Letters of acceptance

A letter of acceptance records study you have been accepted for but not yet begun. Study you have already done goes in Education instead.

The form at Profile → Letters of Acceptance has four sections: Institution, Program, Funding, and Attestation.

The Institution section with a school selected from the DLI directory, showing the filled city, province, and DLI number.

Section 1 — Institution

Field	What it means	Required
Post-secondary school	Toggle. On: college, university, or other DLI — the search fills city and province. Off: primary or secondary school, entered manually with no DLI.	—
DLI search	Search Canadian institutions by name, city, province, or DLI number. Appears when Post-secondary school is on and manual entry is off.	Yes for post-secondary
Enter DLI manually	Toggle — Use when the school is missing from search.	—
DLI Number	The DLI number from your letter of acceptance.	Yes for post-secondary
School Name	Full name of the institution.	Yes
Province	The province the school is in.	Yes
City/Town	The city the school is in.	Yes
School Address	Full street address of the institution.	Yes
Conditional acceptance	Toggle — LOA has conditions that must be met before final acceptance.	No

School name, province, and city fill in from the DLI directory when you pick a school from the search; they become editable fields when you enter the DLI manually or when the school is primary or secondary.

Section 2 — Program

Field	What it means	Required
Level of Study	Primary School, Secondary School, PTC/TCST/DVS/AVS, CEGEP (Pre-university or Technical), College (Certificate, Diploma, or Applied degree), University (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate, or Other Studies), ESL/FSL, ESL/FSL and College, ESL/FSL and University, Other Studies, or Not Applicable.	Yes
Field of Study	The discipline.	Yes for anything above Secondary School; optional otherwise
Student ID (Optional)	Assigned by the institution.	No
Study Start Date	Today or a future date.	Yes
Study End Date	Must be after the start date.	Yes

Level of Study is the switch for the rest of the form: anything other than Primary School or Secondary School counts as post-secondary, and post-secondary requires both a DLI number and a field of study.

Section 3 — Funding

Field	What it means	Required
Room & Board (CAD/year)	Living costs for a year. Pre-filled on a new record from the IRCC financial requirement for your family size.	Yes
Other Costs (CAD/year)	Anything beyond tuition and living costs.	Yes
Total Tuition Fee (CAD)	Tuition for the program.	Yes
Total Cost of Studies	Not entered — Room & Board + Other Costs + Tuition, recalculated as you type.	Calculated
Funds Available (CAD)	What you have. Starts from the calculated total and stays editable.	Yes
Funding Source	Myself, Parents, or Other.	Yes
Other Source (Specify)	Free text. Appears when the source is Other.	No

All four money fields must be zero or more. If Funds Available is above zero but below the total cost of studies, the form shows a warning naming both amounts and noting that the gap could lead to a refusal.

Where the pre-filled room and board figure comes from

On a new record Lexpoint seeds Room & Board with the IRCC financial requirement for your family size, taken from your family directory. It is a starting point you are meant to replace with your real numbers, not a target.

Section 4 — Attestation

Field	What it means	Required
Has CAQ	Toggle — Quebec Acceptance Certificate.	No
CAQ Certificate Number	Appears when Has CAQ is on.	No
CAQ Expiry Date	Appears when Has CAQ is on.	No
Has PAL/TAL	Toggle — Provincial Attestation Letter.	No
PAL/TAL Document Number	Appears when Has PAL/TAL is on.	No
PAL/TAL Expiry Date	Appears when Has PAL/TAL is on.	No
Primary choice	Toggle — Used for study permit eligibility — only one LOA can be primary.	No

Related

• Education — study you have already completed
• Family and dependants — family size drives the pre-filled room and board figure
• How your profile is used — what recalculates when you add a letter