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Grinton

Grinton

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Aug 7, 2019
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Hello,

I've just received the ITA and I'm working on my travel history.

I had a peculiar situation:
I graduated from my Master's in Canada, but since it was a double degree program, I spent more than half of the program length (> 6 months) in the EU at the partner university, despite paying all my tuition fees to the Canadian University and having the status of "exchange student" in Europe.

Technically, I was still a resident in Canada (according to study permit and tax purposes.. ), but I was physically in Europe.
I know that I don't need to update my address each time I had a trip in my travel history, as long as I maintain residency ties with Canada - but what should I do for this specific case?

In the address history, should I keep my Canadian address during the time in Europe? Or should I insert the European address I stayed at? (or should it be an overlapping address? :) )

My main concern is that, despite having a Canadian degree, my address history could be misleading.
 
Grinton said:
Hello,

I've just received the ITA and I'm working on my travel history.

I had a peculiar situation:
I graduated from my Master's in Canada, but since it was a double degree program, I spent more than half of the program length (> 6 months) in the EU at the partner university, despite paying all my tuition fees to the Canadian University and having the status of "exchange student" in Europe.

Technically, I was still a resident in Canada (according to study permit and tax purposes.. ), but I was physically in Europe.
I know that I don't need to update my address each time I had a trip in my travel history, as long as I maintain residency ties with Canada - but what should I do for this specific case?

In the address history, should I keep my Canadian address during the time in Europe? Or should I insert the European address I stayed at? (or should it be an overlapping address? :) )

My main concern is that, despite having a Canadian degree, my address history could be misleading.
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I think you can explain it. You'll have to give a pcc though no?
 
hamgha said:
I think you can explain it. You'll have to give a pcc though no?
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Yes, I'll need to provide a police certificate but that's not my concern.
I'm just afraid my Canadian education (Master's) will be questioned because of the time spent abroad - even though it was part of the Master program (as in my transcript).
 
Grinton said:
Yes, I'll need to provide a police certificate but that's not my concern.
I'm just afraid my Canadian education (Master's) will be questioned because of the time spent abroad - even though it was part of the Master program (as in my transcript).
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You can explain it. You did get your masters after all. Agents arent dumb. They know about exchange students, distance learning etc...
 
Disregard what I said, just saw you spent MORE than half the program abroad. I understood 6 months out of the two years.
 
hamgha said:
Disregard what I said, just saw you spent MORE than half the program abroad. I understood 6 months out of the two years.
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Yes, and it was part of the requirements for the program, despite being a Canadian master's degree.
Is this going to be a problem in my application?

Should I explain it somewhere in the application? Or the transcript will be enough?
Or worse, this is going to be a major issue in the application?
 
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Grinton said:
Yes, and it was part of the requirements for the program, despite being a Canadian master's degree.
Is this going to be a problem in my application?

Should I explain it somewhere in the application? Or the transcript will be enough?
Or worse, this is going to be a major issue in the application?
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i don't think it'll count as a canadian diploma in the first place. i'm not 100% sure
 
hamgha said:
i don't think it'll count as a canadian diploma in the first place. i'm not 100% sure
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I guess I'll need some time to figure it out then... maybe I need to decline this ITA ?

That's really unfair though... my degree is Canadian and I paid all my tuition in Canada.
I even had to pay taxes in Canada for my international income during the period I was on a study permit.
 
Grinton said:
I guess I'll need some time to figure it out then... maybe I need to decline this ITA ?

That's really unfair though... my degree is Canadian and I paid all my tuition in Canada.
I even had to pay taxes in Canada for my international income during the period I was on a study permit.
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like i said earlier i'm not sure about this case. the thing is what if i do a distance learning diploma, so stay home and get a canadian diploma but i still paid my tuition in canada
 
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