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Archived: June 2, 2025 10:16:40 AM From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) Sent: [requester] To: [requester] Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) Subject: [requester] Due 5-Feb-25 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 a file, you are encouraged to submit the IRCC Web form. Please see our response to your question: Question: What is the scope of a professional examination that takes a day or days to complete in Canada (e.g., a CPA examination of 3 days called the Common Final Examination)? For example, beyond the requirement to have temporary resident status (allowed entry to Canada): + Is it considered a study activity, and, if so, does it fit the scope of R188(1)(c) - short-term studies? * Is it considered an activity that does not require any authorization (e.g., work or study)? * It does not appear to be a work activity, but if it is considered that, please let me know. Response: Foreign nationals may enter Canada or remain in Canada without a study permit to attend a course or program of study of 6 months’ duration or less {R188(1)(c)]. This exemption helps to facilitate access to short-term courses, regardless of their subject matter. The course or program of study may be part-time or full-time and should be completed within the period authorized upon entry (j.e., up to 6 months). The foreign national will still need a valid travel document (electronic travel authorization or visitor visa) to come to [requester] must get a study permit if they want to study for longer than 6 months. While a foreign national may attend a short-term course or program without a study permit at a non-DLI, they may not be issued a study permit to attend courses at a non-[requester] following activities are not considered studies for the purposes of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and do not require a study permit:

* * pre-school (pre-kindergarten)

© *courses of general interest or self-improvement

© * distance learning

* * audited courses (typically by sitting in on an academic course, but without obtaining credit for it, or having the

ability to obtain credit for it retroactively) * *settlement and integration courses offered by a provincial or territorial government through settlement and integration providers (including francization courses offered by the Government of Quebec, as they are ooza4s