SPP (Student Partners Program) for Indian Students

The Student Partners Program is a directorial structure designed and put into practice in partnership between the Canadian visa offices in India and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). The SPP was initiated in April 2009 as a pilot to get better student enrollment outcomes. Due to the development achieved during the pilot, the program is being comprehensive and long-drawn-out in 2010. For the year 2010 the list of contribute ACCC members is the following:

1. Algonquin College

2. Bow Valley College

3. Cambrian College of Applied Arts & Technology

4. Camosun College

5. Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology

6. College of New Caledonia

7. College of the Rockies

8. Columbia College

9. Conestoga College

10. Confederation College of Applied Arts & Technology

11. Douglas College

12. Durham College

13. Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology

14. George Brown College

15. Georgian College of Arts & Technology

16. Grant MacEwan University

17. Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

18. Kwantlen Polytechnic University

19. Lambton College of Applied Arts & Technology

20. Loyalist College of Applied Arts & Technology

21. Marine Institute of Memorial University

22. Medicine Hat College

23. Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology

24. Niagara College

25. North Island College

26. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

27. Northern College

28. Northern Lights

29. Okanagan College

30. Red River College of Applied Arts, Science & Technology

31. Selkirk College

32. Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology

33. Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

34. St-Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology

35. St. Lawrence College

36. University of The Fraser Valley

37. Vancouver Island University

38. Vancouver Community College

Please note that there are numerous other ACCC colleges which also greet students from India. Applications to these colleges will also take delivery of prompt processing and a fair and individual result based on the documentation provided. Additional information on the ACCC, including a full list of member institutions, can be can be found on their website at http://www.accc.ca/.

The SPP Student Partners Program is release to Indian nationals only. Students do not submit an application to the SPP; they submit an application to a participating college and may be measured under the program if they meet exact criteria. Application giving in under the SPP is at the carefulness of each participating college. Students interested in submitting applications under the program are confident to contact the participating college of their option for information. The Student Partners Program involves close supportive partnership and feedback from the participating colleges to make sure student compliance with the terms of their study permits. Necessary to the program feedback mechanism is the student's approval for the institute to provide information on presence. The student must sign the permission statement on the SPP checklist so as to be processed under this program.

All Study Permit application checklists have been amended and improved as a consequence of the Student Partners Program framework to assist students makes simpler applications. All students are sturdily encouraged to present supporting documents as indicated in the checklists to make easy the dealing out of their applications. Checklists are obtainable online through the following link: http://www.vfs-canada.co.in/visaapplication.html.

It is strongly suggested that all prospective applicants for study permits put forward their application by 01 August for September entry and by 01 December for January entry. Students must further note that applications submitted after 20 August and 20 December for the respective entries will not usually be processed in time for the start of class and will probably be refused.