Cannot entering Canada if SP is approved for students in the US?

[Eugene Fama]

Hi,

I was checking the traveling guide given by UBC (https://students.ubc.ca/new-to-ubc/travelling-to-canada/check-eligible)

It says in Part 1 Have valid document

"If you are a current student who applied for a study permit from outside of Canada, and your study permit approval, or Letter of Introduction, was issued after March 18, 2020, you cannot travel to Canada at this time."

I am not sure whether it also applies to the students flying directly from the U.S..

Does it mean that those students in the U.S. who are non-us citizens cannot enter Canada even though they get study permit approval after March 18?

 

[canuck78]

Hi,

I was checking the traveling guide given by UBC (https://students.ubc.ca/new-to-ubc/travelling-to-canada/check-eligible)

It says in Part 1 Have valid document




I am not sure whether it also applies to the students flying directly from the U.S..

Does it mean that those students in the U.S. who are non-us citizens cannot enter Canada even though they get study permit approval after March 18?

Are your classes online or do you have in person classes?

 

[Eugene Fama]

Are your classes online or do you have in person classes?

I have in person class and I am PhD.

 

[renron]

Hi,

I was checking the traveling guide given by UBC (https://students.ubc.ca/new-to-ubc/travelling-to-canada/check-eligible)

It says in Part 1 Have valid document




I am not sure whether it also applies to the students flying directly from the U.S..

Does it mean that those students in the U.S. who are non-us citizens cannot enter Canada even though they get study permit approval after March 18?

There are only 2 requirements for travelers coming from US:

All other foreign nationals
To be eligible, you must meet 2 requirements:

• You must be travelling for an essential (non-discretionary) purpose.
• You must be travelling directly from the US

 

[HopelessBR]

if your classes are in-person and you come from the US, then you are exempted from travel restrictions. That rule of study permit approval issued before 18 march 2020 is only required for people who won't travel from the US. If you come from the US to Canada, it doesn't matter if you are a US citizen or not. Just make sure that you can prove to border officers that you need to be in Canada for in-person classes. You can talk to your university about it.

 

[Jae9]

If the semester starts in September, but one receives the SP final approval at a later time, say Oct or Nov, can this student still travel from US to Canada? Does traveling in the middle of a semester imply that this trip is non-essential?

 

[HopelessBR]

If the semester starts in September, but one receives the SP final approval at a later time, say Oct or Nov, can this student still travel from US to Canada? Does traveling in the middle of a semester imply that this trip is non-essential?

if you start online classes, you will actually comply and prove that you are able to keep studying that way for the whole semester. So, based on current travel restrictions, I don't think the border officer would grant permission to enter Canada unless you can prove that your presence is adamant for college classes at the end of the semester.

 

[Jae9]

if you start online classes, you will actually comply and prove that you are able to keep studying that way for the whole semester. So, based on current travel restrictions, I don't think the border officer would grant permission to enter Canada unless you can prove that your presence is adamant for college classes at the end of the semester.

Thanks for your insight!!
The classes provided at my school are in-person classes, but since school is expecting international students cannot attend in campus, so they provided synchronized online access as well. Not sure if that would increase the chance of entering Canada...