Due to the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we are experiencing delays in receiving applications can’t process applications normally can’t provide accurate processing times.
For guidance on your situation, find out how you’re affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
In most cases, your application will go through these general steps.
## If you’re applying for an electronic travel authorization (eTA)
### Email notification
In most cases, you’ll receive a confirmation from us within minutes of applying for your eTA. However, some requests may need several days to process. If this is the case, you can expect an email from us within 72 hours of applying. It will tell you what to do next.
Be sure to give us a current email address when you apply.
### Changing your email address
If you change your email address after you apply for an eTA, you must update your email address online. You can do this using this Web form.
### After you receive your eTA
Your eTA will be valid for five years or until your passport expires, whichever comes first. Your eTA is linked to the passport you used in your eTA application. You will need to show this passport to the airline agent every time you board a flight.
Note:
Having a valid eTA and travel document will make it easier for you to enter Canada, but it does not guarantee your entry. When you arrive in Canada, you will still need to show a border services officer that you meet all
requirements to enter. If you do not, you may not be allowed to enter.
## If you’re applying for a visitor visa, study or work permit
We’ll review your application to make sure it’s
complete once you pay the biometrics fee, send you a letter that tells you how to give your biometrics (if applicable)receive and review your biometrics after you gave them at a collection point (if applicable)decide if you’re allowed to come to or stay in Canada (we could do a background check)decide if you’re eligible to apply to work, study or visit Canada tell you how to get a medical exam (if you need one)decide if you need to go to an interview tell you of the decision we make on your application If you applied online, we’ll contact you through your account.
If you applied on paper, we’ll contact you using the information you gave us.
## If you’re applying for permanent residence or to sponsor a family member
We’ll review your application to make sure it’s
complete once you pay the biometric fee, send you or your family member a letter that tells you how to give your biometrics (if applicable)receive and review your or your family member’s biometrics after you have given them at a collection point decide if you’re eligible to sponsor decide if you’re eligible to apply to become a permanent resident of Canada tell you when we start processing your application, tell you how to get a medical exam, if you didn’t get one before sending in your application do a security screening to make sure all applicants don’t pose a risk to the safety and security of Canadians decide if you need to go to an interview tell you of the decision we make on your application
## If you’re applying for citizenship
To process applications for a grant of Canadian citizenship, we’ll review your application to make sure it’s
complete take your fees and send you an acknowledgement of receipt letter review your application to make sure you meet the requirements for Canadian citizenship schedule you to take the citizenship test, if you’re between 18 and 54 years old schedule an interview with you (All applicants will have an interview with an IRCC official. Some applicants may need to have a hearing with a citizenship officer or a citizenship judge)tell you of the decision made on your application schedule you to take the oath of citizenship in person at a citizenship ceremony, if we approve your application
There are several ways to check the status of your application.
Source: cic.gc.ca
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
