Enfield,
enfield said:
Here nobody is asking, why Canadian Government has introduced two seperate process, SPP and General categories ???
The Visa officers needs to check every applicant on three parameters:
1. Financial stability (Funds to complete his/her studies) [Most Important]
2. Home Ties (If there is a valid reason with which the candidate can return to his home country)
3. Adequate past education/interest/academic credentials (going for higher studies in same field or a totally different one, for example an Engineer going for chef course might not get a visa)
Now, each steps requires time, efforts and documents for its verification. SPP allows visa officer to bypass step 1 (since bank sponsorship is there). This leads to a reduced processing time.
Though if you apply in a lean period (say Jun-July for Fall batch), you can get your visa in few days in general as well.
The documents required in general and SPP category is same except the financial part. The list of colleges given are all top colleges and not come cheap one.
enfield said:
The logic behind SPP is to financially promote some simply cheap and low grade community colleges which are struggling to attract enough funds to maintain its day to day work. International students end up paying twice or sometime thrice the tution fees as compared to domestic students. Canadian Government knew it very well thats why SPP Program is "not a permanent one". At present its valid upto 2012. And once they squeeeeze us enough, they shall end SPP with an immediate effect.
Enfield,
That's a very strong statement and unfortunately full of presumptions. Please check the number of students going for community colleges vs universities every year and you might realize why these colleges are in the list. Most of the colleges in the list are the most reputed one's in Canada.
In general, college education is cheap than University but they both serve a different purpose.
University provides long term education which usually result in a degree. Unfortunately, they do not provide specialize courses. So if you have to go to a specialized course, you have to go to a community college.
Moreover, intentions of a fresh graduate applying for a visa, and a person having 6-10 years of experience is very different.
If you are already doing the job (for a few years), then placement (of Uni.) do not rank high and the motive is to gain specialization that might help in moving the corporate ladder fast. Besides, once in the job you cannot leave the corporate world for long so a 8 month course seems a viable choice.
Please do not make generalized statements that may create confusion for other valid students.
GS
