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proof of having completed at least one year of post-secondary education Seems oddly arbitrary. Most visas with educational requirements go for the complete deg

proof of having completed at least one year of post-secondary education Seems oddly arbitrary. Most visas with educational requirements go for the complete degree, not just one year of education. All the tales of "drop outs" who make it big force their hand? :-)

Roritharr 13y ago
Excluding myself i know of five founders who fit this criteria, so its becoming more common nowadays.
corresation 13y ago
Post-secondary education is pretty much universally accepted as a good thing, but it doesn't pan out for everyone. This might be their way of both accepting that not everyone worthwhile gets their degree, but at the same time they don't want to motivate people not to go at all.
tsenkov 13y ago
It could have been worse: "no more than 1 year of post-secondary education!". :)
mjn 13y ago
It might be a streamlined way of applying some of the existing criteria from the skilled-migration points system. The existing points system gives you the majority of the education points (15/25) if you have a "Canadian post-secondary degree or diploma for a one-year program" or something that you've gotten certified as the foreign equivalent (19 points for a 2-year degree, 21 points for a regular 3-year bachelors, etc.). I wonder if this is just intended to set the threshold at 15/25 but ease up the requirement a bit by allowing you to count 1 year out of any degree program as equivalent to a Canadian 1-year diploma, since many countries don't have actual 1-year diplomas.
toyg 13y ago
That's the most discouraging requirement for me. I've completed the first 18 months of two undergraduate programmes (without actually graduating), and half a year of an MSc, before finally admitting that I simply didn't care enough about academia. I have no idea how'd I ever manage to demonstrate what I've done. I might have a sort of exam booklet somewhere back at my parents', god knows where. I cannot be the only drop-out who's not particularly plussed about storing mementos of his academic failure. Either require a full degree or drop the requirement. This middle-of-the-road thing is just silly red tape.
- ced 13y ago
  You can usually ask your uni to produce the relevant paperwork.
  - mjn 13y ago
    Yes, the instructions specifically say that a transcript is sufficient documentation. Most universities have an easy way to request one (often online), and they usually keep the paperwork even if you didn't graduate, at least if you attended in the post-digitized-records age. Searching for [site:uni.edu transcript request] should turn up the instructions.
- refurb 13y ago
  I don't get it. You've done 18 months of two undergraduate programs, that's more than a year. My guess that it's a proxy for high school academic performance? If you can get into a university, you must possess a certain level of intelligence.

Roritharr 13y ago

Excluding myself i know of five founders who fit this criteria, so its becoming more common nowadays.

corresation 13y ago

Post-secondary education is pretty much universally accepted as a good thing, but it doesn't pan out for everyone. This might be their way of both accepting that not everyone worthwhile gets their degree, but at the same time they don't want to motivate people not to go at all.

tsenkov 13y ago

It could have been worse: "no more than 1 year of post-secondary education!". :)

mjn 13y ago

It might be a streamlined way of applying some of the existing criteria from the skilled-migration points system. The existing points system gives you the majority of the education points (15/25) if you have a "Canadian post-secondary degree or diploma for a one-year program" or something that you've gotten certified as the foreign equivalent (19 points for a 2-year degree, 21 points for a regular 3-year bachelors, etc.). I wonder if this is just intended to set the threshold at 15/25 but ease up the requirement a bit by allowing you to count 1 year out of any degree program as equivalent to a Canadian 1-year diploma, since many countries don't have actual 1-year diplomas.

toyg 13y ago

That's the most discouraging requirement for me. I've completed the first 18 months of two undergraduate programmes (without actually graduating), and half a year of an MSc, before finally admitting that I simply didn't care enough about academia. I have no idea how'd I ever manage to demonstrate what I've done. I might have a sort of exam booklet somewhere back at my parents', god knows where. I cannot be the only drop-out who's not particularly plussed about storing mementos of his academic failure. Either require a full degree or drop the requirement. This middle-of-the-road thing is just silly red tape.

ced 13y ago
You can usually ask your uni to produce the relevant paperwork.
- mjn 13y ago
  Yes, the instructions specifically say that a transcript is sufficient documentation. Most universities have an easy way to request one (often online), and they usually keep the paperwork even if you didn't graduate, at least if you attended in the post-digitized-records age. Searching for [site:uni.edu transcript request] should turn up the instructions.
refurb 13y ago
I don't get it. You've done 18 months of two undergraduate programs, that's more than a year. My guess that it's a proxy for high school academic performance? If you can get into a university, you must possess a certain level of intelligence.