Best Options for Filipinos to Apply for a Study Permit – Student Direct Stream Process

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Best Options for Filipinos to Apply for a Study
Permit Student Direct Stream Process
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• Now with a Student Direct Stream (SDS),
  currently in place, applicants who would like to
  study for Canada and apply under this streamlined
  processing could expect the benefits of the
  following
• Reduce the documents needed in presenting your
  financial resources though
• Securing the Guarantee Investment Certificate (
  GIC) at Scotia Bank more information on how to
  get this GIC can be found here http
  www.scotiabank.com/studentgic program
• Can expect speedy processing of the decision upon
  submission of your study permit application at
  Canadian Embassy Manila, as in a regular stream
  applicants could expect 2 months to be able to
  get the decision of your application. But under
  the SDS it would only take less than 1 month to
  get the decision of your application.
• More importantly, however lesser stress in
  preparation of your financial documents and
  submission to the Visa Office

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• However there are certain required
  documents to qualify under the Student Direct
  Stream as per Manila Visa Office Specific Visa
  Instruction (apart from general requirements as
  we use to known with) as follow
• An applicant whose applying for a study permit
  to Study in Canada, and intends to apply under
  the Student Direct Stream must be enrolled in a
  publicly funded post- secondary institution,
  such as a college, trade or technical school,
  university or CEGEP ( in Quebec).
• Provide an English test like, An IELTS with a
  minimum score of 6.0 in all four bands
• Provide a copy to payment receipt, for the
  tuition paid in a year to a designated
  institution in which you have been offered for
  admission or enrollment
• Take upfront medical examinations (to be included
  to your submission) and use Visa Application
  Center to submit your study permit application
  under this stream
• AND your GIC certificate, which shows you have
  secured it to Scotia Bank for your living cost in
  a year while studying in Canada, that is
  indicated as CA 10,000.00 per year as per
  living cost to study in Canada, in case you will
  be studying without the accompanying family
  member(s).

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• Please note This Streamlined Process for
  a study permit in Canada does not apply for those
  student who intends to do a certain language
  course preparation in Canada, as such ESL course
  program or any Intensive English program in
  Canada, in other words if the student is
  interested to study English preparation program
  and in the event they have been offered for
  admission (LOA) and apply for a study permit,
  their application will be accepted and assessed
  under a regular stream as per embassy guidelines.
• Meanwhile, in circumstances that you
  have obtained or purchased your GIC from Scottia
  bank, but you failed to meet other required
  documents to qualify for a Student Direct Stream,
  a student can still submit an application for a
  study permit in Canada and it will be accepted
  and assessed under the regular stream.
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• The Student Direct Stream (SDS) for a study
  permit in Canada, only streamlined the processed
  of application for a study permit in Canada and
  secure that the living cost to study in Canada
  (along with any other dependent(s) included in
  the application), has a financial resources
  available to them while studying in Canada. It
  would also make it easier for the Visa Officer to
  assess your application for a study permit in
  Canada to arrive as to whether to approve your
  study permit application, though, but it is not a
  guarantee at all, that you have availed or
  applied under this SDS, it does not automatically
  approves your study permit application. Still,
  they would use the criteria of the acts e.g
  section 11 (1), section 16 (1) and regulations
  220. 1 AND division 2 part 9 of the regulations
  hence, among others (individual circumstances of
  the applicant) in determining a reasonable
  decision as to whether to approve or refused your
  study permit in Canada.
• Source Study Permit - Manila Visa Office
  Instructions
• Want to know more how to get the approval of your
  Study Permit in Canada? Whether under the
  Student Direct Stream or Regular Stream, Contact
  Visa Online Assistance by sending an e-mail at
  info_at_visaonlineassistance.com for more
  information. We may help you to obtain your study
  permit application to your first application or
  if you have been previously refused, we may help
  you to reapply and possibly obtain its approval
  like Manila , Singapore and Egypt among many
  other nationalities. Since, Temporary Visa
  Refusal to Canada, do not have a formal appeal
  unless, otherwise you need to file for a judicial
  review in Canada as per section 72 of the acts,
  and this would require you to hire an immigration
  lawyer in Canada to represent your application,
  which could cost you of course lot of money apart
  from lengthy process.