What You Need Before You Apply
Required Documents
If you want to study in Québec, you will need the following documents:
Québec acceptance certificate (CAQ)
Study Permit (visa)
LaSalle College will also require that you submit the following documents:
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
If necessary, you can have your diploma and transcript translated by a certified translator.
Upon arrival, we will guide you through the necessary steps to take in the obtainment of your health care card.
What is a CAQ?
Students who wish to obtain a study permit to study in Québec must provide proof of issuance of the Québec acceptance certificate (CAQ) issued by the ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI).
You will need to apply for a CAQ and a study permit once you have received your acceptance letter from LaSalle College.
Admission Criteria
DEC: To be admitted to a DEC program, you must obtain a Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES) or its recognized equivalent.
AEC: To be admitted to an AEC program, you must be deemed by the College to have sufficient prior training and satisfy one of the following conditions:
- To have interrupted studies for at least 2 consecutive semesters, or one year
- To hold an agreement between an employer and the College
- To have completed at least one year in post-secondary studies
For more information, consult the Admission Criteria section of your program of interest or contact our admissions advisors. They will be happy to help.
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Placement Test
Students that did not complete their secondary education in Canada will need to provide the results of a standardized language test:
- In English: IELTS Academic*, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge, Bright Five Stars – English Language
- In French: TCF tout public (TCF Québec and TCF Canada are not accepted), DELF tout public niveau B2, DALF, TEF (TEF Québec and TEF Canada are not accepted. Required competencies: compréhension écrite, compréhension orale, lexique et structure), Bright Five Stars – langue française.
* For Indian Students in AEC programs, an IELTS score of 6 overall with 2 bands of 5.5 is accepted.
For more information, please refer to the page Placement Test.
Admission Process Steps
We want to make our prospective students aware of the time frame for obtaining some of the required documents. It is your responsibility to act as soon as possible and make sure to have the document required on time.
Each step of the admission process is crucial. If a step is not completed, the applicant will not be able to proceed if the previous step has not been completed properly.
- Make sure to have all the Required Documents
- Fill out your demand for Admission
- Receipt of contract
- Electronic signature of the contract
- Validation of documents by the auditor
- You will need to pay 200$ of Registration fee
- If you are accepted, you will receive an Acceptance letter
- You need to have your "Québec Acceptance Certificate" (CAQ)
- You need to have your Study permit
- Certification of documents
Policy and Fees for Cancelling an Educational Services Contract
Once the student has paid their registration fees and signed their educational services contract, if they fail to obtain their CAQ or study permit, they are responsible for notifying the College if they wish to cancel their semester or educational services contract.
Please note that the educational and contractual aspects are not related. Withdrawing or cancelling without failure has no connection with cancelling the contract and the associated penalty costs.
Extra Tuition Fees Exemptions and Required Documents
In light of an arrangement signed by the Québec government, certain students may be exempted from extra tuition fees.
If your situation is listed below, be sure to advise the proper government bodies.
French Citizens
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
CAQ
Study permit*
Proof of French citizenship
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
*The study permit usually specifies your country of origin. If you are a French citizen, your study permit does not explicitly indicated this. You must provide one of the following documents:
- Attestation of French citizenship
- French baptism act
- French birth act
- Individual record of civil status and French nationality, insofar as the following mention in the title of the document is not crossed out: "(…) et de nationalité française"
- French passport
- Consular registration card
- National ID card
Refugees with a QSC
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
If you are a person protected by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and are in possession of a Québec Selection Certificate (QSC) without permanent residency, you must provice the following documents:
Québec Selection Certificate (QSC)
Temporary resident permit with the code 88 is (a copy of the specimen may be sent by fax or a permit from the ministry delivered before June 28, 2002
Study permit
Document from the Immigration and Refugee Board (CISR) or from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) recognizing your refugee status*
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
*In the absence of a CISR document, The QSC may be accepted in replacement with the following condition: the QSC has the mention "Catégorie : réfugié". The study permit in this case is still required.
Refugees without a QSC
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
If you are a person protected by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act without a Québec Selection Certificate (QSC) and without permanent residency, you must provide the following documents.
CAQ
Temporary resident permit with the code is 88 (a copy of the specimen may be sent by fax) or a permit from the ministry delivered before June 28, 2002
Study permit
Document from the Immigration and Refugee Board (CISR) or from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) recognizing your refugee status
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
Sponsors of Temporary Workers
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
If you are the spouse, son or daughter of a person you are sponsoring who has a work permit, in conformity with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as well as the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, or if the person you're sponsoring is exempt in virtue of this act and these regulations with the primary aim of temporarily residing in Québec for work, then you must provide the following documents.
CAQ
Study permit
Temporary worker's work permit
A piece of documentation confirming the relationship between the temporary worker and the spouse (marriage certificate, civil union act or equivalent) or son or daughter (birth certificate that clearly states the name of the parent in possession of the work permit or any other official document proving this affiliation)
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
Diplomatic Core Members
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
If you are a diplomatic agent, consular officer, a foreign government representative, an international government organization officer who is part of administrative, technical staff, spouse or children of the aformentioned individuals, you must present the following documents.
CAQ*
Study permit**
Diplomatic passport with the Immigration Canada seal
Diplomatic acceptance passport
Attestation of the Québec government protocol
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
*The CAQ for studies is required except for persons exempt from this rule: the spouse or dependent children of diplomatic agents, consular officers, a foreign government representative, an international officers temporarily residing in Québec as well as any persons part of the staff accompanying this diplomat, officer or representative.
**The study permit is not required for a family member or staff member of an international representative in Canada accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The study permit is however required for the diplomatic agent himself.
Member of an International Non-Governmental Organization
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
CAQ
Study permit
Attestation of the Québec government protocol
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your high school diploma or equivalent (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
Member of a State that has a Signed Agreement with Québec
Tuition Fees:
You are exempt from extra tuition fees and are considered as a "Canadian non-resident of Québec".
Required Documents:
If you are a citizen of a state that has signed an agreement with the Québec government that exempts its citizens from extra tuition fees, and that you are covered by this agreement, here are the documents you must provide.
CAQ
Study permit
An official copy of your birth certificate with the parents' name
A copy of your diploma of secondary studies or equivalent
A copy of your last academic transcript (in English or in French)
A copy of your passport
A letter from the Direction des affaires internationales et canadiennes of the ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de la Science (MESRS) stating that you are exempt from extra tuition fees normally attributed to foreign students
