co-op student visa and IEC at the same time

[MortyC137]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to hold two visas at the same time?
In particular:
- a co-op student visa
- a working holiday IEC (International Experience Canada) visa

IEC cannot be used to enroll in university programs that are longer than 6 months. You need a student visa for those programs.
What if your IEC invitation expires before the end of the university program? Can you activate your IEC visa while keeping your co-op student visa to complete the university program? If yes, how?

I'm talking about this situation:

co-op student visa [------------------------------]
                                 [----------------------------------------] working holiday (IEC)
                                ^^^
                      medicals expiry date
                     (latest possible entry)

If it's really not possible, what do you think of this configuration instead?

[------------------------------]  co-op student visa
[----------------------------------------] working holiday (IEC)

Can you activate both at the same time upon landing?

thanks

 

[MortyC137]

Hi,
I'm taking the liberty of asking this again, since I got conflicting information from other threads and I still can't manage to reach IRCC.

I know it's possible to hold a study permit and a working holiday visa at the same time, but I have doubts about the work permit "leg" of the co-op student visa.

My friend is now in this situation:

internship with co-op work permit [-------------------------]
                                        [----------------------------------------] working holiday (IEC)
                                       ^^^
                              medicals expiry date
                         (latest possible activation)

1) Is he going to lose his co-op work permit at the time he activates his IEC?

2) If yes, is there any risk in switching from co-op work permit to IEC without signing a new internship contract? Is it even legal to begin with?