Internship in Canada: Please help!

[sapfan]

I am currently a student in USA doing my Masters. As a part of a program I need to do an internship and I am interested in doing an internship in Canada.

However, I have few questions:

1. I am an international student in USA, I am originally from India and on F1 student visa.

2. I am allowed to work in USA on CPT(Curricular Practical Training) for 11 months.

3. If I get an offer from Candian company for an internship, is it technically feasible to be there as an intern?

Please reply if anyone knows answer to my query.

 

[uwindsor]

Of course.. Internship would be good, both financially and experience wise

 

[sapfan]

Hello, thanks for the reply. But my question was is it technically possible for someone who is on F1 international student visa in USA to work as an intern in Canada. And if it is technically possible, how easy or hard it would be?

 

[rupeshhari]

if you get a visa to work in Canada for an internship then you can go there and noone can stop you.

You have to see whether you can come back easily to the US (I don't know the rules for CPT's to come back to US).

 

[sapfan]

Thanks for reply, but how hard getting visa would be? as in suppose I want to start an internship in next 1 month, then is it practically possible to do so?

 

[rupeshhari]

i dont know so will wait for someone else to answer this.

 

[uwindsor]

Here in Canada, you normally get work permit. Visa is just a document to help you enter the country. Work permit decides the length of your stay.

If you have an internship offer from a company in Canada, it is quite easy to get the visa. It takes around 20-25 days for the medicals, etc to be done.

 

[sapfan]

Thanks! so if I get an internship offer from a company in canda and say I get processed my visa in 25 days then after that in order to get work permit so I need to spend another month or so? or both work permit and visa can be processed simultaneously.

 

[uwindsor]

Thanks! so if I get an internship offer from a company in canda and say I get processed my visa in 25 days then after that in order to get work permit so I need to spend another month or so? or both work permit and visa can be processed simultaneously.

After you get your visa, when you enter Canada, the officials at the port of entry give you ur work permit.. There is no additional time for work permit

 

[PMM]

Hi

Thanks! so if I get an internship offer from a company in canda and say I get processed my visa in 25 days then after that in order to get work permit so I need to spend another month or so? or both work permit and visa can be processed simultaneously.

After you get your visa, when you enter Canada, the officials at the port of entry give you ur work permit.. There is no additional time for work permit

The chances that the OP is going to get an internship in Canada, without studying in Canada are pretty close to nil. I doubt that any employer is going to get an approved LMO from HRSDC for foreign student to take an internship in Canada.

PMM