{"id":5,"date":"2019-07-26T17:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/2019\/07\/26\/chapter-1\/"},"modified":"2019-08-15T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:24:40","slug":"before-departing-for-canada","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/chapter\/before-departing-for-canada\/","title":{"raw":"Before Departing for Canada","rendered":"Before Departing for Canada"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Important:\u00a0 Obtain permission to enter and study in Canada<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Apply for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/study-canada\/study-permit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Permit<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Find out if you require a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/visas.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visa or Electronic Travel Authorization<\/a>. The country from which you are traveling will determine which is right for you.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apply for your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/information\/applications\/visa.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VISA<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/visit-canada\/eta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic Travel Authorization<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Scan and Email your approval letter to JIBC<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:admissions@jibc.ca\">admissions@jibc.ca<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Book your travel to Vancouver<\/strong> - Plan to arrive well in advance of the mandatory orientation schedule for the week before classes begin. Be sure to check airline baggage restrictions and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca\/travel-voyage\/ifcrc-rpcrc-eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Customs Restrictions<\/a>.\r\n\r\nEnsure that you have appropriate visas for all countries that you may travel through on your way to Canada.\r\n\r\nIf you change planes in Canada prior to arriving in Vancouver, please ensure that you leave at least three hours between connecting flights to pass through the immigration process.\u00a0\u00a0 Have your passport, visa, and letter of acceptance from JIBC ready and request a multiple entry study permit to cover your period of study in Canada (required if 2 or more years).","rendered":"<p><strong>Important:\u00a0 Obtain permission to enter and study in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/study-canada\/study-permit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Permit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find out if you require a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/visas.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visa or Electronic Travel Authorization<\/a>. The country from which you are traveling will determine which is right for you.<\/li>\n<li>Apply for your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/information\/applications\/visa.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VISA<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/visit-canada\/eta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic Travel Authorization<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scan and Email your approval letter to JIBC<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:admissions@jibc.ca\">admissions@jibc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book your travel to Vancouver<\/strong> &#8211; Plan to arrive well in advance of the mandatory orientation schedule for the week before classes begin. Be sure to check airline baggage restrictions and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca\/travel-voyage\/ifcrc-rpcrc-eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Customs Restrictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ensure that you have appropriate visas for all countries that you may travel through on your way to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>If you change planes in Canada prior to arriving in Vancouver, please ensure that you leave at least three hours between connecting flights to pass through the immigration process.\u00a0\u00a0 Have your passport, visa, and letter of acceptance from JIBC ready and request a multiple entry study permit to cover your period of study in Canada (required if 2 or more years).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[47],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-5","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-standard"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/5\/revisions\/222"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/5\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ishjibc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}