Hi all,

Does anyone know if it is possible for a 17 year old to get a study permit without her parents going with her?

My daughter wants to do her High School Diploma instead of doing A Levels. She would be living with my brother and his family.

Can be done, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa...des/5269E2.asp

See: Minors travelling alone

A levels are of a higher standard than Grade 12. Not sure why she would want to do this?

International student fees would probably be pretty expensive.
http://www.cbeinternational.ca/apply_fees.htm

Hi Aviator,

To be honest it's a very hard decision. I would like her to do accelerated A Level's here but she wants to do the High school Diploma and then apply for Calgary University to study medicine. Of course the tuition fees would be a factor. I don't know how long it's going to take for us to get out to Canada and I'd hate for her to be half way through sixth year and then leave. She wants to go NOW and says when she is 18 she will do it anyway. Bloody kids!!!

Assuming she has the dosh to pay the fees I guess! $11000 a year is no mean feat, £7200 a year just in fees, plus showing she can support herself and has the resources to return to the UK.

Not as easy as saying I will do it anyway.

By 18 is when most kids in Canada have already graduated.

Remember that in North America Medicine is a second degree, not a first. (at least to the best of my knowledge it is)

What does this mean BJT I know nothing about degrees to be honest (don't have one) She wants to be a doctor, so would this not be enough?

I think/believe she has to have something like a high-scoring BsC degree before applying to medical school. That makes a MD degree something like 7 years to obtain.

Yeah its 7 years in the UK so no difference there then. Gonna cost me a fortune lol