1 year Master degree, count for CIC? please advice needed

[m0zeid]

Hello everyone

So I need to go/immigrate to Canada for many reasons, I'm so desperate that I will try to go as a student.
I understand the benefits here will be:
1- Improve my language by using it on daily basis for 1-2 years, my current IELTS (GT) score is 7.5
2- Have a graduate degree from a Canadian university
3- Gain Canadian experience.

All of these 3 will give me extra points, I hope.

But I need calcification on few things, I would be thankful if anybody can enlighten me

The Masters degree should it be 2 years? A 1 year Master degree program will the CIC count it as a recognized Master degree?

What about a graduate certificate? I was checking this one: INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY
georgiancollege(dot)ca/academics/full-time-programs/information-systems-security-inss/program-outline-tab/

Will CIC count it as canadian education? will it help me to gain points for immigration? If not can I continue studying another year with other college to have a Masters degree?


One last question, while studying can I work as an IT professional? or as a student I'm stuck with jobs like waiter... ?


Thanks in advance everyone

 

[scylla]

A Masters degree can be 1 year. It will still count as a Masters.

A graduate certificate will get you additional points - but not the same points as a Masters. Also, having a Masters from Canada will be far better when it comes to searching for jobs. Graduate certificates tend to be very low value because they are generally very easy to get. FYI - colleges don't offer Masters programs. Only universities do.

You can work up to 20 hours a week off campus while you are studying. Yes - you can certainly work as an IT professional. However you should assume it will be extremely difficult to find this kind of job. Assume you will be working in a low skilled job that pays minimum wage.

 

[m0zeid]

A Masters degree can be 1 year. It will still count as a Masters.

A graduate certificate will get you additional points - but not the same points as a Masters. Also, having a Masters from Canada will be far better when it comes to searching for jobs. Graduate certificates tend to be very low value because they are generally very easy to get. FYI - colleges don't offer Masters programs. Only universities do.

You can work up to 20 hours a week off campus while you are studying. Yes - you can certainly work as an IT professional. However you should assume it will be extremely difficult to find this kind of job. Assume you will be working in a low skilled job that pays minimum wage.

DAMN IT!! yesterday I wrote a full reply, it seems I lost it due to an internet connection problem.
I will try again hehe

First of all very thanks scylla for your helpful reply


Then a one year Masters degree will be my choice!
Yes you have a great point there, a canadian degree will be a lot better appealing on my CV for employers.
Thanks for the info, I will narrow my searches for universities only!

Regarding the job, minimum wage is something near 10$? so 20 hours X 10$= 200$ /week and approximately 800$ a month?!! that is waaaay too low.
Am I missing something? any advice for me will be much appreciated

Thanks very much for you and anyone else willing to help

 

[shivendra1404]

Hello everyone

So I need to go/immigrate to Canada for many reasons, I'm so desperate that I will try to go as a student.
I understand the benefits here will be:
1- Improve my language by using it on daily basis for 1-2 years, my current IELTS (GT) score is 7.5
2- Have a graduate degree from a Canadian university
3- Gain Canadian experience.

All of these 3 will give me extra points, I hope.

But I need calcification on few things, I would be thankful if anybody can enlighten me

The Masters degree should it be 2 years? A 1 year Master degree program will the CIC count it as a recognized Master degree?

What about a graduate certificate? I was checking this one: INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY
georgiancollege(dot)ca/academics/full-time-programs/information-systems-security-inss/program-outline-tab/

Will CIC count it as canadian education? will it help me to gain points for immigration? If not can I continue studying another year with other college to have a Masters degree?


One last question, while studying can I work as an IT professional? or as a student I'm stuck with jobs like waiter... ?


Thanks in advance everyone

Hi there!!

I hope you must have gone through your plan as its been quite some time since you posted this query.

Same as you, I also have been offered an admission into Master of Organisational Management (1 Year, 30 credit hours, full-time) by Crandall University, New Brunswick, and I am a bit sceptic about the recognition of the course as a Master's programme.

Do these one-year master's courses fetch the same CRS points as a legit Master's degree does? I am asking from the PR point of view.

Thanks in advance.