Accompanying minors

[mawcanada]

Need your input please. I m submitting my study visa application, do my 3 and 9 year old children need a study visa too? I have received mixed information on whether I need to apply for a study visa for them or not. Besides the requirement of an acceptance letter is not possible a I know that public schools depend on where one would live (neighborhoods) and I am still not sure where exactly I would live to apply for schools for them.

Please advise.

 

[Regina]

3 yr old could go to daycare or kindergarten, 9 yr old will go to school.

How long is your program? If it is more than 1 year, usually children go to school "for free", if it is shorter- you have to have an acceptance letter and pay for school. So if your program is 1+ year apply for Open Study Permit for your 9 yr old. And for a "visitor" for your 3 yr old.

Why do not you look at www.cic.gc.ca and figure out if your kids need student visas? http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-minors.asp

IMHO your 3year old do not need a study permit but your second one needs an Open SP.

 

[mawcanada]

It is a 4 year PhD program.

Does the open study permit for my 9 year old require an acceptance from a school? I initiated an application and it has it as a required supporting document.

 

[Regina]

No you do not need an acceptance letter for your 9yr old. Did you apply for an OPEN study permit for him/her and not just a SP? Open means you do not need an acceptance letter. Please, study www.cic.gc.ca Search- open study permit/ minors). You are going to PhD program, be resourceful!

IT IS THERE, the link I gave you previously

Generally, those applying for a study permit, including those at the primary or secondary school level, need to provide a letter of acceptance from the applicable educational institution in Canada. Applicants may provide either the original letter of acceptance or an electronic version.

There is one exception to this requirement: Minor children who are accompanying a family member who has applied and been approved for a work or study permit before entering Canada do not need to provide a letter of acceptance from an educational institution.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-minors.asp

Sorry if I sound irritated BUT IT IS irritating when you guys read NOT A WORD on official site before coming to the forum asking questions! Do YOUR job first!!!!

 

[mawcanada]

Thank you for your patience.... Actually I checked the cic site, and that is why I said I am hearing different opinions. I didn't know there was a difference of study permit and open study permit, it didn't give me that option when I started my application. I will recheck again.

 

[Boyzone]

mascanada,

I guess this is the link you should refer for to see the details : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/minors-documents.asp

There is nothing such as OPEN study permit. It is just Study Permit. If you are approved study permit then your children do not require letter of acceptance.

 

[Boyzone]

Sorry if you read carefully. If the parent is authorized to study or work in Canada, the child does not require a study permit even if he is applying for preschool, school or post secondary.

So you do not need study permit for any of your child.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Sorry if you read carefully. If the parent is authorized to study or work in Canada, the child does not require a study permit even if he is applying for preschool, school or post secondary.

So you do not need study permit for any of your child.

Please re-read. If the child was in Canada s/he wouldn't a study permit accompanying a student parent. , but since the OP is applying overseas, the 9 year does require a study permit.

 

[mawcanada]

This is why I have been saying it is confusing.

So I am not applying for my study permit (outside of Canada) as i got accepted in a phd program. I am doing a family application, so a work permit for my husband and a normal visit visa for my two sons (3 and 9). When I get there I will be able to enroll them into preschool and elementary school with no study visa.

Am I right?

 

[Boyzone]

Hi


Please re-read. If the child was in Canada s/he wouldn't a study permit accompanying a student parent. , but since the OP is applying overseas, the 9 year does require a study permit.

My bad PMM. You are right, my point was for Children who are already in Canada.

 

[Regina]

So I am not applying for my study permit (outside of Canada) as i got accepted in a phd program. I am doing a family application, so a work permit for my husband and a normal visit visa for my two sons (3 and 9). When I get there I will be able to enroll them into preschool and elementary school with no study visa.

Am I right?

NO. You have to apply for a SP for your 9yr old. His intention to STUDY at school in Canada requests a study permit. On Visitor visa they are not allowed to study. As soon as at POE an officer asks what your 9 yr old son is going to do in Canada, and your answer will be "to go to school", you ALL will be rejected the entrance.

The case when a child does not need a SP at all, works only in case as if a child like your 3 yr old is in Canada (on visitor visa) with a parent who is a student (or a worker) for more than 1 year, and then when it is time for a child to go to school (at age 5) only then he DOES NOT need a SP. But going to Canada your 9yr old HAS to have a SP because neither his parent-student is in Canada nor him is in Canada YET.

 

[Boyzone]

Sorry mawcanada, if by anymeans my statements are confusing you. But, what Regina is saying is correct.

All the best!

 

[mawcanada]

Thank you all. Everything I got here was helpful.

 

[valentinasag77]

Hello, mawcanada! Please, tell me how you solved your problem, I am in the same situation. My son will need to attend secondary school if I get my Study Permit ( we are applying outside of Canada), but when I try to apply for a Study Permit for him (since there is no any OPEN STUDY PERMIT APPLICATION FORM) , there is a requirement that he is to provide an Acceptance Letter (which is not applicable in his case). How did you act in yhis case? Thank you.

 

[mawcanada]

Hello, valentinasag77
My plan is to apply for the study permit for him, and write an explaination letter and attach it instead of the application. I will quote that as per CIC rules I understand that acceptance is not required since he is accompanying me, especially since I still have not rented a place and don't know which school options are available for him.