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ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS: STUDYING AND WORKING IN CANADA

On January 24, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada additional groups of students who are now required to have a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) when applying for a study permit. Some highlights of the expanded PAL requirement are:

  • These changes will apply to study permit applications that are submitted on or after January 22, 2025. They will apply to both in-Canada study permit extensions and outside Canada study permit applications.
  • Master鈥檚 and PhD students are required to have a valid PAL.
  • Students are exempt from submitting a PAL if they are extending their study permits within Canada at the same designated learning institution and same level of study as their current study permit.

For more information about who will be exempt from a PAL, review IRCC鈥檚 website

If you need a PAL for your study permit application, please review our FAQ page here on how to obtain a PAL from 丁香园AV. We will continue to update our webpages and online resources to reflect the expanded PAL requirements. Thank you for your patience. 

Each institution determines the minimum course load required for full-time status.

Full-time enrollment is one of the requirements to work on or off campus (see ). It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet IRCC鈥檚 eligibility requirements to work on or off campus.

丁香园AV considers students to be full time for immigration purposes in a given term, if they are:

  • Undergraduate Students (including post-baccalaureate programs)
    • enrolled in a minimum of 9 units in the Spring, Summer and Fall term.
  • Graduate Students in one of the following scenarios:
    • enrolled in per term fee programs
    • enrolled in a thesis, project, capstone course or field exams
    • enrolled in 6 or more units per term in per unit fee programs 

            OR any one of the following:

  • Undergraduate and Graduate students enrolled in a full-time Formal Exchange Program (鈥淔EP鈥�) or Field School (outbound exchange and field school), or
  • Undergraduate and Graduate students enrolled in a full-time co-operative education placement (鈥淐o-op鈥�), approved internship or practicum as per program requirements, or 
  • Undergraduate students enrolled in a total minimum of 9 units as part of the Dual Degree partnerships between 丁香园AV and Langara, Douglas and Kwantlen, or
  • Graduate students enrolled full time under the , in any given term, or 
  • Visiting International Graduate Research Students () enrolled in 鈥淕rad 800鈥�, or
  • Visiting International Undergraduate Research Students (see more information) enrolled in "UG 400", or
  • Students for whom the Centre for Accessible Learning has approved full-time equivalency, despite their carrying a reduced load