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If you are an exchange student studying in Canada for less than six months, you may come to Canada and study with either:

• a valid  depending on your country of citizenship, or
• a valid study permit (a TRV or eTA is automatically issued with a study permit approval)

Two-term exchange will be an option for the 2025 – 2026 academic year (Sep 2025 – Dec 2026).��

has announced that incoming exchange students who require a study permit will be exempted from the study permit cap and will not require a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL).

To study in Canada as a two-term exchange student, you will require a study permit.

TRV/eTA:

A TRV/eTA is an entry document which allows you to visit Canada for six months at a time, unless a Border Services Officer decides otherwise. As a visitor in Canada, you are not authorized to work.��

The majority of countries can apply for a TRV.�� However, only certain countries may apply for an eTA.�� The benefit of an eTA is that it is a low-cost application ($7 CAD) which usually takes less than 24 hours to be approved.�� .��

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An additional list of eligible countries added under the eTA expansion program can be found .�� Applicants applying from one of these countries would still need to have a visitor visa if traveling to Canada by car, bus, train or boat and would have to: 

• have held a Canadian visitor visa (TRV) in the past 10 years, or
• currently hold a valid United States .��

Study permit:

If you are applying for a study permit, the entry document (TRV or eTA) would be issued to you with a study permit approval. A study permit is a status document which is required for studies longer than six months.

As an exchange student with a valid study permit that includes both on and off-campus work authorizations, you are able to work on-campus without limitations on hours and work off-campus for up to 20 hours per week. In order to work, you would also be required to be registered in a full-time course load. If you're studying at ��ݮ��Ƶ for only one term, you still need to apply for a study permit if you would like to work while studying. In your study permit application, it's important that you include a letter of explanation to clarify why you are applying for a study permit for one term of study. If you receive approval for a study permit, and wish to work on and/or off campus during your studies, you need to verify that the study permit has the  work condition for on and off campus work stated on it when it is issued to you at the airport.

Please check out the immigration applications webpage for additional resources.

Contact one of University of ��ݮ��Ƶ's immigration consultants for free if you have questions.

Please note that the study permit application questionnaire will now ask "Do you have a provincial or territorial attestation letter or meet an exception from submitting a provincial or territorial attestation letter?”  

• If you are an exchange student studying under an exchange agreement between your home institution and a designated learning institution (DLI) in Canada, and you do not pay tuition fees to the DLI, then a PAL is not required.�� You can select “Yes, I meet an exception from submitting a provincial or territorial attestation letter.”

Once you have completed the questionnaire, you will get to a document checklist which has a category for proof of PAL exception:

• Proof of Provincial or Territorial Attestation Letter (PAL or TAL) Exception
  • You should upload the following statement: “I am an exchange student studying under an exchange agreement between my home institution and a designated learning institution (DLI) in Canada, and I do not pay tuition fees to the DLI.�� Therefore, I meet one of the exceptions listed under the Who Doesn’t Need a PAL/TAL heading at the .”  In addition, we recommend printing the same to PDF and including it in this section (as it will have a time and date stamp showing the exception was listed at the time of your application).
  • Merge into a single PDF file.