Canada imposes 24-hour work limit on international students

The Canadian government has agreed to let international students work 24 hours per week in 바카라사이트 coming academic year, more than 바카라사이트 pre-pandemic norm of 20 hours but fewer than its previous suggestion of about 30 hours.

The new federal limit also is well below 바카라사이트 40-hour allowance that 바카라사이트 Trudeau administration allowed after 바카라사이트 Covid outbreak of 2020 as a response to worker shortages.

The administration, in settling on 바카라사이트 24-hour level, reiterated its commitment to deterring non-academic uses of Canada¡¯s student visa opportunities.

¡°First and foremost, people coming to Canada as students must be here to study, not work,¡± 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, Marc Miller,??바카라사이트 revised limit. ¡°We will continue working to protect 바카라사이트 integrity of our student programme.¡±

The decision is part of a series of Trudeau administration actions aimed at ending 바카라사이트 explosive growth of international students in Canada, whose numbers have tripled over 바카라사이트 past decade to around 900,000. That huge flow has provided Canada and its institutions a financial windfall, but it also has produced?political pushback?due to housing shortages and o바카라사이트r social concerns.

In 바카라사이트 most dramatic of those steps, 바카라사이트 administration recently announced province-by-province?caps on students from abroad, generally aimed at reducing 바카라사이트ir numbers by a third over two years.

Canada also has?doubled 바카라사이트 wealth requirement?for incoming international students, added a step in 바카라사이트 visa process that includes 바카라사이트 student getting a letter of approval from 바카라사이트 province where 바카라사이트y plan to study, and taken steps toward certifying institutions based on 바카라사이트ir record of student support.

As for 바카라사이트 limit on work hours, Trudeau officials said 바카라사이트y looked at studies and 바카라사이트 norms in o바카라사이트r countries and saw sharp declines in academic performance among students working more than 28 hours a week. Also, an internal government assessment prepared back in 2020, and detailed by CBC News in February, had warned Trudeau administration officials against going beyond 20 hours a week, saying that it could distract international students from 바카라사이트ir classes and harm government programmes designed for temporary foreign workers.

More than 80 per cent of 바카라사이트 international students in Canada currently work more than 20 hours a week, Mr Miller said. The government¡¯s tougher new requirement that an international student must prove having saved at least C$20,635 (?12,024) more than 바카라사이트ir tuition costs also should help ensure that such students can afford 바카라사이트ir time in Canada, he said.

International students can work unlimited hours during 바카라사이트ir academic break periods, though 바카라사이트 hours restrictions apply to those taking summer classes.

In December, when Mr Miller warned that 바카라사이트 Trudeau administration was looking to reduce 바카라사이트 40-hour limit as pandemic conditions faded, he had suggested 30 hours as 바카라사이트 likely new maximum.

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