Is There An Age Limit To Study In Canada?

hi thank you for joining me today today we're going to be answering the question is there an age limit to study in Canada now there are some of you who have reached out to me to say you know what I feel that I am too old to get admission to study in Canada or I am too old to have my Canada study Visa approved some of you are even worried that by the time you come to study even if you do get your visa approved you might be too old to get permanent residence if any of this is you then I'm talking to you let's have a discussion so the truth is ircc does not put an age limit for study in Canada however in reality from the statistics it is obvious that younger applicants do have an advantage when it comes to getting admissions in schools as well as getting their study visas approved and the reason is because mature students make a lot of Errors when they're choosing the programs to study and when they're applying for visas and we're going to be talking about these errors and how you can avoid these errors if you're a mature student so that you can get admission and you can also get your study Visa approved so the first mistake that mature candidates make is that they are choosing the wrong program to study now if you're a mature candidate it is likely that you already have a diploma or a degree in your country before you're applying to Canada but a lot of mature candidates are still applying to either a diploma when they already have a bachelor's or even applying to a bachelor's when they already have a degree from their home country so if you do that the likelihood that you're going to get your study Visa refused is really high I'm not saying it's not possible but then the owners will be more on you to prove to the this officer why you're going for a degree that is either at the same level with what you've studied before or even at a lower level so when you're choosing programs it is advisable to choose a higher program for example if you've done a Bachelors before it is better to go for a graduate certificate or a masters do not go for another bachelor's and try to justify it in your statement of purpose the second error that mature candidates are making is study gaps now there are some schools that have a maximum or five-year study gaps for those that they give admission to if you do not study the program page you'll be applying to those schools and you will not qualify to get admission and you might just be wondering why you have been rejected not realizing that the study Gap is your problem so before you apply to any school check the study requirements or the admission requirements to be sure that study Gap is not a problem for you and show the school that you're able to study in that program and that you meet the requirements now another problem when it comes to study gaps is when you're trying to prove to the Visa officer that you can meet the rigors of study in Canada studying Canada is not easy it is very demanding and if this officer might wonder how you can cope especially if you were last in school maybe 10 20 30 years ago if this officer might be worried that you won't be able to cope with the rigors of studies and that you're not a genuine student so in your statement of purpose on your letter of explanation you need to be explaining to the Visa officer how you plan to meet the rigors of studies and showing them that from your history your career history your professional history you have the power you have the determination and you have what it takes to make the rigors of study in Canada one of the greatest worries of mature students when it comes to studying Canada is that they are worried that they might not qualify for permanent residents based on their age and I understand the story because the federal skilled worker program which is on an Express entry actually it gives points for different criteria including age and once you're more than 35 years old your points for age drops drastically every year until 45 when you start scoring zero for age so I understand even some promotional nominee programs give points for different criteria including age so you might be worried that because of your age you might not get permanent residence but I'm gonna tell you a few things that you can do to elevate this worry number one is that you have a plan and start your research as soon as possible as soon as you have the plan to study in Canada or you land in Canada as a student start doing research on the different provincial nominee programs or other permanent resident routes that are available for you in your Province many provinces have different permanent residence routes for international students or for certain types of occupations you need to be researching and keeping in keeping notes of what you qualify for and what the requirements are so that you know beforehand whether you meet those requirements or not the second thing that I'd advise is that you must have a back up plan now you might have done all your research you might have all the information and then it doesn't work out if it doesn't work out what are you going to do have a backup plan be ready to move to another Province if that is what is required to do be ready to change your occupation if that is what is required to do there are so many other things that you can do to become a permanent resident and you're so lucky because the government of Canada is opening up more routes to permanent residents and I'm telling you if you do your research properly and you have a backup plan you will find a permanent residence route that suits you even though you might be a mature student Please be aware that you if you are a student an international student in Canada and your spouse is in Canada with an open work permit your spouse can also qualify for permanent resident it doesn't have to be you I mean you can be a dependent on your spouse's permanent residence application so if your spouse has that one year of Canada work experience and they can qualify for the Canada experience class or for any of the provincial nominee programs I know a lot of students who have qualified as permanent residents some of them while even still schooling through their spouses who have used one of the permanent routes permanent residence wrong to become permanent residents there are lots of mature students in Canada 40 years and above who have become permanent residents using the study route so if this is something that is scaring you you don't need to be scared anymore you do have options you're not going to be left alone um and and that is some of the information that we provide for you right here if you're worried about choosing a program that suits you especially as a mature student check out this video over here where I will tell you some of the programs that you can apply to in Canada if you're a mature student and you found this video really useful I invite you to like it share it and also subscribe to our channel so that you'll be notified when we when we bring out new videos that are also suitable for you we talk about different routes to Canada and if you go to the description you can also subscribe to my website as well as my newsletter I'm so glad to have been able to be of help and if you're a mature student you can leave a comment if you have any other challenges or any of the thoughts that have been disturbing you about being a mature student and I'm going to talk about it in another video thank you so much for staying with me I wish you a lovely day and don't forget to like And subscribe and I'll talk to you in the next video