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Hi Guys, I might be wrong here. But in the snapshot it says, 'Between May 1, 2014 and April 30,2015, a maximum of 8,000 new applications submit for CEC will be considered per 12 month period.’ I thought 8000 applications was for the time between May 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014. After that its EE...

Hello again, Just to clarify things, I have emailed both CIC and my province's immigration for this information, they replied me with the same confirmation as the CIC call centre did. If you have a valid reason, you can always take a break and your spouse can work. This is coming directly from...

I copied and pasted the above paragraph from CIC website.

Oh and by the way, if your university checked it for you, I would not worry about it. If anything happens you can always show them the emails. But to be on the safer side, I would get a letter from the university so that when I come back I have some sort of proof to show it the border officer.

oh hey, I did not know that you were in a similar situation. If you are an undergraduate summer does not count but if PhD summer does count. I have even talked to some of the immigration officers, the impression I received is that, if you have sufficient proof that you really needed a LOA then...

Yeah may be you are right. I am actually thinking what other options I have. Do not want to screw with my immigration status right now since I will be applying for PR very soon. I think the most practical solution is to take small break from my PhD without any LOA since that will keep me enrolled.

Indeed. However, the only way to get information about their rules is their website/ talking to one of the agent in the call centre. Its hard to understand proper meaning of their rules just by reading it on the web.

I called up CIC, they said there should not be any problem. So just to make it clear, these RULES are only applicable to people who will get the study permit from June 1st and NOT before that. They told me if I take a leave of absence I will still have to go back to school after the leave...

But, leave of absence is not dropping out. Leave of absence means I have a valid reason to take a break for a while and come back to study when the university specifies. Also, I thought the new rules are only effective to students who have applied on/after June 1st. This is from CIC: " Under...

Hi there, I am planning to take a leave of absence from my studies for many personal reasons. I would like to know if I can stay in Canada during my leave of absence period? What happens to my spouse's open work permit? Please let me know!