Changes to Study Permits
Published: Jan 23, 2024
The rules surrounding issuance of study permits and postgraduate work permits changed on January 22, 2024. Here are four major changes:
- A cap of 360,000 study permits has been imposed for 2024. This is 35% less permits than were issued in 2023.
- From now on every study permit application will require an attestation letter (whatever that is – the term is not defined) from a province or territory. Provinces and territories, though, are not obliged to establish a process for issuing attestation letters until March 31, 2024.
- Starting September 1, 2024, postgraduate work permits will no longer be available to students who graduated from a private college that has been licenced to deliver the curriculum of an associated public college.
- Spouses of students who are studying at the College or Bachelor degree level will no longer qualify for an open spousal work permit.
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