How to Write a Letter of Explanation in 2023 | Study Permit Canada
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- In this video, learn how to write a letter of explanation for your study permit application in Canada for 2023. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process and provide tips on how to make your letter stand out.
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0:00 Overview
0:27 What is an SOP?
1:02 Why should you write an SOP?
1:52 SOP Intro Format
3:29 Academic and Professional Background
4:10 Purpose of Study
5:58 Plans after studies
6:28 Social and economic ties
7:02 Proof of funds
10:34 Travel history
11:11 Closing statement
11:40 Final reminders...
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Hi, I just want to say thank you so much for all these information as I'm approved for the visa permit. In my letter of explanation, I strongly focused on my study plan, gave a detailed financial plan and home ties. And IT WORKED. I have a study visa along with visitors visa for my wife and son.
This means a lot to me. I can go to study in Canada without being apart from my little family. I just want you to know that your video is not just informative but also really life saving.
May God bless you Rachel for knocking wood. It shows how compassionate you are for your viewers.
The best video.Thanks Rachel🥰
Thanks for the very detailed and clear information. All the best to you !
Very clear explanation. Well done.
I like your content and the style your shared. Perfect!
This video really helped me a lot in writing my SOP and now I just got my student visa approved. Thank you so much Rachel! 😊
Can you give me some tips if I may ask?
Thank you so for all your videos. Rachel you are amazing😊 God bless you always..
Very detailed video. Thanks for sharing
This is very helpful. Thanks.
Very Clear expiations from the begin. thank you
I've been watching your videos since the very beginning and now that im applying for PR, I feel like you helped in every stage of this journey ..awesome content as always!
Whenever your name pops up, I always get excited because it feels like a treat! You have been with me since the beginning of my channel, and I am undoubtedly grateful to have your support and to support you along your journey. I wish nothing but the best for you. 🤗♥️
Such a very helpful video! Thank you so much! I already subscribed to your channel. More power! 💟
Thank you for subbing! Glad to be part of your journey in someway 😊😌♥️
This is actually really nice. Thank you for sharing the video. I'll be applying for my study permit later this month and information obtained from this video will surely be useful.
Always helpful!!
Happy to help! 😌♥️
Very educative thanks
So far the best video on SOP I have seen. I can't seem to stop coming back to your channel since I subscribed. You give clear and understandable explanations to the issues you speak to. I'm more than grateful I found your channel. Keep on the good job. Thanks.
Exactly
Very informative,,i have liked and share to appreciate you
Awesome! Thanx Coach RR. You're a lifesaver. I am in my mid 30s and have a bachelor's degree in Industrial Art from 10 years ago. Currently I'm working in a design and printing company as graphic designer. Now, for career credential advancement and promotion I want to take a diploma in graphic n communication design in NBCC. I hope to one day start my own advertising firm. Is this a good study plan and good program of study to defend?
thanks;!! very helpful
Woopdidoooo, thanks for being here!
This was sooo helpful! This is the best video on visa SOP that breaks down everything in the most useful way
Thank you so much! I wanted it to be substantial but concise! I know the process can be overwhelming so I try to chop it up in digestible bits 🤗♥️ appreciate you for being here!
second that
Thank you for this upload.
Thank you for watching! 🥳
@@rrdancelYour content helped me a lot.
Thanks rach! Helpful insight for prospective international students like me. I’m loding my application this week and your guide has been really helpful wish me luck! ❤️
hello, kindly let me know where will you be uploading, I'm having struggle to find the placements regarding the forms an fill up sections please guide!
*Nice to see you again :)*
Awww nice to see you here as well! Always so consistent, makes me happy 🤗🫶
Thank you for this. I just started writing my SOP and this helps a lot 😘😘
Yehey!! This makes me happy, glad this video can support you in some way 🫶🤗♥️
Your video is essential, thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful! 🤗🙏
Hey Rachel, I found your video really helpfull, I have been admited to Business Information Systems at Saskatchewan Polythecnic and I'm so excited. I have a doubt and I would be really happy if you could help me out with that.
In the part you suggest to include an index table, would it be enough to be hiperlinks opening the respective PDF file of certain topic? for example:
- Proof of Current Employment for Applicant
you click it and it opens the respective PDF file,
Or would it be helpfull to besides these hiperlinks, also incluide screenshots of the documents listed in the index table?
Thank you so much in advance for your answer! Greetings from Colombia
great video
Hi Rachel, thanks for the video. If you gain admission with a GTA/GRA, how do you show your proof of funds? Thank you.
