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    From US to Canada. Need help!

    If you applied for SP online, then once you see in your account that your application has been approved you will receive the request for passport. You can estimate the processing time using this table: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp/students.asp#west Since you were a...
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    Extend study permit and spouse open work permit

    Once your husband receives PGWP, he will be a temporary worker. For spouses of temporary workers the following is applied: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=199&t=17 Briefly, you can apply for new OWP , if your husband will have a job satisfying requirements in the link.
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    Open work permit to self employment

    As a foreigner you can not have 100% ownership of business in Canada. You need Canadian partner. If I am not mistaken you can own at most 50%.
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    If I finish my degree earlier than required, can my spouse continue to work?

    She is the principal applicant. His OWP depends on her SP. Anyway, I hope erencie will cal to CIC for official answer.
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    If I finish my degree earlier than required, can my spouse continue to work?

    can you please share a link to this news?
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    If I finish my degree earlier than required, can my spouse continue to work?

    If you are not going to study for more than 90 days after graduation, your study permit may be considered invalid automatically. Invalid study permit makes spouse work permit invalid. Work experience collected with invalid OWP will lead to rejection in CEC. I strongly suggest call to CIC and...
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    If I finish my degree earlier than required, can my spouse continue to work?

    Once you complete your studies you have 90 days to apply for PGWP. However, your PGWP will allow your husband to extend his OWP only if you have a job offer of NOC 0,A,B. My advice: slow down in your studies and let the husband to collect more work experience for CEC. But you might need to...
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    Please Urgent advice

    I think you situation might be defined by: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op12-eng.pdf
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    Suggestion needed

    You can switch from one program to another holding the same study permit if 1. Both programs are on the same level, i.e. they are both secondary or post-secondary or language and so on. 2. Both programs are offered by schools located outside Quebec.
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    From US to Canada. Need help!

    Are you aware that Canada and USA share their data of all non-immigrant visas? So my advice is come back to your home country before your American visa gets expired. Otherwise your chances to get approved for studies in Canada are zero.
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    George Brown College, September 2014 Intake!!!!

    This is the story of the recent graduate of IBM program at GB. http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t171987.0.html
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    Chances of getting Study Permit

    1. I think your sister will get visa if she shows sufficient funds with proof of legal source. It is better if she will show that she can cover all her expenses (including rental) without your help . 2. Her speaking score is low for HR. She needs to work on it. 3. She will get only 1-year...
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    Is one year MBA from New Brunswick University Saint John any good?

    I think MBA is a complete waste of money for any international student aiming to find qualified job and settle down in Canada. The only advantages I see: 1. MBA in Ontario gives an opportunity to get nominated just based on your studies. (However, they are experiencing backlog now.) 2. For...
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    Will I get a 3 years post-graduation work permit or just one year ?

    For PGWP you can use a letter from university that certifies how long you were registered as a full-time student on continuous basis, when degree requirements were completed and when you will graduate (convocation date). As I understand during pre-master terms you took some undergraduate...
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    Sign petition: New Citizenship Act Bill C-24 discrimination

    What is the percentage of people who got their PR through studies and work in Canada among of those PRs who did not meet their RO recently? (As I can see at least from this forum it is close to zero.) What is the percentage of people who got their PR through studies and work in Canada but it...
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    Taking a semster drop and going to other uniuversity: Help needed Urgent

    When you will apply for immigration based on your studies in Canada, CIC will ask you to sign authorization form allowing them to contact your university in order to verify information you provide in your application. Moreover, for PGWP you will have to submit your transcripts or official...
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    Duration of the study permit

    PGWP will start the date your application got approved by CIC. It is up to you to apply right after you receive official notification (that you completed all requirements of your program) OR wait up to 90 days before submitting application for PGWP. You will be eligible for 3 years (36 months)...
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    Can my spouse work in Canada if I study there?

    From my modest experience, I would recommend you to consider Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The requirements for temporary workers (the working spouse in your case) are: The main advantages, as you can see, are that lower skilled jobs are accepted and only 6 months experience is...
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    Ontario PNP Applicants 2013

    sreekred, if it is not confidential, could you please share what type of additional docs they asked for? Thanks.
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    Taking a semster drop and going to other uniuversity: Help needed Urgent

    If this course is strongly related to your current research topic and UBC is giving you funding and you are planning to come back to your university, than it is better to talk with your supervisor and he can help you with "leave". If this course is a kind of professional development course...