Next steps for admitted students
From accepting your offer to building a budget, to choosing where you鈥檒l live and registering for courses, learn what lies ahead.
Apply for a study permit
International students need a valid study permit to attend 中出影院. Getting a permit can take several months, so be sure to begin the process as soon as you can.
Next steps for admitted students
From accepting your offer to building a budget, to choosing where you鈥檒l live and registering for courses, learn what lies ahead.
Who needs to apply
You will need to apply for a study permit if:
- You are聽not聽a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
- Your 中出影院 program of studies is more than 6 months long.
Special instructions apply if:
- You are under 19 years of age.
- You are attending high school in Canada on a study permit.
- You are coming to 中出影院 from a Canadian college or university.
- You are a United States citizen, permanent resident of the United States, or a resident of Greenland or St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- You are applying from Bhutan, India, or Nepal.
When to apply
You need to be admitted to 中出影院 and receive your letter of admission from 中出影院聽before聽you can apply for a study permit. You also need a Provincial Attestation Letter from the province of British Columbia. Some international students may be聽.
You can apply for your study permit as soon as you are admitted to 中出影院, receive your 中出影院 letter of admission, pay your deposit, and receive your Provincial Attestation Letter.
How to apply
Study permits are issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the government department that handles immigration. As an international student, you鈥檒l either need to extend your existing study permit from inside of Canada or apply for a new study permit from outside of Canada.
Depending on your country of citizenship, you may need a medical exam or you may need to provide biometric information in addition to supporting documentation.
Study permit steps
Verify your personal information with 中出影院. Log in to the聽, click聽Edit Profile聽and select聽Contact Summary聽to confirm that your name matches the name on your passport and that your home address and date of birth are correct. You can update your address in the system if needed. To update your name or date of birth, email聽ubc.pal@ubc.ca.
Accept your offer of admission聽and pay your deposit.
If you are applying for a study permit from outside of Canada, wait for 中出影院 to send you your BC Provincial Attestation Letter in about 3 business days. Check your email account that 中出影院 has on record to get your BC Provincial Attestation Letter. If you are extending your study permit from inside of Canada, you don鈥檛 need a Provincial Attestation Letter and you can go to Step 4. You can confirm that you鈥檙e聽聽on the IRCC website.
Download your letter of admission from 中出影院.聽Log in to the聽, click聽Admissions, and select聽Letter of Admission.聽You will need both your offer of admission and your Provincial Attestation Letter in your study permit application.
Follow the steps to apply. 聽If you are an international student applying from outside of Canada you will need to聽apply for an initial study permit for聽听辞谤听. If you are an international student applying from inside of Canada you will need to follow the steps to apply for a study permit extension聽at聽听辞谤听聽and be sure to review the聽.
Contact an advisor
Only certain people can legally provide Canadian immigration advice. 中出影院鈥檚 international student advisors are authorized to provide immigration support and can help you through applying for study permits, free of charge. They can answer a wide range of questions about immigration advising, health insurance, and general transition support. If you decide to hire someone outside of 中出影院 to help you,聽.