But I have already applied under SDS for Fall 2020 intake. What should I do now?
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But I have already applied for study permit under SDS for Fall 2020 intake. What should I do now?
GettiNG AIP and studying online is the best option for the students who are gonna pursue this fall..
I would do the same if I had the option unfortunately my course is blended and I don’t have option to defer to Jan as the course is only for fall intakes and I wouldn’t be able to travel by September to attend offline classes as required by the college as international flights aren’t open and also I haven’t done my biometrics.
Anyways, good luck winning this people
I would do the same if I had the option unfortunately my course is blended and I don’t have option to defer to Jan as the course is only for fall intakes and I wouldn’t be able to travel by September to attend offline classes as required by the college as international flights aren’t open and also I haven’t done my biometrics.
Anyways, good luck winning this people
All this worry can be solved if IRCC just changes this 50% completion of course outside Canada. Just make it 80% at least. At the end of this month, July 31, when the travel ban expires (likely IRCC will extend), they need to come up with a proper plan how international students can be exempt to come at least before December 2020.
I am also confused with the eligibility requirements. I have also applied through SDS and my biometrics is pending. Will my application be considered for approval-in-principle without biometrics ?
biometrics will not be taken into consideration in approval-in-principle stage.
see in below link:
https://www.cicnews.com/2020/07/how-to-get-a-canada-study-permit-for-fall-2020-0715089.html#gs.ardds6
My College(Centennial)held a web session regarding these doubts.Guys any thoughts on the Time Zone differences. I have 12 hours time zone difference. Imagine if I have classes to attend from 1 am to 3 am and 3 am to 5 am, and the attendance is compulsory
They have decided to conduct classes which would suit most people from different time zones.
Also there would be offline classes too. So if it's too late then we could just attend offline classes.
They are still in the process of figuring it out.
That someone happened to me a person from Srilanka(I hope you are referring the same person who posted yesterday).
In Srilanka there's no SDS and he had to submit under normal application. And he got the entire process done in less than a month.
They should definitely start accommodating may n sept intake at the end of year so atleast we are present there..
They gave lollipop for SDS students as per my knowledge full application consider biometric and other stuffs but VFS is closed and they are not giving any clarity to reopen VFS so it is just lollipop for us.
Three weeks ago Canada's active covid-19 cases were 35,000. Right now it's close to 5000. So be positive that Canadian Gover
Three weeks ago Canada's active covid-19 cases were 35,000. Right now it's close to 5000. So be positive that Canadian Government will allow students by Jan 2021.
I really hope, pray and wish that they extend the PGWP eligibility to at least 80%. I mean, what difference does it make if we sit and do the program online from home versus sit in a hostel room in canada and do it?
In my opinion, it's going to be the same anyway - given that it's online, how does it matter if we sit at home and study online, or sit in a hostel in Canada and study online. Anyway we can't freely move about, make friends, integrate into the environment there, etc. due to the pandemic.
Just because we are not able to travel now due to Covid, which is not our fault, they should not penalize us by saying PGWP is only for those who complete at least 50% in Canada.
What will happen to us, our dreams, our lakhs of money, our future, everything, if suppose the January term is also online, and just like September, what will happen if they say that online is non-essential for January also? And prevent us from coming in January also?
They have to make this clear. After all, we pay so much - $21 billion per year is the total income we international students as a whole bring to the country.
Even those who started their studies in September 2019 or January 2020 are studying fully online since March, sitting in hostel rooms. Their PGWP is not at all affected, and they don't have to worry about this 50% limit, just because they already entered the country before the pandemic.
We are not able to enter now only because of IRCC rules, even though we got the approval before March 18. Now, they say that we can only enter if we have in-class courses. Just tell me, who has in-class courses in this pandemic situation? Hardly anybody. Most people have it online only. But still they are penalizing us for having online courses. They say that we can't enter as online is non-essential. And we'll lose the PGWP just because they are not allowing us to enter.
The sad thing is - if you're already in Canada now, even if you completely violate requirements like full-time studies, and take a break for the semester due to Covid, even then PGWP will not be affected for those people ( just because they went there few months before we would have gone ).
It's only us who are not able to travel, and will therefore suffer just because we are not there yet. This is so unfair.
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