Program delivery update: Study permits – Provincial or territorial attestation letters (PAL/TAL)
Program delivery update: Study permits – Provincial or territorial attestation letters (PAL/TAL)
February 6, 2026
Various clarifications have been added to the instructions for provincial or territorial attestation letters (PAL/TAL).
The following sections have been updated for 2026:
- Link to 2026 Ministerial Instructions
- “Graduate level programs” and “Exceptions from the PAL/TAL requirement”
- New exception for 2026: Master’s and doctoral degree students enrolled at public DLIs
- “Applicants destined for Quebec”
- Various Quebec-specific considerations have been consolidated into this section
- “PAL/TAL validity period”
- Updated dates for 2026
- “Tracking and data accuracy”
- These ORG IDs no longer need to be added:
- O163922933265 Francophone Minority Communities – communautés francophones minoritaire PAL-TAL LAP-LAT exception
- O2105515007057 FMCSP DEP – PPECFSM DEP – PAL-TAL LAP-LAT exception
- O2101834354800 EXT same DLI and study level – PROL même EED et niveau d'enseignement PAL-TAL LAP-LAT exception
- These ORG IDs no longer need to be added:
- “Concerns about PAL/TAL authenticity”
- Details added on verifying the PAL/TAL using reports sent by provinces and territories
- “Sample PALs/TALs”
- Updated samples for 2026
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