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To be eligible for a study opportunity, strong academic results and English proficiency alone are not sufficient. You must also demonstrate sound financial capacity and meet the Genuine Student requirement. This checklist covers the whole process, from acceptance letter to study permit lodgement.
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The first step is the offer letter stage. To apply to your chosen institution and program with a Canadian education provider, we require the following documents:
If married
Immigration history
You must declare any immigration history when you submit your application.
You must prove you have enough money, without working in Canada, to cover your 12-month tuition fees, living expenses and travel expenses for you, your spouse and any school-aged dependent child.
12 months living cost
- Student
- CAD 22,895
- Partner coming with you, in total
- CAD 28,502
- Dependent child coming with you, in total
- CAD 35,040
Programs longer than a year
For programs more than a year long you must submit a cover letter with proof to the visa officer, explaining how you plan to pay for the full duration of your studies.
Saving deposits
You must have enough bank balance or a deposit from an A-class bank to cover tuition and living expenses. Any bulk deposit must have a justified source.
Education loan
We always suggest students calculate the required funds excluding scholarships.
If funds come from the sale of land
If funds come from the sale of shares (public company)
Business
Salary
Salary (Abroad)
Rent
Lease
Pension
Vehicle Income
Income from Agriculture
Not acceptable sources
The following are not acceptable as a source of money or deposits:
- Gold, including a loan against gold
- Jeweller's valuation certificates
- Funds from non-financial banking corporations, such as co-operative societies
- Mutual funds
- Bonds
- Shares
- Business loans or business accounts
- Land and property valuation documentation
Each province sets its own age of majority — 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan; 19 elsewhere. Parents or legal guardians must prove the minor will have the care and support they need in Canada.
Come with their parents or a legal guardian
Have a custodian in Canada
Generate your health assessment ID and medical request letter, then take the letter to a panel clinic. The examination must be done by an approved panel physician:
- IOM Migration Health Assessment Centre
- IOM Medical Damak
- Travel and Mountain Medicine Centre
Do this first
We always recommend completing the health examination before lodging the visa application.
You must obtain a no-objection letter from Nepal's Ministry of Education to pay your tuition fees and leave the country. You need the following documents when applying for the NOC:
IRCC forms
If married
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Canada Student Visa Checklist
20 October 2026
Canada
To be eligible for a study opportunity, strong academic results and English proficiency alone are not sufficient. You must also demonstrate sound financial capacity and meet the Genuine Student requirement. This checklist covers the whole process, from acceptance letter to study permit lodgement.
Step 1 — Offer Letter Checklist
The first step is the offer letter stage. To apply to your chosen institution and program with a Canadian education provider, we require the following documents:
- Passport (all pages)
- All academic documents and GAP evidence
- SEE transcript and certificate
- NEB | Diploma | A Levels | IB transcript
- Bachelor transcript, certificate and individual mark sheet
- Master transcript, certificate and individual mark sheet
- English proficiency test result
- CV (if any)
- Work experience, training and salary statement (if any)
- Council registration certificate (if any)
- Application form and GS statement for the university or college
If married
- Marriage certificate
- Spouse's academic documents
- Spouse passport
- Spouse CV
- Marriage photograph (if any)
Immigration history
You must declare any immigration history when you submit your application.
Step 2 — Financial Checklist
You must prove you have enough money, without working in Canada, to cover your 12-month tuition fees, living expenses and travel expenses for you, your spouse and any school-aged dependent child.
12 months living cost
Programs longer than a year
For programs more than a year long you must submit a cover letter with proof to the visa officer, explaining how you plan to pay for the full duration of your studies.
Saving deposits
You must have enough bank balance or a deposit from an A-class bank to cover tuition and living expenses. Any bulk deposit must have a justified source.
- Bank balance or deposit from an A-class bank covering tuition and living expenses
- Justified source for any bulk deposit
Education loan
We always suggest students calculate the required funds excluding scholarships.
- Education loan sanction letter
- Loan disbursement letter
- Loan account statement covering the period from loan approval to now
- Lalpurja including owner details, where property is used as collateral
- Land tax receipts from the VDC or municipality for the three fiscal years before the loan was approved
If funds come from the sale of land
- Lalpurja, including details of buyer and seller
- Moth Shresta verified by the land revenue office
- Land tax receipts from the VDC or municipality for the three fiscal years before the sale
- Itemised bank account statement from receipt of the sale funds to the present
If funds come from the sale of shares (public company)
- Stock broker statement from the DMAT account confirming the sale of shares
- Mero-Share records showing the purchase and sale history of the shares
- Broker contract note or payment proof confirming the amount received
- Bank statement showing the deposit of the sale proceeds
Business
- PAN Certificate of Business
- Registration/ Ownership documents issued from the official authority showing the financial sponsors as the owner/ partner of the business
- Income tax returns of last three years of the business
- Current account statements of the business for the last 4-6 months
- Shareholder Information details on MOA & AOA
- Audit report of the last two years (if any)
Salary
- Employment confirmation letter
- PAN of the employee
- Income tax returns of last 1-2 years of the employee
- Salary slips from the employer for the last 6 months
- Itemized personal bank account statement for the last 4-6 months.
