What options do an International Student have to file for PR - Guru advice

[danydavito]

Hello,

What options are available for an international student to file for PR before graduation. Thinking of a 6years straight PHD program and can't imagine maintaining this status of INTERNATIONAL STUDENT every where for 6years as that would be costly tuition and health insurance wise. What options do an international student have to file for a PR before graduation

[PMM]

Hi

Hello,

What options are available for an international student to file for PR before graduation. Thinking of a 6years straight PHD program and can't imagine maintaining this status of INTERNATIONAL STUDENT every where for 6years as that would be costly tuition and health insurance wise. What options do an international student have to file for a PR before graduation

Basically none, unless they have experience in one of the occupations on the list of "29" under skilled worker or an AEO from a Canadian employer.

[danydavito]

Hi

Basically none, unless they have experience in one of the occupations on the list of "29" under skilled worker or an AEO from a Canadian employer.

Hello PMM

Have experience in one of the occupations on the list of "29" under skilled worker, but heard an international student no longer file as a Federal skilled worker or else he/she has a contract with a Canadian Employer.

[Leon]

If you qualify to apply under one of the 29 occupations and the cap for it is not yet full and you have 67 or more points, you are allowed to apply.  It is not important where you are located and what you are doing at the time (in Canada studying for example).

If you do not qualify to apply under the skilled worker program, there is no other program that will allow a student to apply until they have graduated and possibly even have a job offer or have worked for a year already.    If you go on a work permit, you can work for 2 years and then apply under Canadian experience class.  If you do a 2 year course, graduate and work a skilled job for a year, same thing.  Different provincial nominee program may also let you apply as a graduate, with or without a job offer, possibly after having worked for 6 months.

[danydavito]

If you qualify to apply under one of the 29 occupations and the cap for it is not yet full and you have 67 or more points, you are allowed to apply.  It is not important where you are located and what you are doing at the time (in Canada studying for example).

If you do not qualify to apply under the skilled worker program, there is no other program that will allow a student to apply until they have graduated and possibly even have a job offer or have worked for a year already.    If you go on a work permit, you can work for 2 years and then apply under Canadian experience class.  If you do a 2 year course, graduate and work a skilled job for a year, same thing.  Different provincial nominee program may also let you apply as a graduate, with or without a job offer, possibly after having worked for 6 months.

I heard from an immigration lawyer in Qubec that as an international student already in Canada, I need to have a signed employment letter in order to apply. Please I need clarifications on this because I qualify for Federal skilled by any ramification and the slot for my profession has not been filled

[Leon]

I heard from an immigration lawyer in Qubec that as an international student already in Canada, I need to have a signed employment letter in order to apply. Please I need clarifications on this because I qualify for Federal skilled by any ramification and the slot for my profession has not been filled

The lawyer is wrong.  If your occupation is one of the 29 and your cap is not filled, then you can apply.  However, if you are planning to study in Quebec, you would have to go through the trouble of landing outside Quebec, giving an outside of Quebec address for your PR card and possibly even convincing them that you do not intend to settle in Quebec  even though you are studying there.  Quebec has its own immigration program and FSW is not meant for people who want to settle there.  If you want to study in Quebec, you should consider applying under one of their immigration classes.

[danydavito]

Thanks Leon
I am already in Quebec and studying there already, but I am not intending to settle there for so many reasons, so I would prefer applying for another province. What extra do I need to do to convince them that I am not planning to settle in Quebec

[Leon]

Thanks Leon
I am already in Quebec and studying there already, but I am not intending to settle there for so many reasons, so I would prefer applying for another province. What extra do I need to do to convince them that I am not planning to settle in Quebec

If you are planning on spending the next 6 years in Quebec, it makes more sense to me to apply for Quebec, you can always move to another province later.  If you really want to apply under FSW, then you need to state your reasons for why you are studying in Quebec for that long but don't want to settle there.