Studying & Working II - Working off Campus
The Off-Campus Work Permit Program allows foreign students to work off campus while completing their studies if they are attending a publicly funded post-secondary educational institution that has signed an off-campus work agreement with their provincial or territorial government.
Publicly funded post-secondary educational institutions are:
* public post-secondary institutions, such as a college, university or CEGEP (in Quebec); or
* private post-secondary institutions that operate under the same rules and regulations as public institutions, and receive at least 50 percent of their financing for their overall operations from government grants (currently only private college-level educational institutions in Quebec qualify).
To work off campus, you must apply for a work permit. Do not begin to work off campus until you have received your work permit. The work permit authorizes you to work up to 20 hours per week during regular academic sessions, and full time during scheduled breaks (for example, winter and summer holidays, and spring break).
A work permit does not guarantee that you will find a job. It is your responsibility to look for work. Even if you work off campus, your studies must be the main reason that you are in Canada. If you are no longer a full-time student or don’t maintain satisfactory academic results, you must return your work permit to a local Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office.
For more information about the program and the application process, contact the international student advisor at your educational institution.
Publicly funded post-secondary educational institutions are:
* public post-secondary institutions, such as a college, university or CEGEP (in Quebec); or
* private post-secondary institutions that operate under the same rules and regulations as public institutions, and receive at least 50 percent of their financing for their overall operations from government grants (currently only private college-level educational institutions in Quebec qualify).
To work off campus, you must apply for a work permit. Do not begin to work off campus until you have received your work permit. The work permit authorizes you to work up to 20 hours per week during regular academic sessions, and full time during scheduled breaks (for example, winter and summer holidays, and spring break).
A work permit does not guarantee that you will find a job. It is your responsibility to look for work. Even if you work off campus, your studies must be the main reason that you are in Canada. If you are no longer a full-time student or don’t maintain satisfactory academic results, you must return your work permit to a local Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office.
For more information about the program and the application process, contact the international student advisor at your educational institution.
posted by Carioca in Canada | 9:50 PM
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