What is a PAL?
A Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) is a letter issued by the province of Ontario and allows an international student to apply for a study permit at a specific Designated Learning Institution. Most study permit applicants for the University of Waterloo will need to provide a PAL.
Unless you meet one of the exceptions, you must submit a PAL with your University of Waterloo study permit application.
Please note:
- You must include the PAL with your study permit application: it can’t be provided to IRCC later on during processing.
- A PAL would be required even if you are applying for a prerequisite course or program (including language courses or programs)
- If you are applying for multiple study permits together with your dependents on the same application, any study permit applicants attending a post-secondary DLI will need to include their own PAL.
Find out if you need a PAL
Please take the University of Waterloo’s PAL quiz. Upon completing the quiz, you will be given specific information on whether you need a PAL and how to obtain one.