If you are inside Canada with a visitor visa and want to apply for a study permit, what do you need to do? This article will help you answer these questions.
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FAQ: How to change Visitor visa to Study Permit without leaving Canada in 2022? Step-by-step
If you are inside Canada with a visitor visa and want to apply for a study permit, what do you need to do? This article will help you answer these questions.
Convert tourist visa to study visa in Canada
1. How to transform a “visitor visa” to a “student visa” inside Canada 2022?
Canada is known for its beautiful landscapes and alongside all the beauty, the country is also home to world-class universities and a high-quality education system that attracts around 150,000 international students every year. People visiting Canada and wanting to stay to study or even work is no longer a new trend for foreigners these recent years.
Step by step changing visitor visa to Study permit in Canada
Step 1: Contact Canada Admission Hub as soon as you landed in Canada as a visitor.
Step 2: Follow our instructions and prepare all paperwork needed to apply for a prerequisite at a DLI
Step 3: Apply to a Canadian Public/Private College in DLI list
Step 4: Get your LOA and apply for Study Permit
Step 5:Receive your Study Permit and study in a Canadian College. Keep in touch with Canada Admission Hub
The total application processing time for a visitor visa holder transfer to study permit holder normally is 4-6 weeks*
Students who are inside Canada with a visitor visa and wish to pursue Higher Education might want to extend their stay in Canada to do so without flying back and forth to your country.
One route would be to apply to a school in Canada in order to gain admission as a full-time student. As long as the course is less than 6 months you do not need a Study Permit.
The next step is to apply to a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) in Canada. These are post-secondary educational institutions (universities, colleges, community colleges, vocational schools, trade schools, etc.) that have been approved by provincial or territorial authorities to host international students. Go here to see a list of DLI in Canada and for further information.
2.When should you apply for studying in Canada?
Once you have applied, you have to hope that you will be accepted as an international student at your chosen DLI, before your visitor visa expires. So apply timing is very important.
In Ontario, for example, October is the earliest you can start applying for the following academic year which generally starts in late August or early September. You can apply closer to the deadline – which is often around February – but the later you apply, the lower your chances of gaining a place as an international student. February to August is 6 months of course, and if you’ve already used up a couple of months of your Visitor Visa, then you’ll have decided whether to: Apply for an extension of your Visitor Visa
At Canada Admission Hub, the successful rate to change visa status from visitor to study permit is 99% including some hard cases like middle-aged students, gaps in education, student visa denied history, and so on. You can start studying in Canada within a month of the process. With clear instructions, straight forward process, you will find it easy to follow and prepare the necessary paperwork for your permit.
3. How to work in Canada while studying and after graduated
You can work on and off-campus (up to 20 hours) and full-time (40 hours per week) during scheduled academic breaks without a Work Permit. Take a look at Top 5 Canadian Colleges to allow foreign students to work on and off-campus 2022
To work in Canada after you graduate, you should apply for a PGWP. You can apply if:
- your study permit is still valid
- you have a valid visitor record
- you submitted an application to extend your study permit before it expired and no decision has been made on your application
- you submitted an application to change your status to visitor before your study permit expired and no decision has been made on your application
Applicants can receive only 1 post-graduation work permit in their lifetime. To obtain a post-graduation work permit, the applicant must currently hold valid temporary status or have left Canada. They must have graduated from an eligible designated learning institution (DLI).
4. Who successfully changed visitor visa to study permit inside Canada 2022?
At Canada Admission Hub, we work on your case as our own case. With clear instructions, a forward process, you will find it easy to follow and prepare the necessary paperwork for your permit. Our clients were able to get the Study Permit within a month!

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