What happens if I drop out of coop program?

[ek222]

I am an international student currently enrolled in a program in Canada that is 2 years in total: 1st year is study and 2nd year is coop. I currently have a study and coop permit that is until the end of the 2 years.

I am curious what would happen to my status in Canada if I drop out of my program after the 1 year of study, without continuing with the 2nd year of coop?

If I do decide to drop out after the first year, I would of course leave Canada, but would I get in any sort of trouble with Canadian immigration/ Canadian law? Or be blacklisted in any way from visiting the country in the future again as a tourist? (I have a Japanese passport, so I have the privilege of having a ETA)

Thanks!

 

[selvakk]

I am an international student currently enrolled in a program in Canada that is 2 years in total: 1st year is study and 2nd year is coop. I currently have a study and coop permit that is until the end of the 2 years.

I am curious what would happen to my status in Canada if I drop out of my program after the 1 year of study, without continuing with the 2nd year of coop?

If I do decide to drop out after the first year, I would of course leave Canada, but would I get in any sort of trouble with Canadian immigration/ Canadian law? Or be blacklisted in any way from visiting the country in the future again as a tourist? (I have a Japanese passport, so I have the privilege of having a ETA)

Thanks!

No, if you leave after withdrawing a program, the institution will notify the IRCC and you can consider your study permit as cancelled. There is no difference between dropping a co-op or a non co-op program. If you withdraw you must leave, if you leave there are no long-lasting consequences. The only thing that will happen is, that the visa officer may scrutinise your application more if you apply for a study permit again, if the reasons for withdrawal were for academic reasons.

 

[backendcode]

You will violate the conditions of your study permit! You have to be actively enrolled in school while on a study permit. If you don't go to school for more than 150 days during study permit, you will be inadmissible to Canada and won't be eligible for PGPW.

Thank you,

 

[ek222]

No, if you leave after withdrawing a program, the institution will notify the IRCC and you can consider your study permit as cancelled. There is no difference between dropping a co-op or a non co-op program. If you withdraw you must leave, if you leave there are no long-lasting consequences. The only thing that will happen is, that the visa officer may scrutinise your application more if you apply for a study permit again, if the reasons for withdrawal were for academic reasons.

Thank you. This is just an option I am thinking of, but if I do decide to withdraw, it will not be for any academic violations, but due to personal matters. Will that just simply mean that my study permit will be cancelled and I must leave Canada soon after, but I will have no problem visiting the country 2 years later for example as a tourist?

 

[selvakk]

Thank you. This is just an option I am thinking of, but if I do decide to withdraw, it will not be for any academic violations, but due to personal matters. Will that just simply mean that my study permit will be cancelled and I must leave Canada soon after, but I will have no problem visiting the country 2 years later for example as a tourist?

You will have to leave ASAP, preferably you should sort your affairs in Canada before withdrawing your program. Prolonged stay after withdrawing would be seen as overstaying.

If you leave after you withdraw, then there is nothing stopping you from returning back to Canada as a tourist.