Today, the Minister of Immigration announced some favorable policies for international students! It also involves the administration that everyone is most concerned about recently!
1, 11.15 By the end of 2023, the 20-hour limit for overseas students to work outside the school will be cancelled!
Canada allows international students to work off-campus for more than 20 hours a week Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has announced a new temporary measure aimed at alleviating labor shortages in Canada’s history. Fraser said this will make it possible for more than 500,000 international students already in Canada to work more time.
From November 15, 2022 to December 31, 2023, international students in Canada and who have an off-campus work permit on their study permit will be allowed to work off-campus for more than 20 hours a week during class.
This temporary measure will also apply to foreigners who have submitted their study permit applications as of today. If the Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Department approves their applications, they will also be able to benefit from this policy.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced this major reform this morning in the Canadian capital Ottawa .
Fraser explained that the measure is aimed at alleviating the labor shortages being experienced across Canada.
Canada is struggling to cope with historic labor shortages and low unemployment rates measured by historical standards. Earlier this morning, Statistics Canada reported that Canada’s unemployment rate dropped from 5.4% in August to 5.2% in September.
Currently, international students applying for qualifying Canadian education programs can be allowed to work up to 20 hours off-campus per week during their study period. This restriction is cancelled during scheduled breaks such as summer and winter vacations. The policy allows international students to support themselves financially while ensuring that they continue to focus on completing their studies rather than focusing on working in Canada. However, in the face of nearly one million job openings, the Canadian government has temporarily relaxed the rule.
Fraser noted that the measure will make it possible for more than 500,000 eligible international students in Canada to work more time.
Canada is one of the world's leading international student destinations. In 2021, it hosted more than 620,000 international students, a number that tripled over the past two decades. Last year alone, Canada issued nearly 450,000 new study permits. The demand for learning in Canada remains strong due to various factors such as the quality of Canadian educational institutions, diversity of culture, affordability of the Canadian dollar, and the job and permanent residence opportunities offered by the country.
In recent years, Canada has increasingly regarded international students as the main source of permanent residents, especially during the epidemic.
2. Domestic renewal of study visas will be used to use AI to assist in automatic processing of automatic passing of the application
. Because domestic student renewal has always been a category with a high pass rate, it has remained 96-97% in the past two years. Canadian domestic renewal will use intelligent programs (AI bar for short) to assist in processing applications to speed up processing speed. AI can automatically approve normal applications without automatically rejecting visas, so that visa officers can have more time to pay attention to complex student visa applications. This AI-assisted method has become more common in the processing of overseas travel visas. It is good news for most people and the processing speed will be faster, but it may not be a good thing for problems with study experience. The situation of passing the test in the past may not be easy to achieve, and will be selected by AI for visa officers to take a look at it one by one. Therefore, the renewal plan for problem-based learning visas may change significantly in the future.
3, 18-month graduation work visa extension
This part has been announced at a previous press conference and the policy has been implemented.
Please refer to the details: Applicants who meet the conditions will be automatically approved to extend their work visa for 18 months. It should be mentioned that applicants who meet the requirements but need to update their passport validity period or address will receive emails and links in MyCIC. If they have not received them, it is best to actively apply before the work visa expires to avoid identity expiration, because the policy will only provide temporary exemption for authorized work, not identity.The policy expiration date is the end of 2022.