- Provident Fund | Citizens Investment Trust | Social Security Fund etc. (if any)
Salary (Abroad)
- Salary letter, Job Agreement, or appointment letter
- Passport and Visa copy
- Employee ID proof
- Pay slips
- Bank statement showing salary deposit 4-6 months
- Remittance receipt (recommended)
- Tax return of last two years (If any)
Rent
- Rent Agreement Paper
- Title Deed
- Building Completion Certificate
- Business registration of tenant if leased to any business
- Property Tax receipt of last 1-3 years
- Rent tax from the Municipality office of last 1-3 years
- Bank Statement showing rent being received for last 4-6 months
- House or Land Picture (if requested)
- Company document or Citizenship of the tenant
Lease
- Lalpurja including details of the owner
- Itemized bank account statement of the property owner for the last 4-6 months
- Business registration of Tenant if leased to any business
- Lease tax receipt of last 12 months
- Land tax receipts issued by the VDC | Municipality office for the last three fiscal years
- Company document or citizenship of tenant
Pension
- Pension Book
- Bank statement from the last 6 months
Vehicle Income
- Vehicle Registration Certificate
- Vehicle Agreement
- Insurance paper if vehicle purchase on loan
- Bank statement reflecting vehicle income deposit
Income from Agriculture
- Agriculture Income Verification Certificate from Municipality | Ward Office | VDC
- Bank statement showing agriculture income deposit
- Any bills or receipts of product sales
- Title Deed paper
Not acceptable sources
The following are not acceptable as a source of money or deposits:
- Gold, including a loan against gold
- Jeweller's valuation certificates
- Funds from non-financial banking corporations, such as co-operative societies
- Mutual funds
- Bonds
- Shares
- Business loans or business accounts
- Land and property valuation documentation
Step 3 — Under 18 Students
Each province sets its own age of majority — 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan; 19 elsewhere. Parents or legal guardians must prove the minor will have the care and support they need in Canada.
Come with their parents or a legal guardian
- The applicant's parents or their close family relative must confirm that the applicant will be living with them until the applicant is a minor.
- They must have a valid Canadian visa permit and police Clearance.
Have a custodian in Canada
- A custodian is a responsible adult who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who will take care of and support the minor child.
Step 4 — Health Examination
Generate your health assessment ID and medical request letter, then take the letter to a panel clinic. The examination must be done by an approved panel physician:
- IOM Migration Health Assessment Centre
- IOM Medical Damak
- Travel and Mountain Medicine Centre
Do this first
We always recommend completing the health examination before lodging the visa application.
Step 5 — No Objection Letter (NOC)
You must obtain a no-objection letter from Nepal's Ministry of Education to pay your tuition fees and leave the country. You need the following documents when applying for the NOC:
- Unconditional letter of offer (must show your name, subject, program level, duration and student ID)
- Citizenship certificate
- Passport copy
- Academic documents
- Invoice letter from the university or college showing payment details
- Degree awarded certificate (if you studied in a foreign country)
- Equivalency letter from Tribhuvan University (if you studied at a foreign university)
- Common Entrance Exam mark sheet (if applying for a health program)
- Previous NOC copy (if one has been issued before)
- Licence from the relevant authority
Step 6 — Visa Document Checklist
- All passport pages
- Passport-size photo
- All academic documents
- Valid English proficiency test result
- Proof of payment
- Letter of Acceptance from a Designated Learning Institution
- Provincial Attestation Letter — Not required for Master's and research programs at public universities.
- Quebec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) — For Quebec-bound students.
- Medical examination from a panel doctor
- Any GAP evidence
- Evidence of ongoing annual income
- Education loan (if any)
- Recent bank balance (minimum 4 months)
- Affidavit of support from sponsor
- Evidence of the relationship between you and the person providing financial support
- Birth registration certificate
- Any immigration history
- Police clearance certificate (if any)
- Property documents
- Letter statement of genuine student
IRCC forms
- IMM 1294 — Application for study permit made outside Canada
- IMM 5707 — Family information
- IMM 5476 — Use of a representative
- IMM 5475 — Authority to release personal information to a designated individual
- IMM 5646 — Custodianship declaration for minors studying in Canada
If married
- Marriage registration certificate
- Marriage photos
- Joint bank statement (if any)
- Spouse academic documents
- GAP evidence such as work, training or internships
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