Canada announces new immigration benefits for international students and job seekers.

 

Canada has announced additional benefits for international students studying in the country as well as the resumption of its Express Entry draws for Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), and Federal Skilled Trades (FST) candidates in early July.

 

Immigration minister Sean Fraser announced a new temporary policy that will give recent international graduates with expiring temporary status an opportunity to extend their stay in Canada, so they can continue to gain work experience and have a better chance at qualifying for permanent residency.

 

Starting in the summer of 2022, international students in Canada who have a post-graduation work permit expiring between January and December 2022 will qualify for an additional open work permit valid for up to 18 months. We are exploring a simplified, expeditious process for this, and details will be made available in the weeks ahead, states IRCC.

 

About 95,000 PGWPs will expire in 2022, and as many as 50,000 PGWP holders could benefit from this new open work permit.