STUDY PERMIT - FINANCING STUDENT

[gcamargo]

Hi to everybody.

I want to pay for an English program for my girlfriend in Alberta. The idea is she live with me, I will be her support in a financial way. I earn 107K a year, so, I think is enough to keep both of us living comfortable.

My question is, can I pay her tuition? She has something like 10000 USD in her bank account also a property in her country, by the way she is 32 yo.

So, my question is, can I be referred as her financial support here in Canada while she is here studying? Because I know they ask for Financial Statements. I am already a permanent resident.

Cheers.

 

[scylla]

Sure - you can pay for her program. However be advised that it's becoming more and more difficult to obtain an approved study permit for language programs. Language programs are often seen by CIC as something that's used by people as a means of coming to Canada - rather than programs that are taken by genuine students (genine students attend university or college and typically take programs that are at least a year long). If she wants to increase her changes of being approved for a study permit, she should take a more serious course of study.

 

[gcamargo]

Sure - you can pay for her program. However be advised that it's becoming more and more difficult to obtain an approved study permit for language programs. Language programs are often seen by CIC as something that's used by people as a means of coming to Canada - rather than programs that are taken by genuine students (genine students attend university or college and typically take programs that are at least a year long). If she wants to increase her changes of being approved for a study permit, she should take a more serious course of study.

Hi Scylla, thanks for your quick answer.

In fact it is an English program from the University of Calgary, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and it takes usually a whole year. Our idea is to live together while she study and then get marry if everything goes fine. We want to advance in terms of her studies, because after EAP, she needs to certify her degree in elementary education, and then get the teacher credential in Alberta with the certification program at University of Calgary called Bridge Program that allow foreigner teachers to teach in Alberta. This is in the long term of course, but we want to save time once she gets covered by my permanent status as a spouse.

In other words we want to do this by the correct means, but marrying her just to bring it here is not the right to do, we cannot be that adventurous, first we need to live a little while to see how it goes.

Do you understand my position?