The Updated Complete Guide to Study Permits

Included with our Passes

August 14, 2025 at 11:00am EST

$150

5 hours

Attend Live and On-Demand Recording

SUMMARY

This course will provide and in-depth discussion of applications for study permits and the rights of international students in Canada. The instructor will address strategic considerations that are undertaken by immigration practitioners from the time of the initial client consultation until the submission of the study permit application. Recent jurisprudence from the Federal Court regarding study permit refusals will be reviewed. The course will also discuss international students’ right to work during and after their studies, as well as the status of their accompanying family members. The many changes to the international student program implemented in 2024 will be discussed.

Includes:

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Initial client assessment
  • Who needs a study permit?
  • Custodianship
  • Where to apply for a study permit?
  • General requirements for a study permit and legal test
  • Provincial Attestation Letters (PALs) and the intake cap
  • Common mistakes made by study permit applicants
  • Maintaining student status
  • Working while studying
  • Family members
  • The Post-Graduation Work Permit application
  • Exercise: can my client work? – Specific scenarios regarding work as a study permit holder and recent graduate
  • The “destitute student” work permit
  • Tips and practical recommendations
  • Restoration of status as a student
  • Applicable processing fees

CPD CREDITS

For Lawyers and Paralegals
Law Society of Ontario

Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 5 hours.

Law Society of British Columbia

Approved for 5 CPD credits.

Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements

For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants

Learn from experts in their field by purchasing this course

This course is included in these Passes:

2025 Passes become available for purchase on January 1, 2025

INSTRUCTOR

Andrew Carvajal

Managing Lawyer
Carvajal Law

Andrew is a Toronto immigration lawyer and the Managing Lawyer of Carvajal Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011.

Andrew’s immigration practice focuses on all types of business immigration, including the relocation of foreign workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the International Mobility Program. This involves the representation of employers and employees on all types of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications and Canadian work permit applications. He also assists professionals and entrepreneurs around the world with permanent residence applications under federal and provincial economic programs.

Having been involved in the international student industry for over 10 years, Andrew also assists clients with study permits and visitor visas. He is the CEO of the education consulting firm mobility.study.

For over 10 years, Andrew has taught at the university and college levels, as well as professional development courses to immigration lawyers, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and paralegals. He is the Curriculum Developer for LPEN and an instructor of multiple online courses and workshops dealing with labour mobility programs, permanent residence and study permits. He is also a frequent contributor to several publications dealing with immigration law and has been invited to speak about immigration changes on local and national news segments, as well as to testify before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Prior to practising law, Andrew was a sociology professor at McGill University and a university researcher in projects dealing with criminal justice, equality laws, family transformation and social research methods. He is also the host of the biweekly wine and immigration podcast “Vivir Afuera”.