Three Things You Likely Don’t But Should Know About How IRCC Assesses Your Study Permit Application
#1 – Your Application is Decided Using a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet It might come as a surprise to you that IRCC utilizes the classic, but
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#1 – Your Application is Decided Using a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet It might come as a surprise to you that IRCC utilizes the classic, but
Setting the Scene: Where We Are At and Where We Are Going I have been struggling with this post – to capture the experiences of
Panellist Will Tao, a lawyer at Edelmann & Co. Law Offices in Vancouver, worries that international graduates or students have the most trouble advocating for

Since January of this year, IRCC has now provided instructions that allow for authorized leave periods of up to 150-days contingent on school approval.
Their eyes. Seen through a lot of things – more vividly when closed.
Dual intent is an important and increasing oft-used provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”) particularly for those applicants who straddle the pathway
R v. Singh 2019 ABPC 37 is an Alberta Provincial Court decision involving an international student Mr. Surinder Singh who appeared at the port of
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