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April 23, 2008
Canada Makes It Easier for Foreign Students to Work After Graduation
Canada is relaxing its rules and making it easier for many foreign students to stay in the country to work for up to three years after graduation. This week’s changes in the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program mean eligible foreign graduates may work anywhere and no longer must have a job offer to get a work permit. The shift removes some of the major drawbacks to the previous regulations.
Both foreign-student advisers and students who wanted to work in Canada had serious complaints about those regulations, according to a study released last October. They said potential future employers lacked proper information; students had only 90 days to land a job when the process usually took much longer; students were hindered by being barred from work in major cities; and the program’s official documents were often confusing.
As a result, many foreign students felt the Canadian government was not serious about wanting them to stay and work.
The government introduced its first postgraduation work program in 2005, hoping that projected job vacancies could be filled by foreign students who would then decide to stay as permanent residents. Earlier, the government gave foreign students the right to work off-campus while still pursuing their degrees. —Karen Birchard
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This is very smart move on the side of Canada, lets hope the US will also follow suit.
Joe
— Joe Mtika Apr 23, 04:29 PM #
At long last! Is this policy being implemented because the Canadian government is recognizing the need to increase its pool of talented and skilled professionals? As a foreign student at University of New Brunswick, and Queen’s University—1979 to 1985—all students in my category were made to feel they were a threat. Student visas were issued but renewable yearly based on a proof of good academic standing and a sound bank account. Upon graduation, one was to leave the country at the expiration of the visa. Forgetting to renew one’s visa would me having to leave the country and reapply at a Canadian consulate in the US or another country. Living in a small size city such as Fredericton, NB, also meant that some aggressive immigration officers made it their godly duty to find the slightest violation by which get one deported. Come into Canada as a refugee, however, and the government gives a very generous welfare (this is why Canada appeals to sleeper cells). But as student, you are seen as a pariah.
I am glad the current Canadian government has seen the light. But why now in a post 9/11 world?
— Mali Pensky Apr 23, 05:25 PM #
Fantastic! thank God for this great illumination. I do hope the neighbouring countries will follow suit.
Canada has done itself greater good by encouraging foreign students who may wish to spend their postgraduation years there. That I believe will alleviate the inherent shortage of human resources.
— Peter Abraham Apr 23, 09:17 PM #