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SEEKING TO CHANGE FROM VISITOR RECORD TO STUDY PERMIT

Feb 21, 2019
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Dear all, I am inquiring on behalf of a friend who came to Canada as an international student and completed their Master's Degree in 2015. They obtained a Post Graduate Work Permit, but due to circumstances beyond them, they couldn't obtain their Permanent Residency because they couldn't meet job requirements then + other personal issues. They are currently on Visitor Record which is expiring on June 30th, 2021 and they have gotten admission to study a Ph.D. program in one of the universities here in Canada, starting by Fall term 2021.

The question is; How can they apply direct to IRCC to change status from Visitor to student while still having 4months of validity on their visitor status?
Can they first apply to extend visitor status beyond 4 months, thereafter they apply for a study permit from inside Canada since there's enough time to do all that before the program begins?
Should they rather just send their application to the United States and go there to obtain their Canadian study permit there before returning to Canada to start their program?

Your contributions would be greatly appreciated, please. Thank you all.

Babs.