What if your study permit expires?
A study permit is usually valid for the length of your study program, plus an extra 90 days. You can find the expiry date in the top right corner of your permit. The extra 90 days gives you time to extend your stay in Canada.
Once you lose your status, you can’t study in Canada until you’ve restored your status as a student.
If you want to keep studying: If your permit expires but you keep meeting the requirements of your stay and you respect the conditions of your study permit, you may apply to restore your status as a student if you lost it because:
- You stayed in Canada longer than the period authorized for your stay (but not longer than 90 days).
- You changed the type of studies, educational institution, location of studies, or times and periods of studies without applying to change these conditions on your study permit if they were specified on your study permit.
If you wish to obtain a new study or work permit and restore your temporary resident status, you must.
- submit your application within 90 days of losing your status
- explain all of the facts and circumstances that prevented you from complying with the conditions of your permit
- keep meeting the requirements for your stay
- meet all the remaining conditions listed on your permit, and
- pay your fees