Anyone applied a Student Permit from Philippines?

[frustratedcanadian]

Hi guys! FYI lang No need na pala to wait for 6mos before you can work part time.

"Study permits will automatically authorize the holder to work off-campus for up to 20 hours per week during the academic session and full-time during scheduled breaks without the need to apply for a separate work permit. The study permit holder must be pursuing academic, vocational or professional training of six months or more that leads to a degree, diploma or certificate at a designated institution."

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-02-12.asp

 

[scottdickson86]

Hi guys,

Online or paper-based application? I'm leaning towards online application but any tips?

 

[renievick09]

Just got my OCWP today, also applied for SIN.

 

[Thirdy21]

Sending my application this April 8. Anyone here recently applied student visa?

 

[dbc]

Sending my application this April 8. Anyone here recently applied student visa?

Hi Thirdy21! I lodged my application last March 14 through vfs, here is my timeline:

Category........: Student
Visa Office......: VFS Makati
App. Filed.......: 03-14-14
File Transfer...: 03-17-14
Med's Request: WAITING
Med's Done....: WAITING

 

[frustratedcanadian]

Here's my timeline:

Category........: Student
Visa Office......: VFS Makati
App. Filed.......: 03-24-14
Med's Request: WAITING
Med's Done....: WAITING

 

[scottdickson86]

Let me know if anyone has or will apply online.

 

[dbc]

Hi everyone!

I just received our MR today

 

[scottdickson86]

Hi everyone!

I just received our MR today

Very nice. Twenty-three days?

 

[zac989]

Hi All,

Just wanted to share my timelines:

Category........: Student
Visa Office......: CEM (Online Application)
App. Filed.......: 03-25-14
Med's Request: 04-01-14
Med's Done....: 04-08-14

 

[scottdickson86]

Hi All,

Just wanted to share my timelines:

Category........: Student
Visa Office......: CEM (Online Application)
App. Filed.......: 03-25-14
Med's Request: 04-01-14
Med's Done....: 04-08-14

Great! That's it. I'm applying online.

 

[humdrumdum]

@whehwhehwheh: Thanks for that wonderful message! I am also pretty behind in replying. It's a common feeling I guess among international students, not limited to those who went to Canada. I would now have to conclude that it's just because I'm in a college... Universities are definitely a better choice for something more... academically rigorous. I finished a weird degree back in Manila (it's part business and part science) and I went here in Canada to pursue a more concentrated field in the sciences. I'm still considering of applying into a Master's program after I finish, perhaps in McGill or into an Erasmus Mundus program, God-willing. ;D

For one thing, I find that our notion towards national identity is really intriguing. It's hard to express what I really feel about it, but the longer I have stayed here, the more I feel perplexed... We have so much insecurity and self-loathing towards being Filipino, yet we have this unwavering sense of "Pinoy Pride". (I really love this very well written article about this: http://www.pepper.ph/uncultured-3/) Maybe this would be a good research topic for those in social sciences hahaha

Hi, sorry for replying very late. Everything's really running at top speed here!!! I don't have much time anymore. I think that's how McGill is; I've asked people around and it looks like McGill is really work-intensive and that they cultivate a highly intellectual environment here. Haha, even the idea of "proving yourself as a Filipino" will pose many questions on many people here, and it's like you also get to think "why prove? insecure much?" So in the end, I just came to see to it that I do my job and that's it; let the proving manifest itself in the kind of work you give or present them. Anyway, volume of schoolwork here is hard; coming up with possible research area prospects is harder; assuming the English language as your (my) mother tongue [to be very communicative and articulate about ideas and just basically being appropriately social] is the hardest! I do wonder about your field of study...here, being in the frontiers of new research in music history and theory is really awesome (and also unnerving at a point). Access to loads of materials here in the music field do exceed what we have back there, which is even less that what is supposedly standard.

I would say though that we are getting what we paid for, while Canadians and PR's are really paying way less! Around 300% less than what we're being charged for. I've read somewhere that in international student rates, you really get to see how much Canadian university education costs at its core. And that we international students get the brunt of it. Very sobering and shocking, but it's also intriguing to take note that Canadian citizens and PRs, even with taxes higher than in the Philippines (and especially here in Quebec! Residents, including me as well, pay federal taxes AND provincial taxes), are very much well compensated and well taken care of by the government. That's why it's no surprise that some people here don't realize the actual cost of the privileges they enjoy here. So as for us, it's up for grabs!

I agree though that yes, we do have a lot of brilliant Filipino students!

 

[frustratedcanadian]

Hi All,

Just wanted to share my timelines:

Category........: Student
Visa Office......: CEM (Online Application)
App. Filed.......: 03-25-14
Med's Request: 04-01-14
Med's Done....: 04-08-14

Wow that's fast! Submitted ours at VFS March 24 but no MR yet as of now

 

[zac989]

Great! That's it. I'm applying online.

Go for it and best luck to all of us! ;D I didn't expect the MR to come around quickly. Hopefully the processing timelines are quick like @humdrumdum

 

[zac989]

Wow that's fast! Submitted ours at VFS March 24 but no MR yet as of now

Yes it was, didn't expect nga din but very happy with the progress. Yours is on its way!