Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced on Monday, that starting in September, international students in Canada will be permitted to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week.
This change comes after the government temporarily lifted the 20-hour limit during the COVID-19 pandemic to address labour shortages.
“Looking at best practices and policies in other like-minded countries, most of them limit the number of working hours for international students.
Canada’s rules need to be aligned or we will find our programmes
attracting more and more applicants whose primary intent is to work and not study,” stated Minister Miller.
He emphasised the educational focus of the policy, “To be clear, the purpose of the international student programme is to study and not to work.”
The adjustment is part of a broader strategy to manage a recent surge in international student enrolments and ensure the integrity of the study permit system.
Critics have raised concerns that higher work…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
