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Ottawa temporarily lifts the limit on off-campus work hours
On October 7, 2022, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced that the Government of Canada has temporarily lifted the 20-hour-per-week cap on the number of hours that international students are allowed to work off-campus while in session. International students who are in Canada and have off-campus work authorization on their study permit will not be restricted by the 20-hour-per-week limit from November 15, 2022, to December 31, 2023. Foreign nationals who have already applied for a study permit may also take advantage of this temporary policy if their application is accepted as of October 7, 2022.
#International_students, #Work_limit, #IRCC, #Fraser, #Off_Campus_Work
IRCC received more than 600,000 applications under the CUAET
On October 7, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the number of Ukrainian newcomers arriving in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET). According to the latest update, between January 1 and October 2, 2022, 14,785 Ukrainians arrived in Canada by land, and an additional 83,771 arrived by air. Between March 17 and October 4, 2022, IRCC received 600,551 applications under the CUAET. The applications of 290,818 Ukrainian nationals have been approved so far.
#Ukrainian_immigrants, #Ukrainian_refugees, #refugees, #CUAET, #Ukraine, #IRCC
Canada welcomed 470 Afghan refugees
On October 7, 2022, the Government of Canada made a new update regarding the Afghan refugees arriving in the country. According to the last update, Canada has accepted 470 more Afghan refugees since October 4, 2022. As of now, Canada has welcomed a total of 21,775 Afghan refugees. The majority of them – 16,150 Afghans and their families arrived in Canada under the Special Immigration Measures Program for Afghans who had assisted the Government of Canada, while 13,465 Afghan families came under the Humanitarian program.
#Afghan_refugees, #refugees, #Afghanistan
Canada invited 832 candidates under the International Experience Canada
Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 3 to October 9, Canada invited 832 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of October 7, there are 26,528 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 127 ITAs for Australia, 7 ITAs for Austria, 17 ITAs for Belgium, 2 ITAs for Chile, 1 ITA for Costa Rica, 2 ITAs for Croatia, 24 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 1 ITA for Denmark, 1 ITA for Estonia, 179 ITAs for France, 63 ITAs for Germany, 2 ITAs for Hong Kong, 120 ITAs for Ireland, 10 ITAs for Italy, 114 ITAs for Japan, 4 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 12 ITAs for the Netherlands, 52 ITAs for New Zealand, 12 ITAs for Poland, 29 ITAs for Portugal, 7 ITAs for Slovakia, 1 ITA for Slovenia, 5 ITAs for Spain, 10 ITAs for Sweden, 4 ITAs for Switzerland, 5 ITAs for Taiwan, and 20 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 114,769 ITAs under the IEC Program.
#IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada