With courses widely being taught ‘online’, considered the new normal in the latest scenario of the Global Pandemic, these questions might be troubling you. In some cases, you need not show a work permit. However, some courses endorse a work permit even if they are offered online. Here are some ways to address the conundrum of online education in Canada.
lIs your course purely online: An online course or a virtual program doesn’t require you to be physically present on the campus? All the assignment allotments and submissions happen online. Hence, in such cases where there is no need for the student to travel to a specific place to get the project done or any other academic endeavour. In a case like that, you do not require a study permit.
lIf you are enrolling on programs that are for less than six months, you need not require a study permit for Canada. However, these courses need to be purely online. If it’s a course that requires you to make physical presence mandatory in the institute, be it for some time, you need to have a work permit.
lPersonality development and other such courses: Good institutes offer many self-help courses online these days. If you enrolled for any such course, you need not have any permit to facilitate your learning.
lAudited courses that do not claim credits also do not require a permit.
lMany institutions these days are offering courses online considering the change the Pandemic has caused to the world. However, these institutions will strictly start offering offline classes once the Pandemic is declared to have ended. So, such courses definitely need a permit, and you need to get your Visa extended or renewed after talking with your institution.
We hope this blog has helped you. For any queries regarding the possibility of pursuing education in Canada as a student living there, talk to our senior Canadian immigration consultants. They will tell you about all the possibilities of landing in Canada seamlessly.
