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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I agree that it is very high risk to claim that we both study and work full-time. However, working full-time means working 37.5 hours per week, so claiming 20 hours per week will not be considered claiming working full-time. Besides, the immigration definition for full-time study only requires...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    There has never been a limit as to how many hours per week international students can work ON CAMPUS. And regarding the ten-hour rule, it only applies to TA or GRA, but not GRS (again, this is only true for University of Waterloo, so I'm not sure how the rules are for other schools). The number...
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    My impression- How different is Canada from US

    I was wondering about that too. I had 5+ years of driving experience in the States, and only paid roughly 135 per month (for full cover) about 2 years ago when I first got to Canada. Now it's 120 per month (still more expensive than in the States, but not that outrageous). I too know several...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Anyway, I just thought that I should share this here (since most likely this information would be most relevant here). As is probably true for some other Canadian schools as well, the University of Waterloo does not remunerate their graduate students the way some other schools do. The research...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hopefully you're right, TyrusX. The letter did not explicitly mention that I have been enrolled as a PhD student since Fall 09, but just that I have been a graduate student since then, and that I am currently enrolled as a full-time PhD student. Hopefully they are competent (or lenient?)...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hi all, I sent my application alongside all of the supporting documents, which were received by CIO (Krszwda) yesterday (Feb 16). Reading some of the comments here made me worried that my application, too, would be returned since on my letter of attestation, there was no direct mention that I...