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Student Partnership Programme aims at faster processing of students visa

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Published on June 16, 2018 with No Comments

The Justin Trudeau government has announced important changes to shorten the processing time for student visa application in order to allow more international students to study at post-secondary Canadian institutions.

Effective from June 8, the Student Direct Stream (SDS) Programme has replaced the Student Partnership Programme (SPP) in India and other existing facilitation programmes for students in China, Philippines and Vietnam.  The existing SPP is restricted to international students intending to study at one of approximately 40 post-secondary institutions in Canada. The new SDS will be open to all international students going to any Designated Learning Institution (DLI) in Canada, including both publicly-funded and private post-secondary institutions, announced the government.  SDS is aimed at offering faster and simpler visa processing to international high calibre students, who could be potential permanent residents of Canada.

To be part of SDS, international students will need to provide proof of acceptance by an eligible post-secondary DLI and payment of their tuition fees for the first year. A minimum-required IELTS level of English language ability of 6.0 in all categories (listening, reading, writing and speaking) is also mandatory among other rules.

 

 

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