A student’s responsibility in Canada

This blog entry is about a student’s diary sharing good and bad things facing while studying in North America. We should share our knowledge, mishap and setbacks while studying. I have some other blogs too that I write regularly anyways I want to give a bit of rant about passport, study permit and visa.

This is my story. I am supposed to attend a conference this Feb 20th yet, unfortunately my passport is expiring in 3 months. The U.S counselor did not issue the visa because I don’t have 6 months of valid Myanmar passport. I am NOT blaming anyone for my mishap. It is my own responsibility as “an international student studying in Canada” to renew my passport in hand within 6 months of expiring date. I learn a life lesson and I would like to share my trouble with my friends, so that my friends won’t do the same mistake as I am facing right now. Or my friends already known this fact that I might be a sole idiot.

Life is so busy here. Study, Work and then at the same time I cannot do everything on time. But, I know it is totally my own responsibility to renew it earlier and I have been trying hard to update my passport urgently. Anyways. This is it. In addition, I have to renew my study permit (students in Canada are supposed to extend the study permit earlier because the process takes about a month) at the same time.

ps. happy valentine’s day.