free public education for kids of student visa holders
- Thread starter muskhan
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Your kids get free public education in primary and secondary schools if you have a valid study or work permit.
Depending on your kids ages they may be asked for study permits too. If you have a study permit, they are not guaranteed permits.
Again depends on their ages. Do you have admission, when you apply you apply for their visitor visa or study visa (just like you are doing). This is not new but more and more VOs are asking for study permits for the children too.
So yes they may ask for the 12 year old. You need to show minimum funds for your whole family plus paying tuition. If you aren’t working because you are studying, you need to show funds to support your family.
Visas/permits for families of international students aren’t guaranteed. Depends on type of degree, extra funds to support family, etc.
You need study permit for all of them. IRCC now rejects long-term visitor applications for student dependents older than 5 years. Save yourself the trouble of a rejection/cancellation and apply for a study permit for them all. You don't need to secure admission for them, just indicate on their application that you intend to register them with the relevant public school board once you land.