pls house i need advise on this canandian study permit application,
i have been offered admission in a school in Ontario canada, its a 2 yrs PG program, i have paid their $400 acceptance fee and

1. i was going through the checklist of the canadian website for nigeria and i found out that they cannot issue study permit beyond the validity of my passport which expires next year october,

2. i had applied for a visit visa earlier this year and was denied due to no travel history, will that affect my study permit application?

3. i called some immigration guys that helped me secure my passport in 2007 and was told to get another passport with a different passport number, if i should apply with another passport will the embassy know that its thesame person with another passport because if they will not know i wont declare in the application form that i have applied for a visiting visa before because i think that will hamper the study permit process, because i now have a valid SA visa on that passport that i have not used,

thanks for your expected replys,

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