Provincial or territorial attestation letter (PAL/TAL), released by on 05 March 2025

Provincial or territorial attestation letter (PAL/TAL), released by on 05 March 2025

Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news, I am Joy Stephen, a certified Canadian Immigration practitioner, and I bring to you this Federal News Bulletin from CIC news release. This recording originates from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario.
| On January 22, 2024, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that the department would set an intake cap on international student permit applications.

The study permit cap is established in the Ministerial Instructions (MIs) with respect to the processing of certain applications for a study permit made by a foreign national as a member of the student class.

The MIs specify:

the maximum number of study permit applications that IRCC may accept for processing
certain categories of study permit applications that are excluded from the MI requirements
the fact that these can be amended in accordance with any subsequent MIs
As per the corresponding MIs, the allocation periods and study permit cap are:

Allocation period - 2024
Start date and time - January 22, 2024, at 8:30 AM EST
End date and time - January 21, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST
Maximum number of study permit applications - 606,250
Allocation period - 2025
Start date and time - January 22, 2025, at 12:00 AM EST
End date and time - December 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST
Maximum number of study permit applications - 550,162
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