BREAKING: Canada to allow international students to work off-campus over 20 hours per week

BREAKING: Canada to allow international students to work offcampus over 20 hours per week

Immigration

per cent

Canada

unemployment rate fell

per cent in August.

students applying to study in eligible Canadian education programs may be permitted to work off-campus for

to 20 hours per week while

This restriction is lifted during scheduled holidays

as summer and winter holidays. This policy allows international students to remain financially independent while ensuring that they remain focused on completing their studies

Fraser said the move could allow her more than 500,000 eligible international students already in Canada to work more hours.

Canada is a world-class destination for international students. In 2021 she will welcome over 620,000 international students. This number has tripled for him in the last 20 years. Canada issued about 450,000 new research permits last year alone. Demand to study in Canada remains strong due to several factors, including the quality of the country's educational institutions, multiculturalism, the affordability of the Canadian dollar, and the job and permanent residency opportunities the country offers.

Fraser also noted in today's announcement that Canada processed more than 452,000 of her study permit applications between January 2022 and August. That's a 23% increase compared to her 367,000 cases processed in the same period in 2021. So Canada has already broken records. Set to the last year of the study permit processed in the calendar year.

According to a Canadian International Education Bureau (CBIE) survey, most international students report that they are interested in staying in Canada as a permanent resident after completing their studies.

Permanent resident international students tend to integrate more quickly into the Canadian labor market due to factors such as their experience working and studying in Canada and their English and French proficiency, according to Statistics Canada research.

a popular Post Graduation Work Permit

obtain an open

a validity period

to the duration of their educational program in Canada. An Open Work Permit allows foreigners to work for any employer of their choice in Canada. A PGWP has a maximum validity period of three years. PGWP holders gain the professional work experience in Canada often required to

most

for

programs.

offered by the

and

through the

provinces and territories also give international graduates domestic work experience. A nationwide stream of Quebec and Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) offer avenues of permanent residency as a means of encouraging foreign graduates to remain in their province or territory and continue to contribute to the labor market as immigrants.

Canada has seen international students as a major source of permanent residents in recent years, especially during the pandemic. For example, the IRCC relies heavily on international graduates to meet its goal of welcoming over 405,000 new immigrants in 2021, breaking Canada's record for recent immigrants in one year. rice field. IRCC has achieved this by inviting and recruiting a number of

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