The semester start date, deferral, and withdrawal dates have been sent to you by email to your applicant’s email addresses.

You can also access the information via Deferrals & Withdrawals for International Students – Northern College.

Please refer to the detailed information about the impact of online study (in or outside Canada) on your Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility via Work in Canada after you graduate: Who can apply – Canada.ca

Please note that the delivery format of each program in the College might be different and may require students to be on campus. Please reach out to your program coordinator for information on your course delivery format if you have any questions.

When your visa is approved, you must upload a copy of your visa to the OCAS IAS portal immediately to be registered. A COR (Confirmation of Registration) letter is your enrolment letter to get through the Canadian Border when you arrive in Canada.

Only students who received the Confirmation of Registration (COR) letter are permitted to travel to Canada for their studies.

Please be advised that:

• All college campuses will be closed on Monday, December 23rd, 2024, and will re-open on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025, for Christmas Holidays, and there will be no staff working these days.
• A COR letter will be sent to the “Applicant Email Address” of your OCAS IAS portal profile you created and submitted your application to Northern. If your agent created an email address for you and you do not have access to this email address yet, please contact your agents for access.
• All the college’s important messages and documents are sent to you via your applicant email address.

Your Northern College Student ID and email address are provided in your Confirmation of Registration letter.

New intake students will not get their college student ID card until they arrive at their campus and complete the required student ID production procedures.

An enrollment letter is proof that you are officially enrolled at Northern College as an international student, and it is provided after Day 10 of the semester.

COR is Confirmation of Registration, which has all of the information about your first semester courses, payment details and Northern College student portal access information.

For any Winter 2025 new intake international students whose visa is pending, you can still start the winter semester study, if you can obtain your visa approval and arrive at your campus by January 6, 2025.

Otherwise, please submit your deferral request ASAP for Fall 2025 via OCAS IAS portal. There is no guarantee of a seat for late deferral requests.

Please note that not all fall programs have a winter intake and vice versa; deferrals would be processed for the next available intake.

The college will not be able to assist international students in communicating with IRCC about their visa application.

Per IRCC regulation, only authorized friends, family members, immigration representatives or any third party acting on behalf of the applicant in their application form are allowed to communicate with IRCC on behalf of the applicant about their visa application.

Students who will not be able to study in the Winter 2025 semester at Northern due to various factors, such as visa denials, delays or personal matters, can ask for a deferral if they still want to study at Northern in the next available intake.

Students will have to submit their deferral request via OCAS IAS portal (where you submitted your application to us) before the deferral deadline. Once we approve your deferral request, a new offer letter for the new intake will be issued to you.

The COR letter for the new intake will not be issued until the new intake semester registration starts.

Please note that a deferral request sent to us only by email will not be processed if it is not submitted via the OCAS IAS portal.

The mandatory Orientation Day for Winter 2025 new intake students is on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Please refer to the detailed information via Orientation – Northern College.

The first day of classes for Winter 2025 is Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

Please note that all college campuses are closed from Monday, December 23, 2024, to Wednesday, January 1, 2025, for the Christmas Holiday Break.

Northern College does not provide airport pickup for newly arrived students, and the college reimburses new intake students for a one-time cab ride from the airport to their accommodation.

New intake international students who will study at our Kirkland Lake and Haileybury campuses can keep their one-time cab ride within the town (within Kirkland Lake or Haileybury) for reimbursement when they arrive.

Students will have to present their original cab receipts to be reimbursed.

Please contact  international@northern.on.ca for more info or to submit a claim.

Bus passes and monthly tickets from Timmins Transit are available NC bookstore. Northern College students can purchase bus passes with their Student ID or COR letter for a student discount. Please refer to the information via Fares – City of Timmins

Bus passes, and monthly tickets for Temiskaming Transit could be purchased at 2 Cedar Ave, Temiskaming Shores, ON P0J 1P0. Please refer to the information via Transit – City of Temiskaming Shores. Northern college students can purchase bus passes and tickets at our Haileybury campus student service office.

Students can apply for college student ID cards starting on Orientation Day.

Please refer to the detailed information on how to apply for your college student ID card via the Student Services – Northern College webpage.

The first-semester course information is included in your ‘Confirmation of Registration (COR) letter. All the course-related teaching information, such as class schedules, course outlines, etc., will be uploaded to the college student portal at the beginning of the semester by the faculty. Students can log in to the college student portal for the information.

Program course overviews for a specific program can also be found on the Northern College website Post-Secondary Programs – Northern College.

Class schedules are available in your student portal account closer to the start of the semester and include the time and location information of your courses for the semester.

Class schedules will be available in your student portal account by the first week that classes start. Students can access the student portal and check there regularly for updates.

There will be NO transfer arrangement between any of Northern College Campuses to Northern’s Private Partner College, Pures College in Scarborough, Toronto.

Students who want to transfer to Northern’s Timmins, Kirkland Lake or Haileybury campuses, are encouraged to contact the advising department on their campuses for the information:

Timmins campus: advisingtc@northern.on.ca

Kirkland Lake campus: advisingkl@northern.on.ca

Haileybury Campus: advisingserviceshl@northern.on.ca

Information about Transfer Credits can be found at Transfer Into Northern – External Transfers – Northern College or by contacting pathways@northern.on.ca.

Please be advised that “starting November 8^th, 2024, international students must be enrolled in the designated learning institutions (DLI) named on your study permit. This means international students can no longer change DLIs by letting us know through your online account. To change DLIs, you will need to apply for a new study permit.”  Please refer to the information via Changing your school or program – Canada.ca

Residence:

We have residences on campus in Timmins and Haileybury.

For more information about the Timmins Residence, please contact info@timminsresidence.ca; or call Tel: 705 235 6800 or 705-465-0658

You can also apply online on via Timmins Campus Residence – Northern College

For information on Haileybury Residence, please contact info@northernresidence.ca or call 705 980 1301.

Off-campus housing:

Please refer to the information via Off-Campus Housing – Northern College

At the Timmins Campus, each room has a bed, desk, dresser and bathroom. There are common areas with shared kitchens and laundry facilities. Across the street is a grocery store, bank, and other amenities.

At the Haileybury Campus, each room has a bed, desk, and dresser. There are common areas with shared kitchens, bathrooms and Laundry facilities. The bus stop is beside the residence building. main stop for all other amenities is in New Liskeard, which will be 7 km away from the residence, and a bus route is available.

Each student must secure accommodation before they arrive at the college, whether it is a temporary accommodation or long-term rental.

We do have a Facebook group for Northern College Timmins Campus:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1894405927496294

Housing Support:

Timmins Campus
Jasdeep Kaur
studentresources@northern.on.ca
705-235-3211 ext. 2319

Haileybury and Kirkland Lake Campus
Vaibhav Chopra
src@northern.on.ca
WhatsApp: +1 705 679 3109

This is a complex question, which a simple answer cannot summarize. It depends on whether you will work on or off campus; the answer will differ. International students can not work part-time, either on or off campus, if their program has not started.

Please refer to the general information on the IRCC website – Canada.ca

If you have specific immigration questions, please reach our international student advisors:

Timmins Campus: Maureen Rintamak, RISIA, rintamakim@northern.on.ca

Haileybury Campus & Kirkland Lake Campus:  Aji Sam Mathews, RCIC, mathewsa@northern.on.ca

Please refer to the information on the IRCC website or meet your International Student Advisors above for guidance after you arrive at your campus.

See here for more information on Student Health Benefits.