Help Needed for a Beginner in an IT field in Vancouver BC
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Have you started your studies? The new direction is that you must be actively studying in your original approved DLI before changing programs at another DLI.
Then you will have to pay and enroll in that school for at least 1 semester before changing school.
If you don't want to pay and enroll, you will need to apply for a new study permit.
The new policy is targeting people just like you who want to change school as soon as you are in Canada. So there are your 2 options, it's up to you
You have to start the program and be actively studying which means completing at least a semester. Then you change you change your DLI. As said, IRCC has cracked down on people who come into Canada on a permit approved for their “original” DLI, and then want to change to a cheaper, private or different program. If you had wanted to change DLIs, you should have applied for a new study permit before entering Canada.
Then you need to apply for a brand new study permit. You can't use the study permit you have now to switch schools.
I'm sorry but you are so wrong, I have two of my friends who recently started their studies. One of them changed his studies before he enters Canada, the other one changed it after he came to Canada, both of them without having to apply for a new one, all they did was to update the DLI info on their online account. You need to have proof other than just say what you like.
No. It is a new rule over the past few months. If friends are getting the permit without actively studying first then IRCC is letting it pass for now.
Can you provide the official link from the IRCC website that says you can? Because according to IRCC:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/change-schools.html
If you change schools and don’t tell us
Your old school will report you as not being registered to study. If this happens:
- you’re breaking the conditions of your study permit
- you may be asked to leave the country
- this may prevent you from coming to Canada in the future
- For example, you may not be approved for another study or work permit in the future.
If you change your DLI before coming to Canada and you don’t let us know, you won’t be allowed to board your flight.
If your application is still in progress
You can tell us you changed your DLI by submitting a new letter of acceptance using the IRCC web form.
If your application has been approved
If your application for a study permit has been approved and you change your DLI, you must submit a new study permit application with a new letter of acceptance.
You must also pay all the fees for the new application.
Always rely on the official IRCC statement to be safe.
When was this? Was this in May or very early June? IRCC introduced new rules sometime in early June (I believe that's when the changes were made). One of these includes the fact that you must show you are "actively studying while you’re in Canada" before changing your school and program. We've already seen a few people here run into issues with this rule who have newly arrived in Canada and want to switch schools without having completed any studies with their first institution. IRCC has told them they need a new study permit because they didn't actively study.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/change-schools.html
From the same page that you cut it and only showed half of the info, see below:
Post-secondary students changing schools
If you change post-secondary schools, the school you plan to change to must also be a DLI. Please check the DLI list and confirm your new school is a DLI before you commit to changing schools.
You must tell us each time you change post-secondary schools. Changing the post-secondary school on your account is a free service.
You don’t need to apply to change your study permit if you are changing schools.
Post-secondary studies include:
- university
- community college, CEGEP, institute
- private university, career college, academy, school or training institution and
- ESL/FSL and other language training
This rule that says: you need to be actively studying was there since 2019. I have below link that you can see this info was on the IRCC website since 2019 and before. so it is not new.
https://www.mycism.com/2019/10/can-i-change-schools-while-im-in-canada/