Welcome back dear, missed your videos
Awwww glad to be back, just needed that a mental reset and i feel refreshed 😌♥️
I love your contents, Rachel! You’re doing amazing.
I wanted to ask the freelancing set up in Canada as an international student? How do I legally earn from this?
Hi Rachel! Love the very informative video! One question, What if i haven't been able to travel to other countries yet but planning to go to school in Canada this year? Will i be denied?
I needed this
Ahhh, glad to know! 🥳♥️ hope this helps!!
Hello! Your video has been really useful! I just have a question: Do you need the VAC Address in order for the letter to be valid? (even if you apply online). I am from Mexico and I don't know where I can find that info.
Hi Rachel, great video!. How it would be when you are applying for a student permit extension to do a second program? Thanks
You are Gold ❤️❤️❤️
Welldone Good Job! Please how does one include in the letter of explanation and apply for sowp for ones spouse?
Mam you are so beautiful and smart and humble 😊 love your videos!
Hi, Rachel! Do I still need to attach the GIC, diploma, passport stamps etc. on my LOE even though there is a different link/tab specific for these documents in the GCKey portal? Also, this is my second time applying for a study permit. I was refused the first time but did not appeal back then. Do I need to state in my LOE that I was denied before?
Thank you very much for your videos!
I got my PPR after first refusal. These kinds of videos really help a lot... my refusal reason was course relevency. I would say write your LOE by yourself and cover all VO's concerns, which is on in refusal letter with supporting documents .
Suman,
I am so glad you got your PR. You are right in that writing an LOE and explaining all of the VO’s concerns will definitely help in mitigating any potential refusal reasons!
Hi Rachel! I have question related to proof of funds. If I am applying for bachelor degree program (4 year program), how will the calculation goes? Do i need to multiply it by 4 or the proof of funds calculation is only for year 1? Thank you!
Hey Rachel! I´m from Ecuador and I just discovered your videos, by the way I'm very thankful for them because I needed some more guidance on how to study in Vancouver and keep looking for options. I have been told about the Canadian College of Technology and Business but I couldn't find any real experiences on the web, maybe do you think that is a good option?
Hi there! It makes me happy to know that my videos have helped in someway and I’m glad that you are exploring your options to study in Vancouver! I just looked up the school you mentioned, and found that it’s not eligible for a PGWP! This means you won’t get an open work permit upon program completion, which is a shame, especially if you want to experience working in Canada…
What program were you looking to study in? Which city do you prefer to live in? Thank you in advance. 🙏😌
Please do a video guide about LOI for Open Work Permit. Thank you in advance!
Liked your videos. But please improve or volume up your vocal audio. In some instances and places, people are unable to use headsets. Thank you.
Hey. Not sure if you'll read this but if you do , will really appreciate your help. I just completed my grade 12 in Science stream but have applied for a business administration diploma at NSCC and have received my offer letter. How do I justify it in my SOP to avoid a visa refusal? I have no background in business whatsoever.
Hi Rachel I want to write a letter of explanation for a course that is not in my previous academic background. How do I go about the LOE
Hi can we write also in our SOP that we want to apply for PGWP after granduatin or it will be red tag? Thanks
first of all: NICE BACKGROUND 😍😍
And very useful content: digested . cheers
Thank you! Took some time to build up but I’m very very grateful and in love with my setup 🤗♥️
Woow! This is well detaied. Pls i would like to know if u review LOE for someone, how do i contact you?
Hi rachel, do I need to pass a Letter of Intent to the specific university/college I'm going to apply to? Do you have any advice when it comes to that letter?
Hello and thank you for this. i currently got admission to Canada and I plan to leave in December with my wife. However, we have been married for two months now, will this reduce our chance of going? because I heard somewhere that we have to be married for at least 1year.
My dream is to study in Vancouver but my parents are scared to send me to a new place, Can u make a video on How safe is Vancouver especially for international female students... it would be very useful to show our parents n achieve our dreams PLEASE HELP US!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Did you do something to your hair? Looks amazing! 🙌🏻
Hahaha! Aww, thanks for noticing! I actually grew my hair out and asked for a wolf cut for them extra layers ❤😘
I wrote SOP and LOI for my wife. I must say all resources are available to you. Just put in time and effort and you can do a good job. No worries.
Ahhh yes, they can add this video as one of their resources 😜🫶♥️
@@rrdancel Absolutely, I did learn a bunch from you too! Thanks!
Hi rrdancel.
I’m on the process of drafting mine.
The field/program indicated on my acceptance letter is BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. According to the school, students decide their choice of major after the first year,My intended major is Chemistry but it’s not written on acceptance letter; BACHELOR OF SCIENCE is written there.
