The Canadian Student Visa allows students from all over the world in either a vocational or academic sector to grow and develop their skills. This visa allows students to expand their expertise and knowledge within the Canadian borders, whether that entitles learning a new language or earning a post-graduate degree.
The Canadian Student Visa brings people with various cultures, skills and knowledge together at Canada’s many top learning institutions. With low living costs, reasonable tuition fees and an excellent educational system in a peaceful and multi-cultural community.
Benefits and Advantages of Studying in Canada
- Canada offers internationally recognized
- Advanced Quality and Affordable Education.
- A possibility of Immigration – You could get points for permanent residency in Canada which helps in the immigration process when you apply for a PR visa.
- Multicultural Society – While studying in Canada you will experience that you are living in one of the most attractive countries in the world.
- Campus Lifestyle – Most of the college or university campuses of Canada offers enormous possibilities for learning and leisure.
- Research Opportunities
- Apply and get a scholarship to study in Canada.
- Work while you study without any work permit. With Canada’s Express Entry System individuals with specific skills, qualifications and experience will be able to contribute to the Canadian economy and fill gaps in the labour market.
With this system you will upload your profile to the database and Citizenship and Immigration Canada will be able to select and invite you to work and live in Canada.
Canada is one of the most beautiful and well-mannered countries in the world and Under the Immigration Levels Plan, Canada is aiming to welcome 1.2 MILLION immigrants through Express Entry this year. It has already issued 37,986 ITAs in 2021 (compared with 10,300 at the same time in 2020) If an applicant has been offered a job or have been nominated, they will be granted priority and have increased chances of obtaining residency in Canada.
The Canadian Student Visa allows students from all over the world in either a vocational or academic sector to grow and develop their skills. This visa allows students to expand their expertise and knowledge within the Canadian borders, whether that entitles learning a new language or earning a postgraduate degree.
The Canadian Student Visa brings people with various cultures, skills and knowledge together at Canada’s many top learning institutions. With low living costs, reasonable tuition fees and an excellent educational system in a peaceful and multi-cultural community, Canada is a great place for students seeking international experience.
The Canadian Student Visa allows students to study in primary, secondary and tertiary levels. It also grants students the ability to study and work and the ability to apply for permanent residence in Canada.
The study permit is a document we issue that allows foreign nationals to study at designated learning institutions (DLI) in Canada. Most foreign nationals need a study permit to study in Canada. Make sure you have all the documents you need before you apply. You should apply before you travel to Canada.
Your study permit is not a visa. It doesn’t let you enter Canada. You may also need a visitor visa or an electronic travel authorization (eTA). If we approve your study permit, we’ll issue one to you with your study permit.
How long can you stay in Canada with a study permit?
A study permit is usually valid for the length of your study program, plus an extra 90 days. The 90 days let you prepare to leave Canada or apply to extend your stay.
1. If you’re taking prerequisite courses
If your school asks you to take courses before they accept you into the main program (you have conditional acceptance), your study permit will be valid for the length of those courses, plus 1 year. When you get accepted into the main program, you must then apply to extend your stay as a student.
2. If you’ll finish your studies after your study permit expires
If you don’t finish your courses before the date on your permit, you must apply to extend your stay as a student. If you don’t, you’ll need to stop studying and leave Canada.
3. If you finish your studies before your study permit expires
If you finish your studies early, your permit will stop being valid 90 days after you complete your studies, no matter what day is printed on the study permit.
You’ve completed your studies on the date your school first notifies you by completion letter, transcript, degree or diploma.
You must provide proof of the date your school notifies you, or the date you get your degree, diploma or certificate. If you don’t have proof, we’ll use the earliest issue date on the document. We may confirm this date with your school.
Can you go back home while studying?
Yes. If you leave Canada during your studies, you may need to show proof you’re enrolled in your school when you return to Canada.
If you have a visitor visa or an electronic travel authorization (eTA), it must still be valid when you return to Canada.
Working While Studying in Canada
As an international student in Canada, you may be able to get a job without a work permit during your studies.
Canada’s immigration policy extends the opportunity to gain valuable work experience to international students who have chosen Canada as their study destination.
Work off-campus
With a valid Canadian Study Permit, an international student may be eligible to work for an employer outside the campus of the educational institution where he or she is registered.
Once eligible for off-campus work, international students may work up to 20 hours per week during regular academic sessions, and full-time during scheduled breaks, such as the winter and summer holidays or spring break.
Eligibility requirements
In order to be eligible to work off-campus during his or her studies, an international student must:
Hold a valid study permit;
Be studying full-time at a designated learning institution (Visit our dedicated page for a comprehensive Designated Learning Institution (DLI) List);
Have started studying and remain in satisfactory academic standing as determined by their institution;
Be studying in an academic, vocational or professional training program that is at least six months in duration and leads to a degree, diploma or certificate; and
have a Social Insurance Number (SIN).
If an international student’s situation changes and he or she no longer meets any of the above eligibility requirements, he or she must stop working off-campus.
Sometimes a student who is no longer studying full-time may be able to continue working off-campus if he or she:
Was registered as a full-time student since the beginning of the study program in Canada and;
Is now studying part-time because it is the last semester of his or her study program and a full-time course schedule is no longer required to complete the program of study.
The following international students are not eligible to work off-campus:
Students enrolled in an English as a Second Language (ESL) or French as a Second Language (FSL) program;
Students taking a general interest course or program; and
Visiting or exchange students at a designated learning institution.
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) considers a student’s full-time status based on the number of hours and credits allocated towards the completion of a degree, diploma or certificate, as determined by the DLI.
Work on-campus
An international student may be able to work within the boundaries of the campus where he or she is registered in if the student meets specific criteria.
For an international student to work on-campus without a work permit, he or she must:
hold a valid Study Permit;
Have a Social Insurance Number (SIN);
Be registered as a full-time post-secondary student at a:
Public post-secondary school, such as a college or university, or CEGEP in Quebec
a private college-level school in Quebec that operates under the same rules as public schools, and is at least 50% funded by government grants, or
A Canadian private school that can legally award degrees under provincial law.
On-campus work includes working for an employer located on the campus grounds of the educational institution where a student is studying.
An on-campus employer includes the school, a faculty member, a student organization, a private business (located within the boundaries of the campus), a private contractor that provides services to the school, and being self-employed on-campus.
Work in Canada as a co-op student or intern
International students pursuing a study program at a DLI in Canada that requires a mandatory work placement or internship must apply for a co-op or intern work permit in addition to a valid study permit.
