Canada Student Travel August/September 2020

[Vivek2020]

Folks,

Anyone traveled recently on Student visa, please share their experience here. I heard that some students are denied entry because of online classes and asked to go back to home country recently.

 

[prospectiveab]

Where did you hear that? I only read a few stories of students from Vietnam, Dubai and Italy who had arrived recently and let in without much hassle. It made me change my plans and I am traveling in the end of the month.

Are you sure the CBSA officers denied their entries and not that it's just the airlines refusing to let them board their flights?

 

[Dafaqisgoingon]

I have heard that too. Its all luck actually. A friend of mine went with her classmate. She got allowed in but her classmate was told to sign a voluntary departure form and go back to india on her own expense. They both had the same documents and same officer and they were in queue together. I heard its happening more at Toronto airport. Its such a shame.....

 

[Vivek2020]

Where did you hear that? I only read a few stories of students from Vietnam, Dubai and Italy who had arrived recently and let in without much hassle. It made me change my plans and I am traveling in the end of the month.

Are you sure the CBSA officers denied their entries and not that it's just the airlines refusing to let them board their flights?

One of the student who travelled from my same agency and in my same college has been asked to go back. Just today. Its not airline , at CBSA in Toronto Airport

 

[jigzyy]

I am assuming that Toronto port of entry is going to be much more stricter than Montreal and Vancouver. If you are landing in Toronto, just know that there's a 50/50 chance that you will not be allowed to enter in to Canada. Wait a month or so before you plan on doing something.

 

[Dafaqisgoingon]

One of the student who travelled from my same agency and in my same college has been asked to go back. Just today. Its not airline , at CBSA in Toronto Airport

Vivek, can you please mention the college name and if she had any travel Support letter?

 

[Vivek2020]

Vivek, can you please mention the college name and if she had any travel Support letter?

Conestoga college and yes student had support letter

 

[gursewak singh]

Conestoga college and yes student had support letter

were the classes online or hybrid?

 

[Vivek2020]

Online

 

[Dafaqisgoingon]

Online

I heard that too about Conestoga College only. Their Letter had online and physical presence in Canada mentioned. Still deported. Sad.

 

[Mojito5]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...board/threads/allowed-to-leave-canada.698107/

This thread shows that denial at the border is absolutely possible.