A student had their visa approved and passport stamped, then the college revoked the admission and asked them to defer to the May intake. They asked whether a new application is needed and if the stamp stays valid. Members' answers:
- The stamped visa remains valid. The consensus was that the visa/stamp itself doesn't die with the deferral — you can still travel for the later intake within its validity.
- Expect to extend the study permit after arrival. Because the permit duration issued reflects the original intake dates, members reasoned that starting a semester later leaves you short at the end. The thread's conclusion: an extension from inside Canada is the way forward, since the dates are already fixed on the stamp; no one reported being issued a revised permit at the port of entry.
- No new visa application was considered necessary for a one-intake deferral at the same institution — the debate was only about how the shortened permit runway gets fixed (extension inland).
Caution: this thread is member reasoning rather than confirmed IRCC procedure, and it did not address notifying IRCC of the changed intake. The safer complete play (seen in parallel threads): get the college's revised LOA in writing, inform IRCC via webform of the new start date, carry both when travelling, and budget for a study-permit extension application once the end-date shortfall is real.