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Archived: June 2, 2025 10:07:00 AM From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) Sent: [requester] To: [requester] Immigration Representatives / Représentanis immigration IRCC) Subject: [requester] Importance: Normal Sensitivity: None Good day, Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives Mailbox Please note that this mailbox is intended for general guidance and does not provide responses to case-specific inquiries but have provided the following information as guidance. If you have case specific questions about afile, you are encouraged to submit the |RCC Web form. Regulation 188(1)(c) stipulates that a foreign national may study in Canada without a study permit if the duration of their course or program of studies is six months or less and will be completed within the period for their stay authorized upon entry into [requester] the case of your DLI, subsequent short term studies in Canada require a study permit even if the program of study is less than 6 months There are no restrictions on the program of study for this grace period, however students must ensure that they meet all of the criteria listed on the IRCC Website in order to be eligible:

© * have been accepted to a DLI for the Winter or Spring 2025 semester (starting from January 1, 2025 to May 1, 2025), and

* have applied for a study permit extension, and

*have a study permit that remains valid and that doesn’t have the DLI name printed on it, and

« * meet all your existing study permit conditions [requester] Representatives Mailbox De: [requester] Envoyé: [requester] A: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (IRC) <[requester email]> Objet: [requester] Hello IRCC Reps —I hope this email finds you well. This is a follow-up regarding the answer you provided us to Q1, in the email below. While our open studies program is less than 6 months, as per this case law: 2016 FC 964 ([requester]) | Zhang v, Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) | CanLII, studying without a study permit would not be applicable in our students” situation, since most of them have already been in Canada for a long time. If you read this case law, it was ruled that study permit exemption for short-term course applies only upon original entry to Canada.

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