An applicant from Pakistan was refused a study permit twice (first non-SDS, then SDS) for a Masters in Public Administration at the University of Regina. GCMS notes cited: won't leave Canada after study, weak home ties, marriage not established, and purpose inconsistent with a temporary stay. His profile: MBA Finance (2018), accounts officer since 2018, IELTS 6.5.
What the thread pointed to:
- Course progression was the core problem. Members flagged that MBA Finance and Public Administration are unrelated fields — 'a change in interest' is not a justification a visa officer will accept. If your new program doesn't follow logically from your education and career, expect the 'purpose of stay' refusal even if funds and language scores are fine.
- Pick a program that fits your history, or build a real bridge. The concrete advice was to change the course to something aligned with his finance/accounting background rather than reapply a third time with the same mismatch.
- Change your consultant/agent too. After two refusals with the same approach, members advised switching agents — a repeated application that doesn't address the stated refusal reasons rarely succeeds.
- Declare marriage consistently. The applicant's nikah predated the formal ceremony and was declared; the thread confirmed the nikah nama is the marriage contract and standard to submit. The refusal risk came from the overall weak-ties picture, not from declaring it.