Hey as you all know the travel restictions to canada has changed and international students who received a valid visa on or before march 18th can travel to canada for May intake 2020. So is there anyone who has received a visa before march 18th and is planing to travel to canad in the month of may?
Travel restictions has changed!
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So if you travel in May are you sure your college will start courses in May or defer to later in year or even be open as most at the moment are closed with no idea when they might open again. If your course ends up not starting in May you will not be able to work at all so will need to be able to finance yourself until courses start plus at the moment there is no idea whether the mandatory 14 day quarantine will still be in place, a big challenge as far as accommodation/food is concerned for new arrivals..
Hopefully you have all this taken into account before you jump on a plane assuming planes are flying
Congrats on your visa approval....at the moment best bet would be to defer so you won't lose on two ends...cause all schools are closed for the moment and probably still on a debate weather to take online classes to both Nationals and internationals for the summer term...and you would not want to pay a huge sum of money to receive lectures online but currently all schools are on lockdown...
Wht about people who r still waiting for visa response. Lets suppose someone will get visa approval by mid of april-2020. They r not allowed to travel?
My classes will start on 25th of may and still waiting for visa response.
Need expert advice shall i send email to my college to defer my semester to sept-2020 or shall i keep it the way it is?
Pls advice
Thanks in advance.
The exemptions for student travel are described here and subject to ongoing review but reading the link only permits approved on or before March 18th can currently travel. Apart from the travel restriction you need to get advice from your college that they still plan to start anything in May
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/visitors-foreign-workers-students.html#restrictions-students
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Yes its true that they havnt taken the decision for international students for online education.... even they havn't confirmed it yet they the post work permit is given or not if the international student started there course in home country... they have only mentions about the students already there studying or attending classes
My study permit decision has not come yet... despite of filing on march 5th and biometrics on 9th.... rest thank you for the information... i dont know why my college have provided me written that no information have come for students going to start online classes for may intake from there home country.... is having no clear information for post work permit... and i got the mail 12 hours back