Canada Visa Information - Kenya - All About Visas Students Permit

This category of visa is for those applicants applying to study in Canada for not less than 6 months with an already identified institution after obtaining an admission or offer letter.

The Processing period on an application by the High Commission of Canada in Nairobi takes a Minimum of 8-12 weeks, excluding the day when the Visa Application Centre receives the lodged application from the applicant i.e. application intake, and the day when the Visa Application Centre retrieves the sealed decision from the High Commission of Canada in Nairobi, after submitting your application and it takes an additional week if you submit your application at our VFS office at Kampala.

NB:
Please visit the Canadian High Commission link on http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/kenya/visas/forms_study-formulaires_etude.aspx?view=d to view the study permit DEADLINE notice.
If the whole course of study lasts six months or less, you do not need a study permit. All you need is a visitor visa. You cannot study for the first six months without a permit and then obtain one.
However at times the Visa Officer determines otherwise depending on what course you are to pursue in Canada.

VISA APPLYING
PROCESS

Step 1

Only short-term visa applications are accepted at the VFS application centre with Permanent Residence Visa applications being accepted as mail transmission only in our Kampala office.

Step 2

Before applying, please ensure you are very clear on your ‘purpose of visit’ – do remember we are here to assist and help you through the entire visa application process but are not permitted to advise or guide you on choosing a visa category. Since our work is primarily administrative in nature, we have no say on whether you will be granted a visa and how much time it will take to process, as this is entirely the prerogative of The High Commission of Canada in Nairobi to decide on.

Step 3

Please go to the link “All about visas” to understand details of Short Stay visas and Long Stay visas.

Step 4

Please ensure you read the security regulation notices before you visit the visa application centre’s.