An applicant with a correspondence B.Com (second division), 8 years of sales experience, and two 'will not leave Canada' refusals for a business management PG program asked whether to keep trying.
What members advised:
- Get the notes and find the real reason. The refusal letter said 'will not leave Canada,' but the CAIPS/GCMS notes revealed the officer's actual concern: low to low-average academics. You cannot fix a refusal you haven't correctly diagnosed — order the notes before reapplying.
- A third attempt can work, but only with a materially stronger SOP. One member was approved on their third attempt after rewriting the SOP; the pattern of reapplying with the identical file is what fails.
- This profile pattern triggers the 'study-for-PR' flag. A long-working applicant with modest academics applying to a generic business program reads, to IRCC's assessment, as someone using study as a PR route. To counter it, show strong ties to home: property or investments, family commitments, and a stable job with concrete prospects you'd return to.
- Weigh whether the program itself is defensible. With weak academics flagged in the notes, a stronger SOP alone may not be enough if the course choice still looks like weak progression from a second-division correspondence degree.