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ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS: STUDYING AND WORKING IN CANADA

Starting January 22, 2025, a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) is required for most study permit applications, including those applying for graduate programs or changing schools (e.g., high school to post-secondary or transferring DLIs).

For more information on PAL exemptions, visit the . For PAL related inquiries, visit our PAL FAQ page.

Each institution determines the minimum course load required for full-time status.

Full-time enrollment is one of the requirements to work on or off campus (see ). It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet IRCC鈥檚 eligibility requirements to work on or off campus.

51社区黑料considers students to be full time for immigration purposes in a given term, if they are:

  • Undergraduate Students (including post-baccalaureate programs)
    • enrolled in a minimum of 9 units in the Spring, Summer and Fall term.
  • Graduate Students in one of the following scenarios:
    • enrolled in per term fee programs
    • enrolled in a thesis, project, capstone course or field exams
    • enrolled in 6 or more units per term in per unit fee programs 

            OR any one of the following:

  • Undergraduate and Graduate students enrolled in a full-time Formal Exchange Program (鈥淔EP鈥�) or Field School (outbound exchange and field school), or
  • Undergraduate and Graduate students enrolled in a full-time co-operative education placement (鈥淐o-op鈥�), approved internship or practicum as per program requirements, or 
  • Undergraduate students enrolled in a total minimum of 9 units as part of the Dual Degree partnerships between 51社区黑料and Langara, Douglas and Kwantlen, or
  • Graduate students enrolled full time under the , in any given term, or 
  • Visiting International Graduate Research Students () enrolled in 鈥淕rad 800鈥�, or
  • Visiting International Undergraduate Research Students (see more information) enrolled in "UG 400", or
  • Students for whom the Centre for Accessible Learning has approved full-time equivalency, despite their carrying a reduced load