An applicant admitted to a 1-year PG certificate (Jan 2023 intake) also had a live Express Entry profile with CRS 477, and worried the two tracks conflicted: if the study visa is approved and an ITA arrives, must one be cancelled?
- You can pursue both at once. The thread's clear answer: continue the PR process while studying — you don't have to quit either track. If the PR is granted while you're a student, your residence status simply changes from temporary (study permit) to permanent; nothing about the study permit blocks the PR application.
- This is not a 'conflict of interest' — it's dual intent. Canadian law explicitly allows a person to seek permanent residence and hold (or seek) temporary status at the same time. A member asked whether the applicant had applied 'via dual intent' — the concept that resolves the poster's worry.
- The SOP nuance: the poster noted consultants advise against writing 'I intend to settle in Canada' in a study permit SOP. That caution concerns how the study permit application is framed (a study permit still requires showing you'd leave if required); it doesn't prevent you from separately maintaining an EE profile or accepting an ITA later.
- Practical upshot: accept the ITA if it comes, submit the PR application, and keep studying. No withdrawal, no deferral of PR needed.