Brandon716
Senior Member
Maybe the new Canadian Experience Class isn't bullshit afterall, I've been spending the past two days reviewing documents and I've found a cheaper alternative to going to York U for 2 years.
According to the law as it states today, if you "graduate from a post-secondary institution" with a minimum of 8 months of consistent coursework, you are eligible for an unlimited Canadian Work Permit, which means you can work for any employer at any location/business save for Quebec, for 8 months after graduation. And you are eligible to file for a work permit while going to school after 6 months.
That means I could get involved in a certificate program at a college like George Brown, Centennial, Seneca, Humber, or Sheridan, it would be a 1 year/8 month program.
This would likely be far cheaper, and I could actually find financing, and after 6 months I could become eligible to work outside campus.
So I would have to find independent living expenses to cover 6-8 months, plus finance the coursework (which still isn't cheap because its paid at international rates instead of Canadian rates).
But the thing is that it would not take 8 months to find any kind of employment, and once you are employed the work permit can be renewed for another year or two and once the experience is stacked its automatically qualifying for permanent residency.
So I think I've found a new pathway to Canadian residency in the past two days. I don't recall reading in any historical documentation that it only takes 8 months to get an unlimited work permit, so that is definately a perk of the new Canadian Experience Class.
Isn't easy, and I'll be taking useless coursework because I don't feel comfortable trying an expensive 2 year program to finish up at York even if its cheaper than UofT. There is no way I can find the $50-60k in financing required.
I'll be able to go back to university after I become a resident at local rates.
YAY, at least its a viable plan.
I think I could afford two semesters of coursework toward a certificate at a college so that I could merge into the Canadian system.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad-who.asp
The rule clearly states a post-secondary program of at least 8 months, it does not state it even requires a 2 year college diploma. So a one year certificate program maybe my pathway, this was not available before.
The danger is if the rules change mid-game, because fi these rules are changed before the plan can be carried out its as good as nothing. There is real potential for that to happen after watching what happened last year.
According to the law as it states today, if you "graduate from a post-secondary institution" with a minimum of 8 months of consistent coursework, you are eligible for an unlimited Canadian Work Permit, which means you can work for any employer at any location/business save for Quebec, for 8 months after graduation. And you are eligible to file for a work permit while going to school after 6 months.
That means I could get involved in a certificate program at a college like George Brown, Centennial, Seneca, Humber, or Sheridan, it would be a 1 year/8 month program.
This would likely be far cheaper, and I could actually find financing, and after 6 months I could become eligible to work outside campus.
So I would have to find independent living expenses to cover 6-8 months, plus finance the coursework (which still isn't cheap because its paid at international rates instead of Canadian rates).
But the thing is that it would not take 8 months to find any kind of employment, and once you are employed the work permit can be renewed for another year or two and once the experience is stacked its automatically qualifying for permanent residency.
So I think I've found a new pathway to Canadian residency in the past two days. I don't recall reading in any historical documentation that it only takes 8 months to get an unlimited work permit, so that is definately a perk of the new Canadian Experience Class.
Isn't easy, and I'll be taking useless coursework because I don't feel comfortable trying an expensive 2 year program to finish up at York even if its cheaper than UofT. There is no way I can find the $50-60k in financing required.
I'll be able to go back to university after I become a resident at local rates.
YAY, at least its a viable plan.
I think I could afford two semesters of coursework toward a certificate at a college so that I could merge into the Canadian system.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad-who.asp
The rule clearly states a post-secondary program of at least 8 months, it does not state it even requires a 2 year college diploma. So a one year certificate program maybe my pathway, this was not available before.
The danger is if the rules change mid-game, because fi these rules are changed before the plan can be carried out its as good as nothing. There is real potential for that to happen after watching what happened last year.
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