 Study Permits ( Student Visas ) Study Permits ( student visas ) are not required for English language courses that last 6 months or less. People from some countries, however, need Temporary Resident Permits ( visitor visas ).
| Letters of Acceptance for Visas in Canada First, you need a Letter of Acceptance from the school. We will send a Letter of Acceptance to you, after we receive your registration form and tuition fees. Keep this letter to apply for your Study Permit at the visa office. Click here for the application procedure. | Medical Examinations for Visas in Canada People with programs of 20 weeks or longer must sometimes have medical examinations. It can take one to three months for the Canadian government to process a medical examination report before approving a Study Permit. If you cannot wait that long it is best to apply for a 16-week program. The Study Permit can be extended after you come to Canada. | Applying for a Student Visa in Canada In Canada, there are specific terms for visitor visas, students visas and work visas. It is easier to understand visa application instructions if you know the visa terms. They are as follows: - In Canada, a visitor visa is called a Temporary Residents Visa.
- In Canada, a student visa is called a Study Permit.
- In Canada, a work visa is called a Work Permit.
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|   | Canadian Visa Exemptions(AS OF JANUARY 2004) Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:
- citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, South, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;
- persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence.
- British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom;
- citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands;
- persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People? fs Republic of China;
- persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.
COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHOSE CITIZENS REQUIRE VISAS IN ORDER TO ENTER CANADA AS VISITORS (AS OF JANUARY 2004) Citizens of the following countries and territories require a Visa to VISIT or TRANSIT Canada: A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan B Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Hercegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina-Faso Burundi C Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People's Republic Colombia Comoros Congo (The), Democratic Republic of Congo (The), People's Republic of Croatia Cuba Czech Republic D Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic E East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia F Fiji G Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana H Haiti Honduras Hungary I India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel (only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli orange "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport") Ivory Coast J Jamaica Jordan K Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kuwait Kyrgyzstan L Lao, People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania | M Macau S.A.R. Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) Malagasy Republic Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia, Federated States Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) N Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria O Oman P Pakistan Palau, Republic of Palestinian Authority Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Q Qatar R Romania Russia Rwanda S Sao Tome e Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles, The Sierra Leone Slovak Republic Somalia South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Syria T Tadjikistan Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu U Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan V Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Y Yemen Yugoslavia Z Zambia Zimbabwe |
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