Students Partners Program for Canadian Student Visa

Canada is one of the most peaceful countries in the world. It has great opportunity and exposure for international students, leading to thousands of immigration every year. The Canadian degrees are renowned and accepted worldwide helping students to get global educational experience along with settlement prospects. The Association of Canadian community colleges along with Citizenship and immigration Canada in partnership have introduces a new program for immigrant students called Student Partner Program (SPP).

SPP is a program launched to reorganize the processing steps of student visa for getting admission into Canadian Community Colleges. The main advantages of this program is –

• Lesser documentation for student visa
• Fast processing of visa application

Eligibility – The immigrants who wish to study in Canada need not apply separately for SPP. What they can do is directly choose the community college and apply for it. If the application meets the program requirement they are automatically included under the SPP. The minimum criteria to fall under the SPP requirement is –

• Passport
• Work experience (if any)
• 50% score in their recent degree
• IELTS score of 6.0 for undergraduates and 6.5 for post graduates
• Not more than 2 years of study gap.

Job opportunities – Students are allowed to work in Canada for up to 20 hours a week without a work permit. You must be a full time student with a valid permit for part time work, in vocational, professional or academic courses.

All you need to do is to list down all the community colleges in Canada and apply individually. Make sure you get the passport and necessary documents ready by the time of acceptance of your application. Expect entry through SPP only when you fulfill the above criteria.

For more guidance related to student visas for Canada, consult one of the best immigration consultants of Northern India, Vinay Hari. With thousands of success stories and maximum visa deliverance rate, Vinay Hari makes sure your dreams come true.

Tips to apply for Student Visa in New Zealand

With the growing trend of studying abroad, students now consider all the prospects of a country before they opt for education there. Times have drastically changed and many countries have started new schemes for international students. Foreign universities nowadays welcome such students with open arms promoting diversity and globalization. While USA, UK, Canada and Australia top the list of educational immigrations, there are countries less talked about, that offer innumerable future scopes for students. 

New Zealand being one such country has a low population density and is the second most peaceful nation in the world according to the Global Peace Index. With a point-based immigration system, settlement there depends on how well you score based on your key profile details (like age, language proficiency, education, experience, skills). When it comes to a student visa, you will be glad to know that New Zealand student visa also allows you to study in Australia up to 4 years. To obtain this visa you need to have the following requirements along with your documents:

• Acceptance for a full-time course: you must have an acceptance letter from a registered and approved University/Institute. 
• Evidence of sufficient funds:  you should give an account of your sponsor or sponsoring Institute in order to prove evident funds for your stay. (Approx. NZ$ 10,000 per annum)
• Proof of Return: you must present a plan to ensure that you will leave New Zealand after your educational period is over. A return ticket or funds to purchase it are sufficient as proofs.
• Passport validation: your passport should be valid for at least 3 months after you have completed your course.
• Clean Record: you must come clean in your background check without any criminal record or deporting case from any country.
• No Severe Health Issue: you must be free from any serious long-term disease along with a medical and x-ray report proving your fitness.

Also, consider your eligibility criteria while applying for various institutes along with the conditions mentioned above. All the very best!