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IMMIGRATION & Mortgage
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The Notary
Corner
By Editha Corrales Nelson
Immigration Consultant, Notary
Public, Mediation / Arbitrator
Most foreign nationals need a
study permit to study in Canada. The
cases below are exceptions.
Short-term studies (six months or
less)
You can study at any school in
Canada without a study permit if:
• your course or program is for
six months or less
• your studies aren’t part of a
longer program and
• you will complete all your stud-
ies within the time we approved you
to stay in Canada (usually six months
after you enter).
Family or staff of foreign repre-
sentatives
You may not need a study permit
if you are a family member or staff
member of a foreign representative to
Canada accredited by Global Affairs
Canada (GAC). Your embassy can
contact GAC to find out if you need
one.
Members of foreign armed forces
If you are a member of a foreign
armed force in Canada on official du-
ties, you don’t need a study permit. If
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY December 16 - 31, 2018
People who don’t need a permit
to study in Canada
your family members (including mi-
nor children), want to study in Cana-
da, they may need one.
Registered Indians in Canada
You don’t need a study permit if
you are a citizen of another country
who has Registered Indian status in
Canada.
Minor children in Canada
Minor children don’t need a study
permit if they:
• are in kindergarten
• are refugees or refugee claim-
ants
• have parents who are refugees
or refugee claimants or
• want to go to pre-school, pri-
mary or secondary school, and are al-
ready in Canada with a parent who is
allowed to work or study in Canada.
Note: When minor children study-
ing in Canada without a permit reach
the age of majority (turn 18 or 19 de-
pending on the province or territory),
they must apply for a permit if they
want to keep studying.
Why get a study permit if you don’t
need one?
You may want to apply for a study
permit even if you don’t need one. To
be eligible to apply for a study per-
mit, your course or program must be
from a DLI. If you decide to apply for
a study permit even though you are
exempt, you should include a letter of
explanation that says why you want
one.
Reasons to apply for a study per-
mit include being able to:
Keep studying while you renew
your permit
• If you get a study permit be-
fore you come to Canada: you can
renew your permit and keep studying
in Canada while waiting for your new
permit because you have implied sta-
tus.
• If you don’t have a study per-
mit: you can apply for a study permit
from inside Canada, but you can’t
start your program until you get the
permit.
This rule also applies for prerequi-
site courses, when you get accepted
to a program under the condition that
you take and pass certain courses
(conditional acceptance).
Work part-time on-campus
You can work part-time on-cam-
pus if you are registered as a full-time
student at a college or university.
** Strictly taken from cic.gc.ca
A Regulated Canadian Immi-
gration Consultant, Certified Senior
Advisor and a Notary Public in the City
of Burnaby, Editha Corrales Nelson’s
preferred areas of practice are Pow-
ers of Attorney, Wills Preparation, In-
ternational Legal Documents, Name
Changes, Affidavits, Letters of Invita-
tion, Statutory Declarations, Drafting
of Business Contracts and other no-
tarial services. For an appointment,
please call: 604-777-2757.
The following should not be con-
strued as providing legal advice and
information in this column is intended
only as a general guide and should
not be applied to specific circum-
stances without further consultation.
For more information on the subject,
contact Editha Corrales Nelson at
604-777-2757.
Surrey’s Popular Reads for 2018
Surrey, BC - Surrey Libraries
is excited to share the titles most
borrowed in 2018 for adult fiction
books, eBooks, eAudio and the top
teen fiction book. Topping the list for
both physical book and eBook was
The Midnight Line by Lee Child (book
22 in the Jack Reacher series) which
was checked out a combined 903
times. The top eAudio book was Little
Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ny which
was checked out 222 times.
Mystery/thrillers were the most
represented genre in all the categories,
while eAudio also had some non-
fiction selections make the top 10.
Surrey residents obviously like their
‘who-dunnits.’
Two classics (1984 by George
Orwell and To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee) also made the adult
fiction top 10 list.
The top teen book borrowed was
Turtles all the Way Down by John
Green which was checked out 217
times.
Top 10 Adult Fiction - Books
1. The Midnight Line by Lee
Child
2. The Woman in the Window by
A. J. Finn
3. The Rooster Bar by John
Grisham
4. Two kinds of Truth by Michael
Connelly
5. Great Alone by Kristin
Hannah
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by
Harper Lee
7. 1984 by George Orwell
8. Camino Island by John
Grisham
9. Ready Player One by Ernest
Cline
10. Late Show by Michael
Connelly
Top eAudio for 2018
1. Little Fires Everywhere by
Celeste Ny
2. The Girl with the Lower Back
Tattoo by Amy Schumer
3. The Woman in the Window by
A. J. Finn
4. The Midnight Line by Lee
Child
5. Origin by Dan Brown
6. In the Midst of Winter by Isabel
Allende
7. Fire and Fury: Inside the
Trump White House by Michael Wolff
8. The Immortalists by Chloe
Benjamin
9. Camino Island by John
Grisham
10. Surprise Me by Sophie
Kinsella
Top 10 Adult Fiction – eBooks
1. The Midnight Line by Lee
Child
2. The Rooster Bar by John
Grisham
3. The Wife Between Us by Greer
Hendricks
4. The Whistler by John
Grisham
5. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael
Connelly
6. The Woman in the Window by
A. J. Finn
7. Camino Island by John
Grisham
8. Late Show by Michael
Connelly
9. Origin by Dan Brown
10. Little Fires Everywhere by
Celeste Ng
About Surrey Libraries
Surrey Libraries is a valued
community institution and one of the
most-used community services in
Surrey. The library welcomes around
2.5 million visits to our 9 branches
each year, with an additional 2 million
plus visits to our online resources.
Surrey Libraries runs hundreds of
programs and services for children,
youth, and adults to support their
diverse learning needs. Serving
the community since 1983, Surrey
Libraries strives to be a leader in
supporting creativity, connectivity,
literacy, and lifelong learning. Find
out more about Surrey Libraries
and our diverse programming at
surreylibraries.ca.
City of Surrey acquires 142 acres of land
for Biodiversity Conservation
Surrey, BC – The City of Surrey
has acquired 142.48 acres (57.66
hectares) of land of high ecological
value for the preservation of regional
biodiversity.
Located at 18793
32nd Ave. in South Surrey, this
land acquisition was made possible
through a high level of collaboration
between the City and the British
Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands,
Natural Resource Operations and
Rural Development.
“Protecting our greenspaces as
Surrey continues to grow is a priority
for City Council and I,” said Mayor
Doug McCallum. “By securing this
land we have permanently protected
a mix of deciduous and coniferous
forests and habitat for a variety of
animals. I want to thank the BC
Government for working with us to
preserve this environmentally diverse
area of Surrey.”
“This crown land sale works for
the City and for the Province,” said
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource
Operations and Rural Development
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Minister Doug Donaldson. “While
adding to the City of Surrey’s
Biodiversity Conservation Strategy,
the revenue from the sale will go to
fund B.C. government priorities.”
The recently acquired land is
identified in Surrey’s Biodiversity
Conservation
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