Revised requirements to better protect international students

The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced that starting January 1, 2024, the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised so that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada. Moving forward this threshold will be adjusted each year when Statistics Canada updates the
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International Students – Work after you graduate!

I have been approached by five kababayans this week inquiring about the Post Graduation Work Permit or PGWP. An International Student or a study permit holder may be eligible for a post-graduation work permit (PGWP) if he/she graduated from a Designated Learning Institution (DLI), the school is PGWP eligible and if he/she wants to stay
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Study Permit

  Today’s question deals with a refusal of a Study Permit application. A kababayan’s son has applied for studies in Canada and was accepted. However, his application for a Study permit has been denied multiple times. The Immigration officer in Canadian Embassy in Manila, Philippines has stated each time, that he was not satisfied that
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