Question: I indicate BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY and not BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in my letter of explanation, how will this impact my study permit application?
My home country doesn’t have a Canadian embassy what should i put for the letter address
Hi rachel! So if i write in my loe that iam coming back to my home country, but i plan to pursue pgwp so that means i won’t be coming back, do i tell them i plan to get pgwp or is it something they think i could decide when iam there and now i tell them I’ll come back?
dahan dahan lang ingles para maintindihan ng mga kabayan thanks
Ok 👍
Is it okay to submit a 3 page letter of explanation or 2 pages? As I have 3 pages and dont know if I need to shorten to fit 2 pages
The new IRCC Portal has a max of 2mb per file, I literally had to compress all my pdfs. Anyway, thank you for an informative video! I recently applied for my study permit, I’m hoping for the best🤞🏻
Appreciate you for clarifying that portion! Which software or website do you use to compress your PDFs? 😊
Thank you for watching, I’m wishing you a positive outcome on your application ♥️🤞🤞🤞
Please share the website to compress PDF please. I will apply for my study permit soon. thanks!
Good luck sir
kindly let me know where we have to upload it, any link please would be helpful or screenshot!
hi! if sponsored ba, no need to show my bank statement?
Amazing video. However the your website doesn’t seem to be working. Or how to open it?
Oh no! Last I checked it seem to be working just fine, maybe it was misspelled.
www.Canxvisa.com here you go 🤗🫶
Do I need to sign my SOP?
Hello po! Can you pls make a video about the must have gadgets of an international student? Thank you po
Oh, this is a very exciting topic that I’ve been meaning to add in my content lineup! Thank you for suggesting it, now I have a reason to give this a go 💚😜
Hello, im your follower for more than 2 yrs, i been watching all your videos.. I was a seafarer for more than 18yrs, i stop for almost 5 yrs now, because of medical condition, back pain and knee pain surgery and now i am o recovery doing my Therapy. My doctor give an clearance for FiT to work. I do have a funds for atleast 2yrs as International Student.
May only concern is my age and Gap on my work experience. I'm 46 yrs old turning 47 yrs this September 1976, and my last job was August 2018.. I need your advice if i will continue my Dream to study and live with my daughter and mother to be followed..I'm single application. Thank you so. much..
Is letter of explanation for student visa only?
For the letter heading i should write To the embassy of my country ? Or i can just write Dear Immigration Officer?
What should I explain in the letter of explanation that I will go home to the Philippines if my parents are leaving in Canada, I am single and have no family.
The time stamp was not necessary as we love to watch you and the entire video🎉😎🥰
Just looking out for y’all 😜🤗♥️ but you’re the sweetest!!
Hello Rachel
Hii how can you conviencee the officer why you have to study a second degree that is completely different from your first degree
Hi! Which program would you recommend, PG diploma or Masters Degree program? Thank you!
For express entry, Masters! ☺️ but choose program you’re interested in learning ♥️
@@rrdancel thank you so much! Your videos are very helpful!
Still the format not clear. It would be better if the whole letter has been shown as one.. I am not sure where to put the index section/ enclosing ?
Hi can we say that we would be applying for a PGWP after the studies to have international work experience??
I don’t see why not.
Can you please help me with writing my SOP?????
What if you have no travel history?
Where to attach explanation letter
For first time application,is it an SOP or LOE that is required of an applicant??
SOP or LOE are pretty much synonymous 😊 it’s an explanation letter that states your motivation to study in Canada!
@@rrdancel So which do i write as a first time application coz i hear people saying LOE is for those who have applied before and got denied
LOE is the official term that is used by IRCC. SOP is a term that is popularly used by students. They both mean the same thing.
Can I use 2 sponsors in my student vissa application?
It’s definitely possible. However, it will depend on the relationship of the sponsors to you. The more distant the relationship, the less weight a visa officer gives to that financial support. For instance, if your parents are supporting you, then it carries more weight because its more believable. If it is your cousin or your friend, it will carry less weight and is less believable.
@@rrdancel thank you so much
NPR just had a story about students using ChatGPT to do homework; and the work resembles those done by a human being. This will be an excellent tool to come up with first draft of Letter of Explanation.
NOOOOO, not chatGPT 😩😩😩
Your so pretty
Oh shucks… 😜
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Please come to canada with honest intentions, no more parasites needed. Thanks
Thanks for your input!
It's not worth it at some point. I gave up on my dream to study in Canada. I don't know why out of the blue CZcams is recommending me these videos again.
What made you give it up? I am curious.
