{"id":170,"date":"2011-09-27T04:23:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T04:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2012-10-02T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T17:41:44","slug":"vfs-acceptance-and-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/vfs-acceptance-and-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"VFS Acceptance and VISA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hello guys, how are you? For now, this is definitely g0ing to be one of my biggest blog posts so far but also one of the most important and explanatory for people who also have the dream to study at VFS or Canada. So, sit in your chair, grab your notebook &#8211; or computer notepad &#8211; and follow me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of last week the\u00a0documents sent by VFS via FedEx\u00a0arrived. I was impressed with the speed by which everything arrived at my house and the organization of the documents, with the beauty of the school folder and the vast amount of information provided. Everything came to me in two days. I can&#8217;t thank enough the great help and patience that <em>Dave Goldie and Kelly Sawatsky<\/em> &#8211; both from VFS &#8211; had with me during these days. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the documents was my acceptance letter in the school; the contracts previously signed by me and now signed by the school; a checklist saying what I&#8217;ll need to get my Canadian Visa and my Study Permit; a large map with the location of the VFS Campus spread over Vancouver; a document explaining more about accommodation in Vancouver and personal expenses; payments and receipts; and, finally, a list of recommendations for what to study for the course before classes begin, which included books, websites and games that I need to read\/visit\/play. I was impressed and excited about the vast majority of the recommendations that were made to me; I&#8217;m already &#8220;tuned&#8221; with the course and always following. I even had one of the recommended books and already read. Hahaha! \ud83d\ude42 The DVD that can be seen in the photo of the post is also of VFS, but I got this one at a meeting that I had with <em>Barbara Martinez<\/em> here in S\u00e3o Paulo, to talk about the school. In the DVD there was information about each individual course and a long video explaining a lot about the school. It is amazing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/vfs_documents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174 aligncenter\" title=\"vfs_documents\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/vfs_documents-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/vfs_documents-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/vfs_documents-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/vfs_documents.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the title of this post suggests, the idea is to present and explain a little more about the necessary documents that are asked of me to get the Canadian Visa and the Study Permit &#8211; which was unknown to me until then. Before reaching this point, I would like to talk about my steps so far that have been approved by the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To try to be accepted in the program and become a student of Game Design, they requested from me what they call a <em>Game Design Portfolio<\/em>. This is a collection of texts and documents that include a synopsis of no more than one page, presenting the concept, idea and vision of a game I would love to create. Including the Game Genre and References that I would use to create it. A story for the game, possible stages and characters, in a maximum of one page as well. And 1-2 pages presenting diagrams explaining any game features, mechanics and an illustration of the simplified World Game MAP, based on the synopsis presented above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For my Pre-Project, I presented the concept of a Mobile Puzzle Game &#8211; named <em>webRain<\/em> &#8211; based on the events that occured in Pakistan, in the city of Sindh in 2010, in which spiders had to create new nests atop trees, to escape the giant flood that happened at that time. Along with this Pre-Project, I sent a copy of documents that confirmed my last school \/ college, as well as the grades I had in each semester; a Personal identification with photo; two letters of reference saying how it is to study and\/or work with me; and my Resume with my Portfolio Pieces. Finally, with all these documents sent to school, they accepted me. They really liked the whole idea of the Pre-Project that I&#8217;ve presented. We then started all the paperwork, payment and receipt of documents. Now I move onto the next step which is to acquire the visa and the student permit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>VISA