Seeking clarification regarding IRCC’s Change Your School or Program policy - REP-B-2025-0322 - Due 9-May-25

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Archived: June 3, 2025 939:14 AM

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Subject: FW: Seeking clarification regarding IRCC’s Change Your School or Program policy - REP-B-2025-0322 - Due 9-May-25

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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. Ifyou have case specific questions about a file, you are encouraged to submit the ICC

Please see our response to your question.

As you have indicated, the new policy clarification applies to students who meet the conditions below:

If you were accepted to a new DLI for the Winter or Spring 2025 semester (starting from January 1, 2025 to May 1, 2025)

You can start studying at your new DL! if you:

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

Therefore, students who are scheduled to start their studies after May 1, 2025 (i.e. May 02, 2025 and onwards) may not begin their studies and

‘must wait until they receive their new study extensions.

Thank you kindly, [requester] From:

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To: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (IRCC) <IRCC,Immizrationkepresentatives

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refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/change-schools.hitm|. Specifically, we refer to the following segment of the current

ee Tne oar veh elo eo if you were accepted to a new DL for the Winter or Spring 2025 semester (starting from January 1, 2025 to May 1, 2025) You can start studying at your new DLI if you - 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 if you meet these criteria, you can attend the new Designated Learning Institution while your study permit extension is being processed ., Ifyou were accepted toa new DL! for the Winter or Spring 2025 semester (starting from January 1, 2025 to May 11,2025) You can start studying at your new DLI if you * 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 ‘+ meetall your existing study permit conditions If you meet these criteria, you can attend the new DLI you wanted to transfer to while your study permit extension is being processed. We seek clarification on whether this policy applies to students accepted to a new DL for the Spring 2025 semester, where the start date of the program is after May 1, 2025. Specifically, if a student meets the conditions outlined above, may they begin their studies at the new DL even if the Spring semester starts after May 1, 2025? Wote: Kindly ceply directly to this email thread for easier eference* Best regards, 002365

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