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So, will the anticipated changes include the PhD students as well (e.g. rolling back the PhD stream under FSW)? any thoughts ?

Based on today conference : "McCallum also told the news conference his department is trying to develop reforms for the Express Entry system which may make it easier for international students to become permanent residents."...

I think they mean that TA/RA experience will qualify you for FSW, but it will not increase your points (even if you have foreign experience).

Please I want your advice to help me to create EE profile correctly. I am on my third year PhD student and I have the following qualifications: - More than 4 full time years foreign experience as 2172 Database analysts - IELTS (7.5 Listening, 6.5 speaking and reading , 7 writing) - Having WES...

I think we need to know the definition of the full time student. Does a full time student only take courses ? for example, if I am a PhD student for three years and I took all the courses in the first year (i.e. if this definition is correct , then it means the later two years I am working as RA...

"The government said in the budget on Thursday that most college students whose family income is less than $50,000 a year will receive free tuition, while grants for university students, who pay higher tuitions, will not offset the entire amount." Source ...

Thanks for your answer. So these changes will not affect the Express Entry by any mean, am I right ?

Good news. Does this mean facilitating getting PR for the students (i.e. gaining more points in EE)? I mean, if I am student for 2 years and I don't have the PR yet (because of the low points in EE), then these years will be counted to apply for the PR ?

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Hi, I am international student and I am planning to move in one bedroom in Ontario this September. I am married and I have a toddler baby and expecting another baby next November. Is it OK to move in one bedroom ? Thanks

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Hi all, I just applied for a co-op work permit, and in the application I have attached a letter saying that I am PhD student and I must do an industrial internship as a part of my program. I still don't have any employers to do internship with yet. The application has been approved and I have...

Thanks for your answer. Is it hard for the employer to get an approved LMIA ? how long (in average) this process should take ? Thanks

Hi All, I have got a software engineer job offer from a company, however, the job posting was not listed under job bank. Is it possible to tell the employer to find and select my application from the job bank ? Is the employer still need to do the LIMA ? Thanks

Co-op work permit, I am still currently a full time PhD student.

Thanks a lot for your reply. But the web site says it takes 60 days for Work Permit Extension, however, I don't have a work permit, I have only a study permit. any idea ?

Hi All, I have applied for a work co-op work permit with my valid study permit online (inside Canada). Can you please tell me what is the average processing time ? I feel confused from this table: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp.asp In which case am I ? to what I...

Thanks a lot for your reply. I am assuming you meant that I need to stop full time study, right ? Assume that I have a job offer and an approved LMIA. And at the same time, I can manage to switch to a part time study in my university. So what is the situation of my study permit ? In other...

Thanks a lot for your reply. One more question please, can I apply for the co-op without having an offer from a company in hand ?

Hi Guys, I wonder what are the required documents to apply for co-op ? I checked this page http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-coop.asp but I did not understand the following condition: Your employment must be part of your academic, vocational or professional training program offered by a...