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This information is being provided as general program guidance; we are unable to provide case-specilic advice. Exchange students coming to Canada for less than six months do not require a study permit, or a PAL/TAL. A new cap exemption was introduced on January 22, 2025 for incoming exchange students who require a study permit (e.g., fil-year exchange students). Going forward in 2025, these individuals will not be required to include a PAL/TAL in their study permit application (previously, exchange students studying in Canada for longer, such as full-year exchange students, required both a study permit and a PAL/TAL). ‘The most current information for study permit applicants appears on the IRCC website: Study permit: Get the right documents Provincial attestation eter or territorial attestation leuer - Canada.ca Please note that the second link indicated below was for an external courtesy posting of internal instructions from October 2024; updates to this external page are in progress. We hope this information is helpful Thank you kindly, [requester] De: Envoyé: [requester] A: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (IRCC) <[requester email]> Objet: [requester] Hello! As we are looking into some Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) exemptions, we have found conflicting information from IRCC web pages. One source is the application instruction page that applicants refer to when submitting study permit application which states * You don’t need a PAL/TAL when applying for a study permit if any of the following applies to you. © You're an exchange student studying under an exchange arrangement between your home institution and a designated learning institution (DLI) in Canada, and you don't pay tuition fees to the DLL. * while the other is the operation guideline page used by IRC officers to make decisions that says ootois

$.19(1) FFD erccepcress Semone conse The exceptions include — : “as per subsection R215(1), study permit applicants who, after entering Canada © are a temporary resident who © is a visiting or exchange student and is studying at a designated learning institution" This has left us uncertain about whether our exchange/visiting students should apply for a study permit outside Canada with or without a [requester] you clarify the exceptions for visting and exchange students regarding the requirement for a PAL when applying for a study permit from outside Canada? We truly appreciate your assistance with this matter. Thanks, oot016