Live-in caregiver可以在CPC-V申请一个study permit,如果他们愿意参加一个长于6个月的program。但是,这种study permit 是带有"LCP code" 的study permit(Officers should enter the “LCP” code in the special program box of any study permits issued to live-in caregivers)。也就是说,是study permit for live-in caregiver.
凡是持有加拿大工作签证的人,包括Live-in caregiver,都可以在加拿大境内申请学习签证。但是,他们不是学生身份,只是允许他们学习而已。
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5552E3.asp
正像持有study permit的学生可以在加拿大境内申请work permit 一样,他们的学生身份没有改变,是work permit for student。
楼主所说的是放弃Live-in caregiver 的身份,转变为学生身份,因此,must be made outside of Canada。对于持有中国护照、目前在加拿大具有合法身份的人来说,必须在buffalo,香港或者北京。
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/I-2.5/SOR-2002-227/index.html
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulation:
R(11)(2):
Place of application for temporary resident visa, work permit or study permit
(2) An application for a temporary resident visa — or an application for a work permit or study permit that under these Regulations must be made outside of Canada — must be made to an immigration office that serves as an immigration office for processing the type of application made and that serves, for the purpose of the application,
(a) the country in which the applicant is present and has been lawfully admitted; or
(b) the applicant's country of nationality or, if the applicant is stateless, their country of habitual residence other than a country in which they are residing without having been lawfully admitted.