Asking help for a friend's daughter, who has a US passport, is in Canada since January 2023 with her parents (who both have work permits and work contracts), who applied online for a study permit in the beginning of May 2025, and finished her secondary school in Ontario in June 2025.
She has to enroll by 16 September 2025 the latest, but she's still got no study permit. Phone calls to IIRC confirm that everything seems OK (in terms of provided documents), but (also) that current waiting times point to an approval not before October - which would be too late for her to enroll for this Fall start. Her university told her her course can only be started once a year, in September, so a deferral would mean losing the study permit (once approved), as it'd be a deferral of more than 150 days.
Questions:
* As she's a US citizen, already legally in the Canada, with a parent with a valid work permit, what are her options, apart from waiting and hoping her online application gets approved in-time?
She is considering applying in person at the nearest Point of Entry, as 'flagpoling' still seems to be allowed for US citizens:
* Should she do so and what are her chances of succeeding (there)?
* Would an in-person application at a PoE automatically invalidate her current online application or should retract it herself beforehand or can they run concurrently?
Any advice much appreciated!
She has to enroll by 16 September 2025 the latest, but she's still got no study permit. Phone calls to IIRC confirm that everything seems OK (in terms of provided documents), but (also) that current waiting times point to an approval not before October - which would be too late for her to enroll for this Fall start. Her university told her her course can only be started once a year, in September, so a deferral would mean losing the study permit (once approved), as it'd be a deferral of more than 150 days.
Questions:
* As she's a US citizen, already legally in the Canada, with a parent with a valid work permit, what are her options, apart from waiting and hoping her online application gets approved in-time?
She is considering applying in person at the nearest Point of Entry, as 'flagpoling' still seems to be allowed for US citizens:
* Should she do so and what are her chances of succeeding (there)?
* Would an in-person application at a PoE automatically invalidate her current online application or should retract it herself beforehand or can they run concurrently?
Any advice much appreciated!
