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Student Partners Program

The Student Partners Program (SPP) is an administrative framework designed and implemented in partnership between the Canadian visa offices in India and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). The SPP was launched in April 2009 is being continued in 2011.  For the calendar year 2011 the list of participating 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. New Brunswick Community College
  25. Niagara College
  26. North Island College
  27. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
  28. Northern College
  29. Northern Lights
  30. Okanagan College
  31. Red River College of Applied Arts, Science & Technology
  32. Selkirk College
  33. Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
  34. Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
  35. St-Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology
  36. St. Lawrence College
  37. University of The Fraser Valley
  38. Vancouver Island University
  39. Vancouver Community College
  40. New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
  41. Fleming College
  42. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (SIAST)
  43. Parkland College

Please note that there are many other ACCC colleges which also welcome students from India. Applications to these colleges will also receive prompt processing and a fair and individual decision based on the documentation provided.  Further 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 Student Partners Program is open to Indian nationals only. Students do not apply to the SPP; they apply to a participating college and may be considered under the program if they meet specific criteria. Application submission under the SPP is at the discretion of each participating college. Students interested in submitting applications under the program are encouraged to contact the participating college of their choice for information. The Student Partners Program involves close cooperative partnership and feedback from the participating colleges to ensure student compliance with the terms of their study permits. Essential to the program feedback mechanism is the student's consent for the institution to provide information on attendance. The student must sign the consent declaration on the SPP checklist in order to be processed under this program.

All Study Permit application checklists have been revised and improved as a result of the Student Partners Program framework to help students make simpler applications. All students are strongly encouraged to submit supporting documents as indicated in the checklists to facilitate the processing of their applications. Checklists are available online through the following link: http://www.vfs-canada.co.in/visaapplication.html.

It is strongly recommended that you submit your application by 01 August for September entry and by 01 December for January entry. Applications for a Study Permit received after those dates will not normally be processed in time for the start of classes and will likely be refused.      

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Date Modified:
2011-11-22