HOW TO APPLY FOR A CANADIAN STUDENT VISA FROM GHANA (STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE)

There are a lot of people in Ghana here who want to experience the beautiful lifestyle of Canada, many want to live in this American country because of the kind of riches and comfortability it provides, there are so many things that describes Canada, one of these is the kind of the education system that it provides for its citizens and international students.

Many Ghanaian students have on their dream list to study in Canada, but how to make that dream come through has become a problem on its own. Before you make this dream come through, it involves so many things, and the most essential one of them all is to get your student visa application approved.

We have made it our main priority to focus on how to get our Canadian student visa approved. Let’s look at how to apply for it.

Before you apply for your Canadian student Visa, there are so many things you need to keep in mind, you need to know the eligibility requirements, your responsibilities, and others.

Before you apply for a Canadian student visa, know your budget very well, this includes your tuition, and living expenses that can take you through your academic career, your accommodation and others if you are not on any scholarship either fully or partially funded, to get this application approved, make sure you don’t have any criminal records because you can be disqualified for that, Canada expects you to respect it laws, a police report and a medical report will be required to make sure that your health is in a good shape, sometimes, these will not be required but you must get them with you before the unfortunate happens.

Before applying, you also need to know your responsibilities as a student in Canada, check to see if you are allowed to work, you are expected to leave the country on the specific date given to you to depart, you are also expected to complete the program you applied for and make progress before leaving, also make sure that you follow the instructions and steps carefully when you decide to change your course, etc.

NOTE that Canada may allow you to stay in its country and work after you complete with results that look like flying colors, that’s when you graduate with a post-graduation work permit. You can also be eligible if you have some requirements, which include submitting your study permit application.

Now, let’s look at how you can apply for a Canadian student Visa.

Before you apply for your student Visa whether online or at the office of the Canadian embassy, one thing they will surely ask for is the letter of acceptance from the school you applied for an admission is DLI (Designated Learning institution), the next thing they will also ask for is something called Provincial attestation letter (PAL), this proves that the school which the applicant has applied for is ready to accept him/her into their institution; submit your financial proof of funds status which covers tuition and expenses, your health and medical reports document should be submitted as well, your academic records, a statement of purpose and other needed document must be ready and available with you.

2.  Have an online account: 

Before the application, make sure you have created an account on the official account of IRCC account, which is where you will submit your application. Always note that there is a fee to pay for that.

 Your fee will be charged based on the country you are applying from and the type of visa you want. This will be very easy since you have your account created on the official website of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

After giving out all the needed details, an application for a visa form must be filled out with your details, which include your name, contact information, educational background, and others. You can choose to submit it online with your account or at the embassy.

As usual, there is always an interview conducted when there is a visa application process, this can either be done online or mostly at the embassy, this is done to prove your identity and verification of what you provided, you need to be guided by an expert to brief you on some of the likely answers to be successful in the interview.

After the interview is done, you need to wait for the visa decision, whether you passed or not, because there will be a lot of things to be done to get you ready, your passports and other returnable documents will also be given back to you after the review.