Study permit

[philus]

I am preparing a Canadian study permit application and would appreciate advice based on recent experience.

The applicant has a BSc in Mathematics with a low grade, which currently limits her eligibility for direct admission to a master’s program. She has therefore been admitted to a diploma program in Supply Chain Management, with the aim of gaining practical skills and potentially pursuing a master’s degree later.

Her biological father intends to sponsor her studies. Is parental sponsorship generally acceptable, especially since she has been unemployed for the past few years?

I would particularly appreciate guidance on the following:

• Should the tuition and living-expense funds remain in her father’s account, accompanied by a sponsorship letter and evidence of his income and source of funds?
• Would it be better to transfer the funds into the applicant’s own account?
• Is there any advantage to transferring the money to a Canadian bank account or purchasing a GIC?
• Would paying 50% or 100% of the first-year tuition materially strengthen the application?
• How should she explain her period of unemployment and the progression from a BSc in Mathematics to a diploma in Supply Chain Management?
• What documents can demonstrate strong ties to Nigeria and a credible post-study career plan?
• Are there any common mistakes she should avoid?

I understand that no approach can guarantee approval. I am mainly interested in legitimate best practices and recent experiences from applicants with similar circumstances, particularly Nigerian applicants sponsored by their parents.

Thank you.

 

[Naturgrl]

Are you the applicant? She has a BSc so should be doing a masters. Taking a diploma (not even post grad) shows no education progression and difficult to justify costs when she returns home. She can take supply chain management (program for international students anywhere) do doesn't make sense.

Funds: If she is over 22 then should be showing own funds. Father shows bank statements to support himself and his family plus living expenses and tuition. So don't dump funds now. Get a GIC for the $22k. Paying tuition doesn't strengthen as long as money is in the account.

Program: Makes no sense. There is not education nor career progression. Program is not even relevant to a BSc in Mathematics. Supply chain doesn't even require a degree. Difficult to justify costs of higher pay when she returns home. Plus not leading to PR. Has no job experience so cannot even tie goals into the program. At least take a program in data science, statistics etc. Not the program that most international students apply for. What is the supply chain job market in Nigeria with average salary? So if program is two years and costs around $40-50 k CDN a year so $100k in total then she wants to show that she make that salary to pay it off in 2-3 years. She is not coming for PR.

Ties to return: Higher paying job. Children/spouse. Property. Coming from a top 5 country for asylum claims so want absolute ties to return.