Student Visa from New York

[zk_may]

Hi all,

Need your advise.

My brother lives in New York with family(wife, two kids), status- political asylum. His wife wants to get hers Masters from Manitoba. They have enough money for tuition fees and other expenses.

What are the chances she will get student visa ?

Will family members come together ?


please, advise me. thanks

 

[21Goose]

Her chances of the visa depend on her academic profile and prior work experience.

If she gets the visa, then yes, her family is allowed to apply for a visa to accompany her. However, if their status in the US is that of refugees, the chances of getting a visa may be lower.

Are they trying to immigrate? Why Manitoba?

 

[scylla]

Hi all,

Need your advise.

My brother lives in New York with family(wife, two kids), status- political asylum. His wife wants to get hers Masters from Manitoba. They have enough money for tuition fees and other expenses.

What are the chances she will get student visa ?

Will family members come together ?


please, advise me. thanks

Do they have their green cards? If so, then a study permit is certainly feasible.

If they don't have their green cards yet, there is zero chance a study permit is going to be approved and there's really no point applying.

 

[21Goose]

Do they have their green cards? If so, then a study permit is certainly feasible.

If they don't have their green cards yet, there is zero chance a study permit is going to be approved and there's really no point applying.

I agree, but in your experience, are study permits ever granted in such cases?

For example, let's take the hypothetical case of an political asylum claimant (no green card) who also happens to have an undergrad degree from MIT and sufficient work experience. Let's say this person gets into Waterloo's PhD program with a full scholarship and strong recommendations from that school.

Will the fact of the political asylum be an absolute bar to getting a study permit?

 

[scylla]

I agree, but in your experience, are study permits ever granted in such cases?

For example, let's take the hypothetical case of an political asylum claimant (no green card) who also happens to have an undergrad degree from MIT and sufficient work experience. Let's say this person gets into Waterloo's PhD program with a full scholarship and strong recommendations from that school.

Will the fact of the political asylum be an absolute bar to getting a study permit?

IMO - yes. It's an absolute bar since one of the requirements of a study permit is to show strong ties to your home country and demonstrate no intent to remain in Canada long term. Someone who has claimed refugee status in the US clearly has no ties to their home country at that point and has no plans on returning there. So impossible to show strong ties. Additionally, if someone has an open refugee case in the US and then wants to move to Canada on a study permit, they will be abandoning their refugee claim in the U.S. and must have plans on trying to make Canada their permanent home.

If someone is waiting for the outcomes of their refugee claim in the US and then want to come to Canada, they should be looking at applying for PR through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry. This is the path they can use to get to Canada without their refugee status being a barrier.

 

[21Goose]

IMO - yes. It's an absolute bar since one of the requirements of a study permit is to show strong ties to your home country and demonstrate no intent to remain in Canada long term. Someone who has claimed refugee status in the US clearly has no ties to their home country at that point and has no plans on returning there. So impossible to show strong ties. Additionally, if someone has an open refugee case in the US and then wants to move to Canada on a study permit, they will be abandoning their refugee claim in the U.S. and must have plans on trying to make Canada their permanent home.

If someone is waiting for the outcomes of their refugee claim in the US and then want to come to Canada, they should be looking at applying for PR through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry. This is the path they can use to get to Canada without their refugee status being a barrier.

Thank you. That makes sense.

 

[zk_may]

First of all, THANK YOU all.

She already have Masters in English, and she was a teacher in back home and also, she is teaching in school for last 3 years in USA. She got all the the certificate that she needs be a teacher.

So, what would be wise to do

Student Visa
or
Express Entry ?


Please don't hesitate to share your advise.

 

[21Goose]

First of all, THANK YOU all.

She already have Masters in English, and she was a teacher in back home and also, she is teaching in school for last 3 years in USA. She got all the the certificate that she needs be a teacher.

So, what would be wise to do

Student Visa
or
Express Entry ?


Please don't hesitate to share your advise.

No green card = Express Entry
Green Card = Student Visa and Express Entry (she can apply for both)

 

[zk_may]

I thank you for your honest advise.