American PhD Student Applying to APPIC Site in Canada

[elizmcc1992]

Hello, I'm an American PhD student in school psychology applying for an internship through APPIC. I have applied to a school district in Canada, but I'm not sure which visa would be appropriate for me, given I will not have my degree but will not be a student, technically (although I'll still be enrolled at my university in the US). I haven't been able to get many answers online and the Canadian site wants to know I'll be eligible for a visa before they offer me a position. Thanks in advance!

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[Tulsa]

Would love to hear some insight on this too. What does it look like for applicants in the US to apply to Canadian sites? Can they get licensed in Canada after?

 

[boba_psych]

I'm not doing a program in school psych but have this same question for applying to a few clinical predoctoral internship sites in Canada. How does it affect getting a postdoc in the US afterward?

I found some related past threads with some tidbits of information:

Advice: US Doctoral Candidate Considering Future Career in CAN

I am a doctoral student at an APA-accredited clinical psychology PsyD program. My partner has dual US/CAN citizenship and we are considering settling down in CAN after I complete my program, internship, and post-doc, in order to be closer to their family. In my brief search so far, I looked at...

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American doing PhD in Canada?

Hi all, I'm building my list of grad schools and found some folks in Canada that seem like ideal mentors for my interests. I was told by a clinical doctoral student I know that there are substantial challenges to studying in Canada as an American, mainly surrounding visas. She said that a...

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I also found this doc which has sections about students experiences applying to the US from Canada (helpful though it does not have info about the reverse situation):

https://cpa.ca/documents/Internship_workbook.pdf