Questions Regarding Study Permit

[airplanepeanut]

Hi how are you? I have applied to study at George Brown College in Toronto. I am going to study Tourism, Travel and Leisure. I am a citizen of El Salvador. I have Temporary protected Status/ Work Authorization in the USA until 2010 and I have a travel document that leaves me go in and out of the USA as much as I want until Sept. 2009. I am going to apply for my Canada study permit as soon as I get the acceptance letter from George Brown.

I have been granted a visitors visa to Canada in 2002 for a month, and I was issued a Worker Visa in July 2008 expired November 2008. I was a flight attendant for an airline in the USA so I could only go in and out of Canada when I was working a flight as a crew member. I obliged and used my visa only for that purpose. Will having these 2 visas before from Canada help me in getting my study permit?

I have a few other  questions...

1) Are my chances of getting a study permit for Canada really slim because I live in the USA?

2) Should I renew my Travel Document for the USA before I go to Canada? (The program I want to study starts Sept. 2009)

3) How soon can I go to Canada once I get my study permit?

4) What does the medical exam entail?

Thank you for your responses in advance!!!

[mariogarza]

Si eres de El Salvador, pues te puedo responder en espanol de acuerdo a mi experiencia, yo soy de Mexico y me encuentro estudiando en Canada..

1) Are my chances of getting a study permit for Canada really slim because I live in the USA?
Es seguro que te van a preguntar sobre tus lazos a tu pais natal, tambien te van a preguntar tus planes para cuando termines tus estudios

2) Should I renew my Travel Document for the USA before I go to Canada? (The program I want to study starts Sept. 2009)
Si quieres estar como estudiando para Septiembre 2009 deberias de estar mandando tu aplicacion muy pronto

3) How soon can I go to Canada once I get my study permit?
No estoy seguro... en mi caso la embajada de Canada en mi pais me entrego una carta la cual yo tuve que mostrar al oficial de inmigracion y ahi mismo me entregaron mi permiso de estudiante

4) What does the medical exam entail?
en el examen medico checan enfermedades y drogas; es un examen de orina, examen de sangre y una radiografia del pecho

Saludos
Thank you for your responses in advance!!!