Frequently Asked Questions
The co-op is a professional internship (work experience while you are still a student), it does not affect your residency nor does it count towards your residency (with very specific exceptions in Quebec). Your benefit is that you gain work experience in the professional area of study, which will benefit you in the future when you graduate to find your first job.
Other questions you may be interested in
The most common intakes are: September where we have available 100% of the educational programs , January we have available 70% of the educational programs and May we have available in 50% of the educational programs. It will depend on the program you select.
Fresh trips according to Canada's temporary residency forms are the last 5 years.
Your study permit is what authorizes you to work part-time. However, in order to do so, your study permit must stipulate a "Work off campus" condition. Please note that this work authorization is different from the CO-OP internship work permit.
You must file an extension application before your current permit expires, providing evidence of the reasons for staying longer in the country.
If you are independent or freelance, the following are examples and alternatives that you can present:
- Company registration or alternatively,
- Registration as independent or alternatively,
- Service contracts with customers or alternatively,
- Letters from customers 2 or 3 attesting that you have rendered services to them.
Any of the above documents will allow us to attest to your self-employed occupations. In a complementary, but not main way, you can optionally add any of the following, to strengthen the genuineness of your business:
- Self-employed business cards -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of the documents mentioned above.
Web presence: website, facebook -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of those mentioned above-.










