Study Direct Stream (SDS) - Seed Immigration Consulting

Student Direct Stream (SDS)

The Student Direct Stream (SDS) is an expedited study permit processing program for those who are applying to study in Canada at a post-secondary designated learning institution (DLI). The SDS is available to legal residents who also reside in

China
India
Morocco
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
Vietnam

About the SDS

Some international students can get their study permits faster by using the SDS. IRCC processes most SDS applications within 20 calendar daysif the eligibility requirements are met.
Only applications submitted electronically are eligible for SDS processing. All paper applications are processed under the regular study permit application stream and are subject to the associated processing times.
Foreign nationals who are eligible for SDS processing are still subject to all other eligibility and admissibility requirements under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR).

Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC)

A GIC is a Canadian investment that has a guaranteed rate of return for a fixed period of time. Many banks offer GICs. The bank that gives you the GIC must:

confirm that you bought a GIC by giving you 1 of the following:
- a letter of attestation
- a GIC certificate
- an Investment Directions Confirmation or
- an Investment Balance Confirmation
hold the GIC in an investment account or a student account that you can’t access until you arrive in Canada
make you confirm your identity before they release any funds to you
release the funds to you by providing:
- an initial lump sum once you identify yourself upon arrival in Canada
- the remainder of the funds in monthly or bi-monthly installments over 10 to 12 months

If your bank or GIC doesn’t meet these criteria, you won’t be able to apply through the Student Direct Stream.

Benefits of Student Direct Stream Program (SDS)

Less processing time
Get priority to achieve Visa
The quality of the institutions is assured
Less documents required to prove financial eligibility
An opportunity to get a Work Permit after studying up to 3 year

Risk of Refusal

Even with Student Direct Stream, applicants over age of 30 will increase probability of refusal.

However, if the application is refused, you can request for a refund of GIC with the refusal letter. You can also request the school which you applied to refund the prepaid tuition fee. School and the bank may deduct a small amount of administration fees (usually less than CAD 500).

Document Requirements

have an acceptance letter from a post-secondary designated learning institution (IMM1294)
Family information form (IMM5707)
prove that you’ve paid the tuition fees for your first year of study
live outside of Canada when you apply
have a Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) of CAN$10,000
have a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ) from the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion
- This is only if you’re planning to study in Quebec
get a medical exam before you apply (if you need one)
get a police certificate before you apply (if you need one)
have your most recent secondary or post-secondary school transcript(s)
have a language test result that shows:
- a score of 6.0 or higher in each skill (reading, writing, speaking and listening) on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or
- a Test d’évaluation de français (TEF) score that is equal to a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score of at least 7 in each skill (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

Depending on where you’re applying from, you may also need to provide other documents. Make sure you include all the documents required by the visa office that processes your application.

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What information we collect and your privacy:

When you browse our Web site

Your IP address. We collect your IP address to measure our Web site traffic and to help provide a relevant shopping experience.
Referral Web site. If you come to our Web site via a link, we collect the location of the link that referred you.
Browser type. We collect information about the browser you are using to help optimize our Web site for visitors.
Navigation on the Web site. We keep track of pages you visit to help provide you with a more personalized shopping experience.

When you make purchases through our Web site

We collect your name, address and payment information to process your order. However, you may provide credit card and purchase order numbers by telephone. We collect information contained in “cookies,” such as your purchases and log in data, to personalize your shopping experience. Your browser must be set to accept cookies if you wish to add items to a shopping cart, or our on-line wish list.

When you create an E-Account on our Web site

We collect your user name, password, e-mail address, to protect your account. You can help us ensure your privacy by not sharing your user name or password.

When you submit your e-mail address with Seedvisa.ca

When you e-mail product information to a friend or colleague through our Web site Seedvisa.ca collect’s your e-mail address and the e-mail address of the person to whom you are sending the product information.

When you communicate with us through our Web site we collect your e-mail address and the other information that you provide in order to respond to your communication.

When you enter contests, participate in surveys, or register for other activities on our Web site we collect your name, e-mail address and telephone number, and the other information that is required for entry or participation, which varies depending on the activity.

Is my personal or account information used for any other purpose?

We may use your personal and account information to provide products or services you have requested, respond to a communication from you, contact you, and as otherwise described in this policy.

We may also analyze and act upon your personal and account information as part of our standard business practices. We occasionally purchase from third parties commercial information such as company size, number of employees and annual sales of other companies. We may use this commercial information along with your personal and account information to customize our offerings to you, as well as for our internal use.

If you become our customer, we may send you periodic updates on important information about our company and services.

Will my personal and account information be provided to any other party?

We restrict access to your personal and account information to those who need access to use it as set forth in this policy. Only authorized Seedvisa.ca personnel are permitted to see your account password.

How do you protect my personal and account information?

We use SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers (“SSL”) in all areas where your personal and account information is required. Our Web site is certified by GoDaddy, which verifies that our Web site is authentic and that we use SSL security. To view our GoDaddy certificate, click on the image of the closed lock or the solid key at the bottom of your browser window. Our Web site security information will appear.

In addition, your personal and account information and transaction history are kept behind our firewall on separate servers. All transaction information is processed under encrypted channels, although you may choose unencrypted processing.

Seedvisa.ca reserves the right to modify this privacy policy from time to time. You should visit our Web site periodically to review any changes.