AND STUDY PERMIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>For Brazilians who want to study in Canada, it isn&#8217;t enough to have just the Canadian Visa. It is necessary to get what they call a Study Permit. These documents are both required at the same time to be able to study in Canada. After completing many forms and providing proof of funds, you must send it away and wait for your visa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To get a Student Visa we need to supply the following documents:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A valid Passport<\/strong> covering the duration of your study permit.;<\/li>\n<li><strong>A document\/letter proving a financial support<\/strong> from somewhere &#8211; whether it be provided by an organisation or their own parents &#8211; which proves that you will maintain at least $15,000 CAN annually. And in it, you must include copies of income tax and delivery receipts, copies of the last three hollerits, copy of last months bank statements (saving and investment funds), among other documents which are sometimes required to prove this;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Acceptance letter from school <\/strong>that you will study, along with your signed contract and payment receipts for parts of the course you&#8217;ve done so far.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The documents cited above are what are necessary for the Canadian Student Visa. But as I said before, in addition to the Visa, we require a Study Permit. To get such permission, the Canadian government requires several other documents and forms to be complete. Below is a list of those documents for a permit and Visa for <strong>students who will take a course that is more than 6 months in Canada:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Study Permit Form IMM 1294;<\/li>\n<li>Family Information Form &#8211; IMM 5645;<\/li>\n<li>Document Checklist;<\/li>\n<li>Two photos (3,5 x 4,5) following the specifications of the Study Permit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All these documents can be purchased and explained by this official website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/information\/applications\/student.asp\">http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/information\/applications\/student.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To not get as lost as I did, I particularly recommend a few things. Firstly, if you have a chance to ask for help from a forwarding agent, to accompany you and help throughout this process, this would be greatly advised. Another way to help and serve, almost as a forwarding agent, is the new system that has been adapted in Brazil known as the VAC. This system works almost like a virtual agent, in which you pay them to monitor the process. Sending your documents to the VAC, they will let you know if any documents are missing, and how to proceed. Below is the VAC official websiteand all explanations, including in Portuguese:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/csc-cvac.com\/pt-BR\/selfservice\/cvac_welcome\">http:\/\/csc-cvac.com\/pt-BR\/selfservice\/cvac_welcome<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After all the documents are submitted, along with the amount paid to the Canadian Student Visa process and the VAC services, you should expect a response. If approved, you will be asked to take a mandatory medical examination &#8211; I can&#8217;t provide too much information regarding this as I&#8217;m currently at this stage &#8211; and, after the medical examination, if all goes well, you will receive your Visa and Student Permit in hand. \ud83d\ude00<strong> It is good to remember that you will need to complete this procedure about 2 months before the start of your classes<\/strong>, since the process may take longer than expected in some cases, especially in the stage of medical examinations results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope that I actually may have helped in some way for anyone who was wondering how to obtain and complete the required documents. Any additional questions, If I can help, please contact me via e-mail, ok?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to my website, I&#8217;ll update it with more news and how my whole Visa process is going soon. Good week to all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>acompanhe esse texto em portugu\u00eas<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ol\u00e1 pessoal, como est\u00e3o? Por enquanto, com certeza esse ser\u00e1 um dos meus maiores posts por aqui no blog. Mas ao mesmo tempo um dos mais importantes e explicativos para o pessoal que tamb\u00e9m t\u00eam como sonho estudar um dia na VFS ou no Canad\u00e1. Ent\u00e3o se acomode na sua cadeira, pegue seu caderninho &#8211; ou bloco de notas do computador &#8211; e me acompanhe!