Need clarification for issuance of a student residence perm

Jamfiguy · Post by **Jamfiguy** » Sun May 24, 2009 2:48 pm

Hi everyone,

I had an interesting time last year with trying to renew my student residence permit. I didn't get it renewed because I was away from university for 1 year, and the immigration police also said I didn't have enough credits. Immigration police said in order to get a student residence permit I must always be studying (so I can't be away from studies at any time), but what I couldn't understand was their ' course credits' requirement. An immigration police officer told me (unless I heard her wrong) that minimum course credits achieved within a year should be 30. I've used 3.5 years of maximum 4.5 years of my degree course, and I now have 133 course credits (which is more than minimum 30 credits/year). A friend has told me it should be minimum 30 credits/semester. However minimum 30 credits/semester doesn't sound right, as that sounds more like the maximum one could achieve during a semester. So whose correct here, and what are the requirements needed to renew your permit?

Looking forward to your quick response. Thanks folks!

Damien Chapman from Jamaica
U can also hit me up on messenger with dccjm@live.com to discuss this.

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:07 pm

Some peoples minimum is your maximum.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:17 pm

immigration police vs friend... hmm... who may be in position to kick you out of country and who you should to listen... hard decisions...

rinso · Post by **rinso** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:52 am

30 credits/year
1 year no study = 0 credits
0 < 30

nsdh · Post by **nsdh** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:01 pm

I heard it was 25 credit. not 30?
Is it for frist year?

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