Study Permit

Proof of Financial Support

To obtain a study permit to attend the University of Saskatchewan, you must meet the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requirement to have enough money, arranged in advance and available to you in Canada, to cover tuition and living expenses for your first year of study, as well as return transportation to your home country. 

Tuition Prepayment

Students coming from outside Canada, under the Student Direct Stream (students from Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago or Vietnam only) or the standard study permit process, may transfer money to the university as tuition prepayment. You must have been assigned a University of Saskatchewan student number (8 digits) before a payment can be made.

  • If you already registered for classes, you can find your tuition and fees within PAWS
  • If you have not registered for classes, you can find tuition estimates here: https://admissions.usask.ca/money/tuition.php#Tuitionestimates. Please note that actual tuition and fees will be assessed at registration and may be different than the estimate.

Tuition and Student fees only

To protect students, funders, and the university, and to comply with Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations, money sent to the university will be used only to prepay tuition and student fees. No refunds will be paid to students, only to the original sender and only if the study permit application is withdrawn or denied.

Pay through Flywire

All payments from outside Canada must be made through Flywire, the university's exclusive international payments partner.

  1. Go to www.flywire.com/pay/usaskatchewan
  2. Select "Start your payment" by the Tuition and Fees payment portal
  3. Select "Help" for more information, including payment method options.

When paying through Flywire, make sure to leave enough time for the funds to be delivered to the university by the tuition payment due date.

Anyone can pay your tuition and fees on your behalf through Flywire.

Make sure you are informed of up-to-date study permit requirements and acceptable proof of financial support.

After you Pay

Confirmation Letter

When your payment through Flywire has been processed, Flywire will generate a confirmation letter to support your study permit application.

Payment Applied to your Student Account

The amount transferred to the university will be applied to your tuition and fees for the first year of study. Any amount remaining will be used to pay future terms’ tuition and fees. Funds will not be refunded to you for any reason while you are still in Canada. The university does not charge any service fee, nor do we pay any interest on the deposit.

Living Expenses

The money deposited with the university is for prepayment of tuition only. Money will not be refunded to you for living expenses. You will need to make arrangements with a chartered bank or credit union to deposit funds to cover your living expenses.

Refund

In the event that you do not come to Canada, the deposit will be refunded to the original payor through Flywire. You must first provide these documents to Student Finance and Awards:

  • a letter from the embassy indicating that your study permit application was denied or withdrawn.
  • a completed Request for Refund form.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for a refund of this type to be processed.

Contact

Student Finance 
E40-105 Administration Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon SK  S7N 5A2

Hours: 9-12, 1-4, Monday to Friday
Tel: 306-966-4595
Student Finance Inquiry Form