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No final da semana passada chegaram os documentos enviados pela VFS via Fedex. Fiquei impressionado com a velocidade que tudo chegou at\u00e9 a minha casa e com a organiza\u00e7\u00e3o dos documentos, com a beleza da pasta da escola e com a grande quantidade de informa\u00e7\u00f5es dispon\u00edveis. Tudo chegou at\u00e9 mim em dois dias \u00fateis. S\u00f3 tenho a agradecer pela grande ajuda e paci\u00eancia que <em>Dave Goldie e Kelly Sawatsky<\/em> &#8211; ambos da VFS &#8211; tiveram comigo durante todos esses dias. Muito obrigado!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De modo geral, entre os documentos, estava a minha carta de aceita\u00e7\u00e3o na escola; os contratos j\u00e1 previamente assinados por mim e agora assinados pela escola; um Checklist dizendo o que eu vou precisar para conseguir meu Visto Canadense e meu Study Permit; um grande mapa com a localiza\u00e7\u00e3o dos campus da VFS distribu\u00eddas por Vancouver; um documento explicando mais sobre acomoda\u00e7\u00f5es em Vancouver e gastos pessoais; recibos de pagamentos e, finalmente, uma lista de recomenda\u00e7\u00f5es de o que estudar para o curso e antes das aulas come\u00e7arem, nos quais incluem livros, websites e jogos que devo ler\/visitar\/jogar. Fiquei impressionado e empolgado com o fato de que na grande maioria das recomenda\u00e7\u00f5es que me fizeram, eu j\u00e1 estou &#8220;antenado&#8221; e acompanhando sempre. Inclusive um dos livros recomendados eu j\u00e1 tenho e leio. Hahaha! \ud83d\ude42 O DVD que pode-se ver na foto do post tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 da VFS, por\u00e9m esse eu peguei em um encontro que tive com Barbara Martinez aqui em S\u00e3o Paulo, para falar sobre a escola. No DVD encontram-se informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre cada curso em individual e um longo v\u00eddeo explicando muito sobre a escola. \u00c9 sensacional!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Como o t\u00edtulo desse post j\u00e1 diz, a id\u00e9ia \u00e9 apresentar e explicar um pouco mais sobre os documentos necess\u00e1rios que est\u00e3o me exigindo para eu conseguir o visto canadense e o Study Permit &#8211; que era desconhecido por mim at\u00e9 ent\u00e3o &#8211; mas um pouco antes de chegar nesse ponto eu gostaria de dizer meus passos at\u00e9 aqui para ter sido aprovado pela escola.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foi cobrado de mim, para tentar ser aceito e me tornar estudante do curso de Game Design, o que eles chamam de Game Design Portfolio. Esse apanhado de textos e documentos inclu\u00edam uma sinopse de no m\u00e1ximo uma p\u00e1gina, do conceito, id\u00e9ia e vis\u00e3o de um jogo que eu teria paix\u00e3o em criar. Incluindo o g\u00eanero do jogo e refer\u00eancias que eu usaria para a cria\u00e7\u00e3o do mesmo. Uma hist\u00f3ria para o jogo, poss\u00edveis fases e personagens, em no m\u00e1ximo uma p\u00e1gina tamb\u00e9m. E de 1-2 p\u00e1ginas apresentando diagramas explicando qualquer feature do jogo, mec\u00e2nica e uma ilustra\u00e7\u00e3o do Game World MAP simplificado do jogo, baseando na sinopse apresentada anteriormente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Para o meu Pr\u00e9-Projeto eu apresentei um conceito de um Mobile Puzzle Game &#8211; webRain &#8211; baseado nos acontecimentos que rolaram no Paquist\u00e3o, na cidade de Sindh em 2010, em que aranhas precisaram criar novos ninhos em cima de \u00e1rvores para poder fugir da gigante enchente que aconteceu naquela \u00e9poca. Junto com esse pr\u00e9-projeto eu mandei uma c\u00f3pia de documentos que provavam meus \u00faltimos estudos\/faculdade, com as notas que tive em cada semestre; Identifica\u00e7\u00e3o pessoal com foto; Duas cartas de refer\u00eancia falando como \u00e9 estudar e\/ou trabalhar comigo; E meu curr\u00edculo com pe\u00e7as de portfolio. Finalmente, com tudo isso enviado para a escola, eles me aceitaram, gostaram muito de toda id\u00e9ia do Pr\u00e9-Projeto que apresentei e come\u00e7amos todas as papeladas de pagamento do curso e recebimento de documentos, no qual estou agora e seguindo para a pr\u00f3xima etapa que \u00e9 a de adquirir o visto e a permiss\u00e3o de estudante.