Canadian student visa

The Canadian government has provided conditions for students from all over the world to study in Canadian schools. To enter Canada and study in schools in this country, you need to get a student visa.

This type of visa is actually a way of student immigration to Canada. In this article, we fully explain all the points you need to know about the Canadian student visa.

Conditions for obtaining a Canadian student visa

To get a Canadian student visa, you must meet the following conditions:

Acceptance from Canadian public or private schools in one of the elementary, middle or high school courses
Having a maximum age of 18 years
Accompanying the student’s father or mother, and if they are not accompanied, having a legal guardian (custodian) in Canada
Proof of having sufficient financial ability to pay tuition and living expenses for one year in Canada
Not having a disease
Proof of leaving Canada after graduation

tip

Elementary school students must enter Canada with their parents or legal guardians and cannot apply alone.
The custodian must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

What are the required documents?

Individual documents (student)

Valid passport scan with stamped pages and pages with visa label if any
Scanned translation of birth certificate along with Farsi copy
One personal photo with a size of 3.5 x 4.5
Scan of the translation of the degree and academic transcripts of the last three years (in case of employment, the translation of the employment certificate is also required)
School acceptance letter
Scanned translation of permission to leave the country (if parents or one of them does not accompany the student)
Scanned translation of custody certificate (in case of separation of parents or having a legal guardian other than parents)
Custodian’s notarized letter (if parents are not accompanying the student)
Proof of registration in the student dormitory or homestay (if not accompanied by parents)
Plan teacher’s letter
Lawyer’s letter of defense (if there is a lawyer on the case)
Canadian study visa forms
Fingerprinting (not required for students under 14)

financial documents (sponsor)

Since students under the age of 18 do not have career and financial independence, it is necessary that first-class members of the family, preferably parents, become their financial sponsors.

Bank authorization letter in English
Account details for the last 4 months
Translation of documents that show the affiliation of the student and his sponsor to his country, such as:
Real estate documents including house, land, shop or master related to renting them
Company registration documents (if any)
Other documents that show financial ability, such as car documents, gold invoices, etc
Translation of employment letters and employment contracts
Translation of salary slips of the last few months (if any)
Translation of insurance records (if any)
Translation of notarial commitment
Translation of birth certificate
Scanned passport signed by parents (sponsor)
School deposit payment receipt (if any)

Financing for a Canadian student visa

Financial ability is one of the important documents for a Canadian student visa. If, as a parent of a student, you intend to become his financial sponsor, you must be able to prove to the Canadian Embassy:

You have enough money to cover your child’s education and living expenses for one year.
You have a good financial situation and stability.
If you are accompanying your child, you must show more financial capacity for your own living expenses in Canada.

Attention

The financial amounts and financial documents that you provide to sponsor your child as well as your accompanying visa file (if accompanied by a child) should be such that the officer is satisfied and reassured that after entering Canada, your child and you will not have any problems. You will not have money to cover your education and living expenses.

You may want to know exactly how much funding should be required for a Canadian student visa and accompanying student visa. For more information on this subject, please refer to the Canada Study Visa Funding page.

Procedures for obtaining a Canadian student visa

After preparing the necessary documents for the Canadian student visa, it is now time to apply and send the documents to the Canadian Embassy:

Log on to the Immigration Canada website at cic.gc.ca.
Choose the Study option from among the types of visas.
On the new page, click on Get a Study Permit option.
You will enter a new page again. Click on How to Apply option.
After that, answer the questions on the new page in the Apply Online section.
Then create an account in the Create an Account section and enter the necessary information.
Answer all the questions in the application correctly.
At the end, upload all the required documents in the documents section.
After uploading the documents, if your child is 14 years old and older and has not done fingerprinting at Canadian visa application centers or so-called VAC, you must check the fingerprint request option.
At the end, enter the bank information and pay the application fee and the fingerprint fee.
Make an appointment for your child to be fingerprinted at one of Canada’s VAC offices in countries around Iran.
Some time after submitting the file, a fingerprint letter will be sent to you.
Your child must take his fingerprint letter and identification documents to the VAC office on the specified date and get fingerprinted.
Congratulations. Your child has received a Pass Request and Visa.
Send your child’s passport to the Canadian embassy in one of the nearby countries for a visa label.

