Study permit Application

[Birdy 1s7]

Hi everyone, I got admission into a university in canada for fall sep 2024 at 16 years old this year.
The age requirements for the school is at least 17 years old and I guess that's why I got the admission because I will be 17 years May 2024
Now the problem is the visa custodian declaration form . How would I explain to the officer that I won't be needing a custodian because I will be 17 years upon entry into canada. The minor age for coming to Canada alone without parent or custodian over there is under 17 and I will be filling the visa form before 17 . How would I explain to them that I don't need it ?

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi everyone, I got admission into a university in canada for fall sep 2024 at 16 years old this year.
The age requirements for the school is at least 17 years old and I guess that's why I got the admission because I will be 17 years May 2024
Now the problem is the visa custodian declaration form . How would I explain to the officer that I won't be needing a custodian because I will be 17 years upon entry into canada. The minor age for coming to Canada alone without parent or custodian over there is under 17 and I will be filling the visa form before 17 . How would I explain to them that I don't need it ?

It is the not the school that decides, it is the provinces that set the law. The university may say you can be admitted at 17 but you are still a minor. Talk to your university about custodianship.

Who is a minor?
In Canada, each province or territory defines the age of majority. Anyone under the age of majority at the time of their arrival in Canada is considered to be a minor child.

• The age of majority is 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
• The age of majority is 19 in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the Yukon

 

[Birdy 1s7]

Ok thanks

 

[Canada2020eh]

Hi everyone, I got admission into a university in canada for fall sep 2024 at 16 years old this year.
The age requirements for the school is at least 17 years old and I guess that's why I got the admission because I will be 17 years May 2024
Now the problem is the visa custodian declaration form . How would I explain to the officer that I won't be needing a custodian because I will be 17 years upon entry into canada. The minor age for coming to Canada alone without parent or custodian over there is under 17 and I will be filling the visa form before 17 . How would I explain to them that I don't need it ?

You might be allowed to come to Canada as a visitor at 17 by yourself but you are applying for a study permit not just coming for a visit. In the paperwork for a SP, IRCC says you need a custodian since you are under 18.