By viewing Seedvisa.ca, you have indicated your acceptance to be bound by these terms and conditions. At Seedvisa.ca’s sole discretion, these terms and conditions may be changed without prior notice at any time.

Availability
Seedvisa.ca does not guarantee that products and services advertised on our website will be available when ordered or thereafter.

Payment Terms
Payment is due by credit card. Once an order is placed by credit card, the credit card account will be verified at the time the order is placed. If your credit card is declined during the order, please contact us to correct the payment issue. No C.O.D. orders are accepted. Orders are processed ONLY upon receipt of payment.

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Seedvisa.ca is made accessible on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Seedvisa.ca hereby disclaims any and all representations, warranties and conditions whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, those of title noninfringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose.

Taxes
The buyer is responsible for any taxes or tariffs associated with your purchase.

Prices
Prices shown on Seedvisa.ca’s website do not include shipping and handling. Neither do not the prices include taxes unless otherwise noted. All prices are in Canadian dollars. The price charged for an order will be the price in effect at the time the order is made. Nonetheless, if the price drops before shipment and you notify Seedvisa.ca of the lower price before the product is shipped, in which case (and in that case only) the price charged will be the lower price.

Order Cancellations & Changes
For the benefit of our customers, we attempt to process orders as rapidly as possible. As such, orders may be sent to our partner for fulfillment very soon after they are placed. Due to difficulty of locating orders once they have begun the fulfillment process, we will not be able to make any order changes or cancellations once they have reached this stage of processing.

Please review orders very carefully prior to submitting them and in the case a cancellation is necessary; please contact us as soon as possible to increase the likelihood that we are able to stop your order before it goes to the partner for fulfillment. Unfortunately, no guarantees can be made.

Errors, Misprints, and Omissions
Our goal is to provide current and accurate information on our website. However, errors, misprints, and omissions sometimes occur. These include but are not limited to incorrect or incomplete prices, descriptions, specifications, photographs or illustrations. Seedvisa.ca makes no warranty that the content of the website is accurate or complete.

Prior to shipment or delivery of any order, Seedvisa.ca may cancel, reject, correct, or terminate any order for products, services, or insurance for which the price was incorrectly displayed or where we otherwise displayed erroneous, incomplete, or inaccurate information. Seedvisa.ca cancel, reject, correct or terminate at any stage of the order processing, including after an order has been submitted and confirmed, and your credit card or debit card has been charged or an electronic funds transfer has been sent or received. In the event your order is cancelled by Seedvisa.ca after your credit card or debit card has already been charged, Seedvisa.ca will immediately issue a credit to your payment card account in the amount of the charge. Individual bank or credit union policies will determine when this amount is credited to your account.

Seedvisa.ca is not obligated to complete any sell of products, services, or insurance based on errors, misprints, or omissions on our website.

Seedvisa.ca may at any time, with no prior notice or liability to any website user (a) correct any error, inaccuracy, or omission; (b) change the products and services available on the website, or the prices, fees, description, and specifications of such products, services, and insurance; (c) limit quantities, promotional or otherwise, available for sale.

Refund Policy

Please understand, while we want to be as flexible as possible, our events take planning, seats are limited, and our guests are compensated by products/services sold.

If you purchase products/services from our website:

To make changes to your reservation we require at least 48 hours notice. Reservation cancelled within 48 hours there will be no refunds or credits for un-used promotional tickets but tickets may be transferred into another event with available seating.
Changes to reservations within 48 hours of the start of an event incur a late reschedule/cancellation fee.
We will make some exceptions for National Weather Service-issued weather advisories or medical emergencies.
Events canceled within the 48 hour window will be subject to a per-ticket rescheduling fee.

If you need to reschedule, you can do so by emailing info@Seedvisa.ca or calling us at 416-860-6669. Please make sure to include the details of the reservation to cancel when you email us.

Warranty

There is no warranty applied to all Seedvisa.ca products.

Limitation of Liability
The maximum liability to you for products purchased from Seedvisa.ca shall be limited to the purchase price you have paid for the products. Also, Seedvisa.ca will not be liable for any property damage, personal injury, loss of use, interruption of business, loss of profits, or other consequential, indirect, incidental, punitive or special damages. This applies to all situations however caused, whether for breach of warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, other than those damages that are incapable of limitation, exclusion or restriction under applicable law.

THIS RETURN POLICY IS NOT A WARRANTY. Seedvisa.ca reserves the right to change or to cancel it at any time before accepting your order. For all refunds, you need to precisely follow the previous return procedures to ensure the return of your refund. You need to also allow a reasonable period of time for the product to arrive at our warehouse and pass an inspection process. When your return is accepted, we will process your credit as soon as possible.

Interpretation
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Arbitration
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The arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator, and will be limited solely to the dispute or controversy between you and Seedvisa.ca. The arbitration shall be held in any mutually agreed upon location in person, by telephone, or online. Any decision rendered in such arbitration proceedings will be final and binding on each of the parties, and judgment may be entered thereon in a court of competent jurisdiction.

The arbitrator shall not award either party special, exemplary, consequential, punitive, incidental or indirect damages, or attorney’s fees and each party irrevocably waives any such right to recover such damages. The parties will share the costs of the arbitration, (including the arbitrator’s fees, if any) in the proportion that the final award bears to the amount of the initial claim.

No Modification
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Severability
If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be illegal, invalid or un-enforceable, in whole or in part, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired. The terms and conditions stated herein are declared to be Severable.

General
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