How soon can you arrive in Canada before your intake?
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There isn’t any fixed time but generally not recommended to arrive more than 4-6 weeks before start and you will probably need to show you can support yourself given you cannot work at all until your course starts.
Some people area already there for january so any time just need to be able to show you can support yourself without working.
Not before 90 days from colg strt date provided u have funds n health insurance covered. But prefer goin 2 months before only if u want to go early.
My intake is in January and I was thinking probably late November or December. Hence will give me enough time to settle and know my routes to school. What do you think ?
But what's concerning me is I already have my passport stamped with an expiry date, will this affect my study permit dates as well?
But what's concerning me is I already have my passport stamped with an expiry date, will this affect my study permit dates as well?
They've issued it based on my intake this month but I've considered to opt for the January intake. Any advise on this?
Yes late nov/dec is totally fine.
No idea abt passport expiry date thing. There’s a thread on it, u myt get hlp frm someone there.
Thanks @nyeb that's what I'm considering. I'll look up that thread, do you know which on it is?
No worries.
This is the link to the thread which might have something for helping u out:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/passport-expiry-before-completion-of-course.559024/
Hi.. jst wanted to let u know if u r not olrdy aware of the changed rules regarding arrival in canada.
My agent told me it has been officially declared that no one can arrive in Canada before 3 weeks from the date of the commencement of the classes. So plan accordingly.
HI
1. You agent is full of "C**P) there has been no official announcement about how long you can arrive before classes start.
U need to chill. Agent suggested to keep me away frm the risk of gtng my visa cancelled. If u wana go sooner, then ur wish. Nobdy is forcng u to follow wt i wrote. U cn read my earlier posts whr i myslf suggested of no restrctn on arrival before a certain deadline n it was my duty to suggest again to the person i suggested before abt the recnt chnge i was informed.
can you share the link from cic’s website where the official declaration was posted so that everybody would have a reference? since it is officially declared, then there should be a posting in canadian immigration website.
Haven’t googled for it but since my agent was sure that there wasn’t any trouble in going to canada 2 months earlier from the classes strt date so i booked my flyt for mid nov. But ystdy when she got informed from her head office abt the arrival restrctn she called me up n asked to reschedule as she said the mail from her head ofc stated that VOs now have the ryt to cancl visas as well. So i didnt wnt to take ny risk n have my flyt rescheduled in mid dec.
This seems to be a silent rule for students arriving too early from south asian nations. CIC won't declare it officially to safeguard their political interests. They would let it spread mouth to mouth via consultancies. CBSA will deny entry to few students (specially the one who can't really explain their early arrival) to set an example, then the denied students will call up their consultancies to inform and then rest of the lot will be automatically taken care.
In a way it is good. What business a student has arriving 3-4 months before the program starts. I can understand 1 month, but 2/3/4 months is not logical. There may be corner cases, where certain student has a distant relative and may wish to attend some family function etc.