And I’m not sure why are you still see my videos but I still wish you well ! 🙏
@@rrdancel Got 3 visa refusals, "no good job prospects in home country". Nothing I can do anything about. IRCC wants me to get a job offer before enrolling in the Master's program. Got me thinking why don't I just get a life before applying for a job. before you learn to stand up, you must learn to race as per IRCC logic.
I know, sometimes the logic doesn’t make much sense. But, I do hope that you found happiness with other aspects in your life.
Letter of Explanation is NOT a distinguishing factor unless you wish to explain something on your application that you think IRCC may find confusing or suspicious (e.g., was convicted of a crime, being in your 30s or 40s when you apply for a study permit for undergrad, etc.). No need to stress out an LOE if you don't have anything to explain. She is just stressing you out. If your application is self explanatory, like applying for PGWP after graduation (given that you meet all the requirements), applying for a study permit extension when you get a new passport/get admitted to undergrad/grad, there is no need to stress out on writing a killer LOE when you basically have nothing to explain. I've applied for my study permit and renewed it 4 times, unless there was something I needed to explain, I never provided any letter of explanation and I had no issues with the IRCC.
You just contradicted yourself.
@@rrdancel Mind pointing out where exactly?
Your statement of “Letter of Explanation is NOT a distinguishing factor unless you wish to explain something on your application that you think IRCC may find confusing or suspicious.”
Without an LOE, your study permit application is filled with names, dates and data points. How is a visa officer to determine if these names, dates and data points have any meaning? These data points do not explain your:
1. Motivation to study in Canada
2. Your chosen program
3. Your intention and evidence to leave Canada
4. Your financial support or financial capacity to pay
5. Your social and economic ties to your home country
6. And much more
The purpose of an LOE is to explain all of the points above. Visa officers can not use data points to understand any of those points above. Visa officers review hundreds of applications a day. If they don’t understand why you are intending to study in Canada, how likely will your study permit get approved? This is more so the case if you are coming from a developing country.
Also, if you get a refusal on your study permit application without an LOE, how will you be able to challenge a visa officer’s decision? If you are appealing this refusal to the Federal Court, the court will only look at the evidence before the visa officer when they made their decision. So, if you did not submit an LOE, how can you explain to the court that the visa officer made the wrong decision? Without an LOE, your appeal is extremely weak.
Let’s say you did not submit an LOE with your study permit and got a refusal. So, if you reapply, would you submit an LOE? If so, why didn’t you do it in the first place?
Whether your case is easy or difficult, the point is to always submit an LOE. A properly written LOE will always give you a better chance for approval.
@@rrdancel OK, so apparently you don't understand the meaning of LOE and the required documents you need to submit.
1. Motivation to study in Canada: if I'm 18 and I'm accepted to a DLI, say UBC, what's the point of saying "omg i'm so grateful and so excited to be admitted to UBC" to IRCC when they already got your acceptance letter. Additionally, what can better explain your motivation to study in Canada in your DLI more than a letter of acceptance from a DLI?
2. Your chosen program: your letter of acceptance should include that already.... adding this information to your LOE is simply wasting the officers' time. You are providing the same information twice
3. Your intention and evidence to leave Canada: how would you explain this in a LOE? Why does this even matter? A few words of "I pinky promise to leave Canada once my study permit expires" can somehow persuade an officer to believe that you won't stay past your permit? Every temporary resident that is admitted to Canada bears an inherent risk that they may not leave, that's why they ask for so much information about you (e.g. all those forms you filled out) so that they can assess your overall risk of staying in Canada illegally past your permit. A pinky promise in your LOE won't change much unless you have a special circumstance (like the example I said in my original comment) and can provide a convincing and truthful explanation to. This is also why one of the requirements of PGWP is that you have maintained legal status throughout your stay in Canada, to provide you an incentive that if you want to settle here, your best bet is to follow the law.
4. Your financial support or financial capacity to pay: Ever heard of the financial support documents (e.g., bank statements) that they ask you submit? Again another pinky promise saying that my documents are real or "trust me bro I have enough money" won't change anything...
5. Your social and economic ties to your home country: again, every heard of the document called "Family Information Form"?
And for the refusal of your study permit, you also somehow got that wrong. Consult this page www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/claim-protection-inside-canada/after-apply-next-steps/refusal-options/federal-court-review.html. You have plenty of chances, either during the first leave stage or the judicial review stage to argue for your case. A simple LOE full of pinky promises does absolutely nothing to your case and can potentially harm your application if your LOE is not well written or contain contradictory information (either accidental or intentional). Additionally, you can always reapply and, you guessed it, this is the time for you to spin a killer a LOE to argue why the previous decision is wrong. If your case is perfectly straightforward to begin with and all your documents are gathered and submitted truthfully and correctly, there is no point stressing out on a LOE.