Canadian student accompanying visa

According to Canadian immigration laws, you as a parent of a student who you intend to send to study in Canada have the chance to

Accompany your child on this trip. For this, you need to get a student visa. Surely you have many questions in this field. In the following, we will explain about the conditions of accompanying student visa and the necessary documents for it.

Canada student accompanying visa conditions

As the parent of a student, you must meet the following conditions to receive a Canadian companion visa:

Prove that you have sufficient financial ability to cover your living expenses during your stay in Canada (usually for one year of your child’s education).
If you are the financial sponsor of your child, you must also provide a sufficient amount of money to cover the tuition and living expenses of your child for one year.
Prove that you will be in Canada temporarily and will return to your country.
Do not have a bad background.
Be physically healthy.

required documents

As the parent of a student who is planning to accompany him and get a student accompanying visa (a student accompanying visa is a type of tourist visa), you must prepare documents.

Part of the documents is identity and another part of the documents is related to proof of financial ability. You need all the financial documents mentioned in the student visa section. But in addition to them, you must prepare the following documents:

Scan of translation of degree and university transcripts (if any – not required)
Scan of language certificate (if any – not required)
One personal photo 3.5 x 4.5
Valid passport scan with all stamped pages
Scan the translation of birth certificate
Scan translation of bad background certificate
Scan translation of marriage certificate
Scan of the translation of the end of service card or service exemption card for the father
Necessary forms related to accompanying student visa
Fingerprinting after submitting the visa application

For example, to convert your tourist visa to a study visa, you must be accepted by one of the Canadian universities and then apply for a Canadian study visa.

After obtaining a Canadian study visa or work visa, you start studying or working, and after finishing your studies or after the first year of work, you can apply for permanent residence in Canada.

The advantage of converting a tourist visa to a study visa or a Canadian work visa is that after obtaining one of these types of visas, your child can study in Canadian public schools for free.

How long does it take to issue a visa?

The answer to this question is relative. Depending on the conditions of the Canadian embassy, this time lasts from 2 weeks to 6 months. There have even been cases that took more than a year to review.

In certain circumstances, such as the epidemic of the Covid-19 disease, the process of evaluating Canadian study visa cases was slow. But sometimes the cases may be reviewed and evaluated quickly. It all depends on the conditions of the Canadian embassy and the completeness of your case.

Pay attention to the fact that the duration of issuing a Canadian student visa is calculated after fingerprinting.

Canadian student visa fee

The cost of applying for a Canadian teaching permit is $150
The cost of accompanying student visa is $100
The cost of fingerprinting is $85 per person

Studying as a student in Canada

Education in Canadian schools usually starts at the age of 5 and continues until the age of 18. Education levels in Canadian schools include elementary, middle and high school. Of course, in some schools, middle and high school levels have been merged together and include grades 6 to 12.

In Canadian schools, in high school, students must take a set of courses in each grade. Consider the situation that your child studied the 10th grade in Iran and now plans to get admission for the 11th grade in Canada. After applying to the school, the result of his application may be a little shocking and the school will re-admit him to 10th grade. You may ask why?

The reason is that a series of subjects that are in the 10th grade curriculum in Canada are not in the 10th grade curriculum in Iran, and therefore your child must study the 10th grade in Canada again to cover the required subjects for this grade.

Canadian student visa statistics

The Canadian government issues a number of student visas every year, some of which include visas for Iranian students. Of course, it should be noted that this type of visa has less statistics than other study visas in university degrees.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 January to February 2022
Total teaching permits issued in primary and secondary levels 62,105 64,115 69,480 45,130 63,905 10,105

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January 29, 2024