted to the following:

  • Family emergency
  • Desiring to accumulate more money.

Note: Deferred registration carried out by an international student is required to be officially accepted by their designated learning institutions.

What ensues will list the three choices obtainable to Canadian international students in Canada during their registration deferral.

Option One: Begin Studies in the Allotted Period

Upon deferring their registration at a Canadian designated learning institution, international students desiring to stay in Canada must seek one of the two choices. The first obtainable option is to begin their studies, maybe at the start of the following semester or within 150 days of the time the students’ deferred registration was verified, anyone that takes place first.

Option Two: Modify Canadian Status

The other choice is obtainable to international students who desire to remain in Canada is to seek a change of status. This implies changing from foreign student status to visitor or worker status.

Evolving to Visitor Status as a Foreign Student

After deferring their registration, international students who desire to remain in Canada can execute this by applying for a visitor record. Individuals who require a visitor record must apply at least one month before the expiration date of their international student or study permit. First, it is essential to understand that a visitor record differs from a visitor visa.

A visitor visa, a Temporary Resident Visa, is a needed document for trips and access to Canada. It involves nationals of specific nations and permits access to Canada for six months. This visa is maintained inside the person’s passport to confirm that they satisfy Canadian access provisions as a visitor. A visitor visa will have to do with a date; however, this is not the date the visa holder’s visit to Canada would expire. Instead, the visa holder is required to enter Canada on this date.

On the contrary, a visitor record will permit temporary residents in Canada to remain in the nation for a long time as a visitor, an employee authorized to get employed without a work permit, or a student allowed to study without a study permit. Visitor records do not assure the holder can exit and return to Canada. For individuals who intend to go on a trip outside of North America, an accurate access document such as an eTA or visitor visa is needed to return to Canada.

The candidates for visitor records looking to stay in Canada for more than six months must inform the border service official. Contrary to the visitor visa, the date attached to the record demonstrates the expiration date of the person’s stay in Canada, implying the visitor record holder must leave Canada by this date.

Furthermore, contrary to a visitor visa, a visitor record is an autonomous paper not kept inside a passport.

Evolving to Worker Status as a Foreign Student

International students can also evolve to employee status using an employer-particular or open work permit. The significant disparity between these two kinds of pass is that employer-particular work permits a person to be bound to a particular employer for a specific duration in a certain place. An open work permit allows you to work for almost any employer in Canada, as long as they have not been considered unqualified and satisfy other standards.

Option Three: Vacate Canada

International students who defer their registration in Canada may decide to leave the nation. This is a specifically general choice for the individuals who understand they will not return to their studies within the next 150 days and those who do not know when the situation that resulted in their deferred registration, which may be a family emergency or more, will be settled.