Hello.
Due to confusions with the Canadian Embassy in Rome I have found myself without the study permit (for PhD at McGill uni in Montreal), just a week before classes start.
I have already received my CAQ, but for the study permit they additionally asked me for a police certificate (penal record) from the UK, because I did a 1-year MSc course there some years ago.
Do you think it is possible to go now to Montreal, enter the country as a plain visitor (no visitor visa is required for Greeks), so that I don't miss classes and my whole studies, and then register properly as soon as my study permit is ready (no less than 40 days)? I suppose that I will then somehow have to get out of the country and re-enter. Somebody told me that there might be a problem if I go now as a visitor, because of my study permit file they are processing! Can this be true?!
Any help or other ideas would really help!
Thank you,
Stella
Due to confusions with the Canadian Embassy in Rome I have found myself without the study permit (for PhD at McGill uni in Montreal), just a week before classes start.
I have already received my CAQ, but for the study permit they additionally asked me for a police certificate (penal record) from the UK, because I did a 1-year MSc course there some years ago.
Do you think it is possible to go now to Montreal, enter the country as a plain visitor (no visitor visa is required for Greeks), so that I don't miss classes and my whole studies, and then register properly as soon as my study permit is ready (no less than 40 days)? I suppose that I will then somehow have to get out of the country and re-enter. Somebody told me that there might be a problem if I go now as a visitor, because of my study permit file they are processing! Can this be true?!
Any help or other ideas would really help!
Thank you,
Stella
