{"id":29493,"date":"2023-02-04T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=29493"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:11:16","slug":"im-an-international-student-and-i-would-like-to-take-a-break-from-my-studies-how-can-i-do-that","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/description\/im-an-international-student-and-i-would-like-to-take-a-break-from-my-studies-how-can-i-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m an international student and I would like to take a break from my studies. How can I do that?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most international students must remain enrolled in school while they are in Canada in order to maintain the validity of their study permit and their eligibility for a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some exceptions to this rule. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International students are not required to register in a school term that is designated as a break for immigration purposes. Regularly scheduled breaks are explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsoftheuniversity\/\">Carleton Undergraduate Regulations<\/a>, section 2.1.2.1 and in <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/\">Graduate Program Calendars<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Leave of Absence for one term may be considered an authorized break from studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration considerations related to breaks from studies are explained in full on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/immigration-support\/breaks-from-studies-and-leaves-of-absence\/\">ISSO website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[179],"class_list":["post-29493","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-study-permits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/29493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/29493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=29493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}