Clarification on work while studying
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Congrats on your study permit. You can work remotely as long as your company has no presence in Canada - no offices with staff and clients/customers.
Why?
Do you have a link?
I read that the reason IRCC only let int'l student work 20hr while in school sessions is becauz IRCC wants student to concentrate on studies.
They do want students only to work 20 hours as they need to show the funds to afford their studies. However, working remotely for a company located outside of Canada, where the worker is also paid outside of Canada, is not considered to be work for the purposes of the study permit requirements. See 'What kind of activities are not considered to be "work"?' as an example. Visitors can work remotely too. However if the company has a Canadian office then you should be paid by the Canadian office and thus only can work 20 hours. These hours are taxable and require a SIN.
Hope I made sense!
That is correct, if your study permit has the conditions to work on or off-campus.
First, In my case I will be paid outside Canada to my home country bank account. Second, it implies I need to get transferred from current office in my home country to Canadian office and ask them if I can work half time rather than full time, right? I feel this might be a naive justification from my end, but just wanted to be clear, as If I continued to work it will easier for me to clear off loan.
Your company has staff and a presence in Canada so you need to follow Canadian tax, business and immigration migration laws. They can add you to the payroll in Canada or continue to pay you outside but you can only work 20 hours.
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