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SOME GOOD NEWS FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - LATEST UPDATE FROM IRCC

Student Direct Stream (SDS)
Note: Clients are advised to submit a study permit application under the SDS only if they can satisfy all eligibility requirements upon submission of their application. Those who are unable to provide the required documents for the SDS upon submitting their application may be advised to submit a study permit application under the regular process or to apply under the SDS once services resume and they are able to submit the required documents.

In this case all eligibility means Biometrics also?
 
CommentDebate said:
Student Direct Stream (SDS)
Note: Clients are advised to submit a study permit application under the SDS only if they can satisfy all eligibility requirements upon submission of their application. Those who are unable to provide the required documents for the SDS upon submitting their application may be advised to submit a study permit application under the regular process or to apply under the SDS once services resume and they are able to submit the required documents.

In this case all eligibility means Biometrics also?
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Even I have the same doubt as you!!
It'll be great if someone could throw some light into this.
 
firestone45 said:
Yeh if you dont mind can u explain whats new in there?
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If you have been following the trend, you would have noted that if your studies are online, your travel is discretionary and you couldn’t pass the border officer. Now, if you don’t have good internet at home, it’s a justification to allow the border officer give you a pass. All this while they have been talking about study online, the question I have always asked officials is what happens to students from countries where internet is either not good enough or too expensive for online live video streaming. This is just one of the new changes introduced to this recent announcement. Besides, decisions are now going to be released in the coming days, which they have not quite done since March, except for outright rejections.

Because it was presented in the usual format, it may seem they are repeating the same information, but version has some new info that you can see if you look closely.
 
mithun5991 said:
Even I have the same doubt as you!!
It'll be great if someone could throw some light into this.
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But while submitting the documents for SDS we updated fee receipt, GIC, Medical and IELTS. This is the eligibility biometrics is not one of them I think. However, I cannot see what is the good news hidden between the lines on that link posted by OP.
 
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Alwayssuccessful! said:
If you have been following the trend, you would have noted that if your studies are online, your travel is discretionary and you couldn’t pass the border officer. Now, if you don’t have good internet at home, it’s a justification to allow the border officer give you a pass. All this while they have been talking about study online, the question I have always asked officials is what happens to students from countries where internet is either not good enough or too expensive for online live video streaming. This is just one of the new changes introduced to this recent announcement. Besides, decisions are now going to be released in the coming days, which they have not quite done since March, except for outright rejections.

Because it was presented in the usual format, it may seem they are repeating the same information, but version has some new info that you can see if you look closely.
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But you cannot stay in a metro city having subscriptions for Netflix, Prime etc. And just say we do not have proper internet connection. Majority of the students would have applied from metro cities.
 
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Guys !
well a good news & a latest update is that today- IRCC has unveiled a set of guidelines to their employees regarding the processing of study permit in two stages.
So this is definitely a positive update, as I believe now they will actually start functioning based on these guidelines & start rolling out decisions (at least quicker than before)

Source- https://www.cicnews.com/2020/07/how...y-permit-for-fall-2020-0715089.html#gs.aqlro9
 
Alwayssuccessful! said:
If you have been following the trend, you would have noted that if your studies are online, your travel is discretionary and you couldn’t pass the border officer. Now, if you don’t have good internet at home, it’s a justification to allow the border officer give you a pass. All this while they have been talking about study online, the question I have always asked officials is what happens to students from countries where internet is either not good enough or too expensive for online live video streaming. This is just one of the new changes introduced to this recent announcement. Besides, decisions are now going to be released in the coming days, which they have not quite done since March, except for outright rejections.

Because it was presented in the usual format, it may seem they are repeating the same information, but version has some new info that you can see if you look closely.
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It's so risky and arbitrary. How do we prove to the border officer that the internet connection at home is not good? What if the officer refuses to accept that as a valid reason?
 
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GradStudent18 said:
It's so risky and arbitrary. How do we prove to the border officer that the internet connection at home is not good? What if the officer refuses to accept that as a valid reason?
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Mind it !
He’s always successful ;p
 
CommentDebate said:
But you cannot stay in a metro city having subscriptions for Netflix, Prime etc. And just say we do not have proper internet connection. Majority of the students would have applied from metro cities.
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I do not agree with you. If all applicants were from metro cities, IRCC would not include that waiver condition there. There are some applicants from smaller towns. Even some applicants from metro cities may be from homes where they cannot afford the monthly cost of home internet, where you have to go to a public cafe to get the bandwidth you need. Ask around and you will find such people. IRCC understands the reason they included that as a waiver condition
 
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