NEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENT DIRECT STREAM

INSTRUCTIONS TO PROCESS ON A PRIORITY BASIS CERTAIN STUDY PERMIT APPLICATIONS

Officers are instructed to give priority processing to study permit applications that meet the following conditions.

Student Direct Stream

To be eligible for priority processing under the SDS, the study permit application must have been made by an applicant who is a legal resident of Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, or Vietnam.

In addition, applicants must provide the following documentation at the time they present their study permit application:

• (1) an acceptance letter from a postsecondary designated learning institution, as per section 211.1 of IRPR;
• (2) evidence that the tuition has been paid to the postsecondary designated learning institution referred to in (1) for the first year of study;
• (3) a Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) of CAN$10,000;
• (4) a medical examination, as per section 29 of IRPR;
• (5) a police certificate;
• (6) recent secondary or postsecondary school transcript(s); and
• (7) a language test result, as described in these Instructions.
• (8) Applicants intending to study in Quebec must also have a Québec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) from the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration.

For the purposes of these Instructions, language test results accepted are

1. Results of an evaluation from a designated language-testing organization using a general language test approved pursuant to subsection 74(3) of the IRPR: IELTS General, CELPIP General, TEF Canada and TCF Canada; with a score that is equivalent to a Canadian Language Benchmarks score of at least 7 for each of the four language abilities (speaking, listening, reading, and writing); or
2. Results of an academic language test from a language-testing organization designated pursuant to subsection 74(3) of the IRPR: IELTS Academic (minimum score of 6), CAEL (minimum score of 60), Pearson PTE Academic (minimum score of 60), TEF - 5 épreuves (minimum score of 400) and TCF - tout public (minimum score of 400), with results from each of the four language abilities (speaking, listening, reading, and writing); or
3. Results from the academic language test from Educational Testing Service (ETS) TOEFL iBT Test (minimum score of 83), with results from each of the four language abilities (speaking, listening, reading, and writing).

Additionally, all above noted tests must be taken in their in-person format to be accepted for the SDS.

Online remotely proctored tests will not be accepted for the purposes of the SDS.

Source: IRCC