Apply for a study permit while living in a third country

[YummyJade]

Dear friends,
I am applying to school in Canada for the winter intake program 2022 and seeking information about applying for a study permit.
My background: I am a Chinese national who is living in Bangkok atm, under unemployment status due to Covid. I am planning to fly back to China around the end of September this year.
My question:
1. Is it confirmed that we can not apply for a study permit via SDS while we live in a third country which is not on the SDS country list? I mean, it is an online application, do they really "care" where I am when I submit the documents?
2. Both for SDS and regular study permit: Can I submit the documents while I am still in Bangkok, and fly back to China after, while waiting for feedbacks? Or better to stay in Thailand during the whole application period or only apply for the study permit once I land in China?

Thank you very much!

 

[YummyJade]

Wrote an email to RICC Bangkok, reply:

Dear Client,

Please visit the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website at www.cic.gc.ca for information on different types of visas, instructions on how to apply, application forms and links to processing time data. Please note that in the current circumstances, published processing time information is not always a reliable indicator of actual processing times.

All applications for temporary resident visas (visitors, study permits and temporary foreign workers) must currently be submitted online. You can submit your application from anywhere in the world. If you need to provide biometrics, you can provide your biometrics at the nearest convenient Visa Application Centre.

We are not able to provide advice on individual applications.

We trust that this will assist.

 

[MZHSECA]

Yes,you can apply for study permit,I was approved for study permit back in 2019,from a third country,where I was studying and unemployed.