Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Study permits

• 216 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an officer shall issue a study permit to a foreign national if, following an examination, it is established that the foreign national

  • (a) applied for it in accordance with this Part;

  • (b) will leave Canada by the end of the period authorized for their stay under Division 2 of Part 9;

  • (c) meets the requirements of this Part;

  • (d) meets the requirements of subsections 30(2) and (3), if they must submit to a medical examination under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act; and

  • (e) has been accepted to undertake a program of study at a designated learning institution.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to persons described in section 206 and paragraphs 207(c) and (d).

• Marginal note:Study in Quebec

  (3) An officer shall not issue a study permit to a foreign national who intends to study in the Province of Quebec — other than under a federal assistance program for developing countries — and does not hold a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec, if the laws of that Province require that the foreign national hold a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec.