Study while working on full time

[nmdsalim]

I am 45+ years old and working full-time. I couldn't meet the required score for PR. I am considering doing a Master's Degree or Diploma course in Ontario. Can I study any period of more than eight months duration to earn a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate and thereby the score from that category?
Please suggest. Thanks.

 

[Naturgrl]

I am 45+ years old and working full-time. I couldn't meet the required score for PR. I am considering doing a Master's Degree or Diploma course in Ontario. Can I study any period of more than eight months duration to earn a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate and thereby the score from that category?
Please suggest. Thanks.

Your title is “studying while working full time” so are you working in Canada and want to study?

You can try. Getting a study permit at your age will be more of a challenge so consider a Masters at a public DLI. You need to show funds, ties to home country, and justify costs of a program with education and career advancement (promotion, higher pay). Taking a Canadian Masters may not get you PR so be prepared for that too. Due to your age and getting no points, taking a program may still not be enough.

 

[nmdsalim]

I am wondering if is it possible to work full time and study any Diploma course same time. If I manage to spend 17 hours per week in the classroom for any course as well as working, can I claim a score from both these categories?

 

[Naturgrl]

I am wondering if is it possible to work full time and study any Diploma course same time. If I manage to spend 17 hours per week in the classroom for any course as well as working, can I claim a score from both these categories?

So you need to be going to school full-time, and can work up to 20 hours off campus. So when you enter Canada, it will say on your study permit whether you can work or not. You don’t count your work experience as Canadian experience under Express Entry. Canadian experience only counts once you have graduated and are on your PGWP. So if 45+ years and you start a program next year, then you study for a year full time and then you apply for a PGWP. They with a year of Canadian skilled work experience you can count that under FSW-CEC. This doesn’t guarantee PR as your score still needs to be high enough.

Focus is on getting into a good, public Masters program. Then figure out if you will get PR after a few more years in Canada.