Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Inside-Canada filing categories, attestation rules and maintained-status effects can change. Recheck them before relying on a filing date.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
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Confirm the inside-Canada application category
Use the current IRCC instructions to identify the specific inside-Canada category that permits the applicant to file from Canada and record the current immigration status.
- Expected output
- A dated inside-Canada category and status record.
- Checkpoint
- The official category fits the recorded facts; physical presence in Canada alone is not treated as permission to apply.
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Obtain current DLI admission
Obtain a valid letter of acceptance from the designated learning institution and verify the school, program, level, campus, start date and conditions.
- Expected output
- A current, verified letter of acceptance.
- Checkpoint
- The institution and program identifiers match the planned application and the letter remains valid.
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Resolve PAL, TAL or CAQ evidence
Determine from the current official rules whether a PAL, TAL, Québec CAQ or documented exemption is required and obtain the applicable record before filing.
- Expected output
- The applicable attestation, CAQ or exemption record.
- Checkpoint
- The record matches the applicant, institution, program and intake year used in the study-permit request.
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Prepare the inside-Canada checklist
In the applicant’s own IRCC account, obtain the current checklist and prepare passport, status, admission, attestation, tuition, funds, study-purpose and family records it requests.
- Expected output
- A checklist-indexed study-permit evidence set.
- Checkpoint
- Every known status, family and prior application fact is disclosed consistently across forms and evidence.
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Submit the study-permit request
Complete the current online forms, upload the reviewed records, pay IRCC directly and save the official submission confirmation in the applicant’s account.
- Expected output
- A dated submission confirmation, receipt and package copy.
- Checkpoint
- The filing date is compared with current status expiry and no study authorization is inferred beyond the existing conditions.
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Complete requests and verify permit conditions
Complete biometrics, medical or additional-document requests by their account deadlines, then read the issued permit for institution, work, validity and other conditions.
- Expected output
- Saved request responses and a verified study-permit decision record.
- Checkpoint
- Study and work begin or continue only within the conditions of the valid authorization.
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DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare inside-Canada category and status proof, passport, current DLI acceptance, PAL/TAL/CAQ or exemption, tuition and funds records, factual study-purpose and family evidence, the personalized checklist, forms, receipts and IRCC messages.