May 6, 2021

References to the “Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (MIDI)” and “Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)” have been replaced with “Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI)” and “IRCC”, respectively.

To facilitate the study permit application process, IRCC accepts confirmation letters issued by the MIFI in lieu of a CAQ (including a downloaded, unsigned version of the confirmation letter). These approval letters are issued prior to the issuance of the CAQ and include all of the CAQ information. As such, MIFI approval letters 705, 733, 300 and 310 are to be treated as equivalent to the CAQ.
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