If a student gets an Interview for his/her SPP canada visa application from Canadian High Commission then he/she has to prepare the answers in such a way that the Visa Officer should get the confidence that student is genuine and is going to Canada for studies. The main points that are to be answered are as follow.
Student will leave Canada after the completion of studies.
Student have been accepted by a recognized school, university or college in Canada.
The chosen course is related to his/her previous education/employment and will help him/her gain the required skills.
Student is financially capable and has enough money to pay for his/her tuition fees, to support himself/herself while in Canada, and enough to return home after the course is completed.
Student will be law abiding during his/her stay in Canada.
Student has no record of criminal activity/record in home country.
Student is not a risk to the security of Canada.
Student is in good health.
Student has strong ties with the home country and will return to the home country after the studies.
ainst the general assumption that mature students (student who have got long gap years) can not apply for SPP visa program, lot of mature students are getting their study visas.
Mature students are those who are having 6-7 years of gap between their last education and current date. Most of the colleges give offer-letters to the international students who are less than 35 years of age.
SPP Student Partners Program for mature international students
The first step is to secure admission in any one of the SPP college. When there were 20 colleges in SPP list it was hard to find admissions for the matured students in the SPP list of colleges. Now, with the SPP colleges list growing to 43, we are able to find admissions for the matured international students. To attain an offer letter the mature students should send their professional resume to the college along with the copies of educational certificates. Once a student gets the offer letter he will have to arrange an education loan form the recognized banks. While submitting the application the student will have to write the details of his work experience in SoP (Statement of Purpose) and provide the experience letters from various organizations with whom the student has worked. Along with that a bank statement of the candidate can also to attached with the application. The mature international students stands a chance of visa rejection from the Canadian High Commission if the course selected by the student do not match with his educational qualification or work experience and/ or the work experience certificates presented to CHC are fake (CHC can enquire the authenticity of the work experience letters) and/ or if mature international student is married and spouse is also applying for dependent visa in that case its really difficult for the candidate to prove the home ties and hence can result into visa denial as CHC is not convinced that the student will return to home country after the studies.
The first step is to secure admission in any one of the SPP college. When there were 20 colleges in SPP list it was hard to find admissions for the matured students in the SPP list of colleges. Now, with the SPP colleges list growing to 43, we are able to find admissions for the matured international students. To attain an offer letter the mature students should send their professional resume to the college along with the copies of educational certificates. Once a student gets the offer letter he will have to arrange an education loan form the recognized banks. While submitting the application the student will have to write the details of his work experience in SoP (Statement of Purpose) and provide the experience letters from various organizations with whom the student has worked. Along with that a bank statement of the candidate can also to attached with the application. The mature international students stands a chance of visa rejection from the Canadian High Commission if the course selected by the student do not match with his educational qualification or work experience and/ or the work experience certificates presented to CHC are fake (CHC can enquire the authenticity of the work experience letters) and/ or if mature international student is married and spouse is also applying for dependent visa in that case its really difficult for the candidate to prove the home ties and hence can result into visa denial as CHC is not convinced that the student will return to home country after the studies.
A very big question for students who are married. Can the spouse accompany the student to Canada? Can the spouse apply for open work permit? Applying and getting an open work permit for a student’s spouse is bit difficult but not impossible. An open work permit for a student’s spouse is valid until the study or work permit of the student. There are three ways to get an open work permit for spouse.
Apply for open work permit for spouse along with the student visa application
Apply for open work permit for spouse after the student reaches Canada
Apply for visitor visa for the spouse and apply for open work permit once the student's spouse is there in Canada
When using first method there are lot of chances that open work permit as well as the student visa application gets rejected. The ties with the home country become quite weak with both husband and wife leaving for Canada together. I feel the open work permit for the spouse should be applied once the student has reached Canada. This process can take upto 3 months and Canadian High Commission can ask fro medical examination of your spouse. When using third method what you will have to do is you can get your student visa and soon after you can apply for a visitor visa for your spouse. Once your spouse reaches Canada he/she can apply for the open work permit. The chances of getting the visitor visa are really bright but chances of getting an open work permit while in Canada are not that bright. On top of that the whole process can take upto 3 months.