Also, for "Let’s say you did not submit an LOE with your study permit and got a refusal. So, if you reapply, would you submit an LOE? If so, why didn’t you do it in the first place?" Again, what would you argue for in your LOE? Pinky promise that everything you said is real? If you are refused you will be provided a reason as to why you are refused. Additionally, you are able to request a note from the visa officer as to exactly why s/he refused you. This is the time when LOE comes in handy, because now in your next application, you can specifically address to those reasons/concerns.
I really thought you are much better than this. I followed you because your experience on your PR application is really meaningful and really helpful for me to plan ahead, but after watching this video and your reply, you proved to me that you lack some of the basic understanding of the immigration system in Canada and you are just trying to incite others' worries and concerns to get more views (or some other alternative motives that I fail to see).
Edit: grammar
Here is my response:
1. Your Letter of Acceptance gives details about your chosen program, school information, costs …etc. It does not give an explanation about why this particular student chose this particular program. If that is the case, all students with the same LOA will have the same motivation to study in Canada. Simply not the case.
2. Your chosen program can not be explain by in a Letter of Acceptance. It is simply data points that says what, when, and where. But, it does not mention why. LOE is where you explain the why you chose that program. If your chosen program does not match with your previous education or work experience, then how would that make any logical sense? If you chose to study a program in Canada that has no job prospects for your home country, then the cost-benefit analysis does not make sense to the visa officer. If your previous highest level of education was a bachelor and you chose to study a diploma in Canada, then why are you not progressing in your edcuation? All of this needs to be explained in your LOE.
3. The applicant bears the burden of proving to the visa officer they will leave Canada. It is not a pink promise. It is whether you can convince a visa officer through reasons and evidence that you will leave Canada. Visa officers are experienced enough to differentiate between someone that is likely to leave from someone that is unlikely to leave.
4. Bank statements need an explanation. If you provide a bunch of bank statements without an explanation, then is the officer to assume that somehow the money from these bank statements will pay for your living cost and tuition? What if the bank statements come from friends, your cousin or your aunt? Should the visa officer assume that your friends and neighbour will pay for your expensive education? If so, then what is their motivation to pay for you? What if you don’t have enough and will have enough by the time you come to Canada? I mean, all these scenarios need an explanation. I covered a case law about this topic. In that case, the Federal Court of Canada overturned a refused decision because the financial sponsor had a well written LOE with supporting evidence. The LOE explained his motivation to pay for a daughter of a family friend.
5. Family Information Form provides information about your immediate family members and where they reside. It doesn’t provide any information on your economic ties to your home country. What if they don’t reside in your home country? What you have an elderly mother in your home country that need medical care? What if you are the only child that will inherit a large asset? What if you have a business in your home country that you will be managing when you graduate? All of these can be explained on an LOE.
The information I mentioned has to do with Federal Court rules of evidence. The judge will only accept evidence before the visa officer when they made their decision. So, if you did not include an LOE in your study permit application and it was refused, then you will not be able to include that at the Leave Stage nor can you include that at the Judicial Review Stage. You will be severely disadvantaged in your legal arguments without evidence. If so, the judge will likely decide in favour of the visa officer and dismiss your appeal.
So an LOE comes in handy after a refusal? My question again, is why didn’t you do it in the first place? It seems redundant. Why would you risk a refusal because you don’t want to do an LOE in the first place and then having to write an LOE after you get refused? In most cases, its always better to have one then to not have one.
What I am saying comes from the immigration law, regulation and policies of Canada. It is not in control if you choose to watch or not. But, I do recommend that you speak with an immigration lawyer about this topic of an LOE. I have spoken with several here in Canada and they have the general sentiments that an LOE is always recommended as it increase your chances of approval and also useful piece of evidence in the Federal Courts if you get refused. I actually covered several Federal Court Case laws on my channel where an LOE was used to overturn a visa officer’s refusal decision.
Thank you for your comments
nice set up po at mas klaro, lalong nag-improve ang video editing skills. ganito na po ba ang level kapag naka-Silver CZcams Creator Awards? ang husay po
HEHE AWWW IM FLATTERED. My set up took a while to build, definitely put in a lot of sweat, tears and investment on it, but I always drive to make my videos just one percent better than the last one! I’m glad that you are noticing the effort I put into bettering context and the only way forward is up 🆙😜🫶