Full time MBA student - Side hustles - PGWP refusal

[vikraman]

Hi
I've enrolled in the fall intake MBA program as a full-time student and the course duration is 2 years.
I've been informed that I should not work for more than 20 hours a week in order to avoid getting my PGWP rejected when I apply.

My question is, Will I run the risk of getting my PGWP rejected if I do some side hustles while maintaining my status as a full-time student like part-time trading, E-commerce business, Flipping products online, flipping cars, vending machines, catering, etc... and use that money to pay my bills or even my tuition fee apart from the money I get by working part-time???

Thank you for taking the time to reply to this question.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi
I've enrolled in the fall intake MBA program as a full-time student and the course duration is 2 years.
I've been informed that I should not work for more than 20 hours a week in order to avoid getting my PGWP rejected when I apply.

My question is, Will I run the risk of getting my PGWP rejected if I do some side hustles while maintaining my status as a full-time student like part-time trading, E-commerce business, Flipping products online, flipping cars, vending machines, catering, etc... and use that money to pay my bills or even my tuition fee apart from the money I get by working part-time???

Thank you for taking the time to reply to this question.

All those “side hustles” you mentioned are still jobs, and are considered self employed. You still need to declare the income on your tax return, and keep track of the hours worked. Trading online is fine. The only way to get around it is to do remote work for a company outside Canada that has no Canadian clients/customers or offices.