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>VISTO E STUDY PERMIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Para Brasileiros que querem estudar no Canad\u00e1, n\u00e3o basta termos apenas o visto canadense. \u00c9 necess\u00e1rio conseguir o que eles chamam de Study Permit. Esses documentos s\u00e3o solicitados em uma \u00fanica vez, sem precisar ir atr\u00e1s de um e depois do outro. Atrav\u00e9s de muitos formul\u00e1rios que devemos preencher, cartas do banco e\/ou respons\u00e1vel, entre outras muitas coisas, voc\u00ea deve encaminhar tudo e esperar pelo seu visto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Para se conseguir o Visto de Estudante n\u00f3s precisamos organizar corretamente os seguintes documentos:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Passaporte v\u00e1lido<\/strong> para todo o tempo de est\u00e1dia do curso;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Um documento\/carta provando um suporte financeiro<\/strong> de algum lugar, seja de alguma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o ou dos seus pr\u00f3prios pais, que prove que voc\u00ea ter\u00e1 como sustento anual pelo menos $15,000 CAN. E nessa, deve-se incluir c\u00f3pias do Imposto de Renda e recibo de entrega, c\u00f3pias dos tr\u00eas \u00faltimos hollerits, c\u00f3pia do \u00faltimo m\u00eas de extratos banc\u00e1rios (aplica\u00e7\u00f5es de poupan\u00e7a e fundos de investimentos), entre outro documentos que as vezes s\u00e3o solicitados para provar esta;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carta de aceita\u00e7\u00e3o da escola<\/strong> na qual voc\u00ea vai estudar, junto com seu contrato assinado e os recibos das partes do pagamento do curso que voc\u00ea j\u00e1 tenha feito at\u00e9 ent\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Os documentos acima citados s\u00e3o os que poder\u00edamos considerar necess\u00e1rios para o Visto Estudantil Canadense. Por\u00e9m, como disse acima, \u00e9 necess\u00e1rio al\u00e9m do Visto, o que chamamos de Study Permit. Para conseguir essa permiss\u00e3o o Canad\u00e1 agora cobra diversos outros documentos e formul\u00e1rios a serem preenchidos. Segue abaixo uma rela\u00e7\u00e3o de quais s\u00e3o esses documentos, considerando a permiss\u00e3o e visto para<strong> estudantes que ir\u00e3o fazer um curso com um prazo maior do que 6 meses no Canad\u00e1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Study Permit Form IMM 1294;<\/li>\n<li>Family Information Form &#8211; IMM 5645;<\/li>\n<li>Document Checklist;<\/li>\n<li>Duas fotos 3,5 x 4,5 seguindo as especifica\u00e7\u00f5es do Study Permit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Todos esses documentos podem ser adquiridos e explicados por esse site oficial: <strong>http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/information\/applications\/student.asp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Para n\u00e3o ficarem muito perdidos como eu fiquei, eu particularmente recomendo algumas coisas. A primeira \u00e9, se voc\u00ea tiver chance de pedir ajuda de um despachante para te acompanhar e ajudar em todo esse processo, isso facilitaria muito. Outra maneira de ajuda e que serve quase como um despachante \u00e9 o novo sistema que foi adaptado no Brasil que \u00e9 o VAC. Esse sistema funciona quase como um despachante virtual, no qual voc\u00ea paga e acompanha como anda todo seu processo. Encaminhando seus documentos at\u00e9 o VAC, eles ir\u00e3o te informar se faltam algum documento, como proceder etc. Segue abaixo o link oficial do VAC e tudo explicado, inclusive em Portugu\u00eas:\n<strong>http:\/\/csc-cvac.com\/pt-BR\/selfservice\/cvac_welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ap\u00f3s encaminhados todos esses documentos, junto com o valor pago do processo do Visto Estudantil Canadense e dos servi\u00e7os do VAC, voc\u00ea deve esperar por um retorno da parte deles. Se tudo aprovado, ser\u00e1 solicitado um exame m\u00e9dico obrigat\u00f3rio &#8211; que n\u00e3o posso dar muitas informa\u00e7\u00f5es ainda, porque n\u00e3o cheguei ainda nessa etapa &#8211; e, depois do exame m\u00e9dico, se tudo der certo voc\u00ea consegue ter o seu visto e sua permiss\u00e3o de estudante em m\u00e3os, pronto para viajar. \ud83d\ude00 Vale lembrar que \u00e9 bom voc\u00ea come\u00e7ar todo esse procedimento pelo menos uns 2 meses antes do in\u00edcio do curso, j\u00e1 que o processo pode demorar mais tempo que o previsto em alguns casos, principalmente na etapa dos Exames M\u00e9dicos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eu tenho quase certeza que eu estou esquecendo de alguma informa\u00e7\u00e3o importante, mas como n\u00e3o me vem em mente o que possa ser, eu atualizo mais tarde caso perceba que faltou alguma coisa mesmo. De qualquer maneira, espero de verdade que eu possa ter ajudado de alguma maneira alguma outra pessoa que estava em d\u00favida como eu estive nesses \u00faltimos dias. Qualquer d\u00favida, se eu puder ajudar, entre em contato comigo via e-mail, ok?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fiquem ligados no site que eu atualizarei com mais novidades e como anda todo meu processo do visto em breve. Boa semana a todos!<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello guys, how are you? For now, this is definitely g0ing to be one of my biggest blog posts so far but also one of the most important and explanatory for people who also have the dream to study at VFS or Canada. 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