Canada immigration news: International students are to get a huge break on tuition fees provided they study in one of six fields at Quebec French-language colleges and universities outside of Greater Montreal. That’s a difference of roughly $21,000 per year in tuition per student, with the average tuition paid by Quebec international students with a study permit plummeting from $24,000 to $3,000 per school year. Read More Canada Immigration News Expanded Inspections In Quebec Designed To Protect TFW RightsNew Quebec Arrima Draw Sees 30 Canada Immigration Candidates InvitedQuebec Set To Welcome Over 71,000 New Permanent Residents In 2022 Under an…

Hundreds of international students who paid a Scarborough college upwards of $15,000 in tuition say their enrolment has been unilaterally suspended — placing their study permits in jeopardy.Harmanpreet Kaur recently completed her first semester at Alpha College of Business and Technology, an affiliate of St. Lawrence College, when she received an email on May 17 informing her that her spring semester enrolment had been suspended.Kaur is among dozens of students who have been protesting night and day in front of Alpha College on Kennedy Road.International students’ lives are “totally incomplete without the enrolment letter,” she said, as it is “the main…

Some international students looking to attend post-secondary schools in Canada, and who had already started online learning with them, say they’ve been waiting months for Ottawa to approve their study permits, putting their education and lives on hold.”I have no words to express my feeling. I can’t even tell,” said Ravneet Kaur, who lives in Punjab in India. “You see we are suffering financially and there is emotional damage also because we have invested our emotions as well as our money.”Kaur was accepted to St. Clair College’s events management program and applied for a study permit in July 2021. She paid for and…

As a newcomer to Canada, finding a job in your field is a crucial step toward settling down. Many newcomers, including those with several years of work experience, may need to bridge certain skill gaps and familiarize themselves with the tools and terminology commonly used in Canada before they can find suitable employment at their experience level.  But not to worry, some skills from your education or career abroad will likely be transferable to the Canadian job market. It’s important to recognize and highlight these skills during your job search. If you’re a newcomer software engineer or information technology (IT)…

Networking tips to access the hidden job market and land a job in Canada. Only 20 to 35 per cent of job openings in Canada are advertised publicly, while the remaining 65 to 80 per cent are filled through the employers’ networks. As a newcomer, building a strong professional network can help you become more visible to potential employers, learn about job opportunities before they are posted, and prepare for your job search. So how do you build your network from scratch as a newcomer? You’ll need to invest time to nurture your professional relationships, showcase your skills, and leave…

The average tuition discount at private nonprofit colleges hit another record high last year, according to a new National Association of College and University Business Officers study. Discount rates for first-time undergraduates reached 54.5 percent, according to preliminary estimates from the 2021 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study, released Thursday. That number is up from the previous year’s record high of 53.9 percent. Simplified, that means colleges forego about $54.50 for every $100 charged for tuition. NACUBO defines the institutional tuition discount rate measured in the study as “the total institutional grant aid awarded to first-time undergraduates as a percentage of the gross tuition and…

NEW DELHI: The US Embassy in India has announced that visa interview slots for student visa categories of F, M and J have been opened for dates in June and the first half of July 2022. Last year, the US Embassy in Delhi and the consulates in India had opened student visa interviews much later on June 14, because of the Covid pandemic situation, with many students who were planning to join US universities having already received their student I-20 documents from US universities and waiting for the interviews. This year, having opened student visa interviews earlier, the US officials…

Published on May 16th, 2022 at 08:30am EDT Last year, Canada welcomed 450,000 new international students, an all-time record. Among the reasons Canada is so attractive to international students include the country’s high-quality of education, safety, security, and multiculturalism. Canada allows international students to work during their studies and be eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) after completing their program. The PGWP provides international students with an opportunity to gain additional Canadian work experience, which can improve their odds of eventually gaining Canadian permanent residence. Indeed, many of Canada’s over 100 economic class immigration programs cater to international students.…

Over the decade leading up to COVID, the exploitation of international students became systemic across the Australian economy. Multiple reports bemoaned the rampant wage theft from international students, especially from migrant employers of the same nationality. For example, the 2016 Senate Committee report, A National Disgrace: The Exploitation of Temporary Work Visa Holders, noted that international students “were consistently reported to suffer widespread exploitation in the Australian workforce”, and that “a large portion of the hours that international students worked was undocumented (and unpaid)”. The 2018 book, The Wage Crisis in Australia similarly noted that international students are vulnerable to…