Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you must have a study permit and be enrolled full-time in an academic, professional or vocational training program at a DLI.
However, your study permit must clearly state that you have the ability to work off-campus. If so, you are allowed to work up to 20 hours per week while:
-Your program is in session, and
-Full-time during scheduled breaks in the academic calendar.
You may work for any employer in Canada that is not on the list of ineligible employers.
In addition, if your program has a mandatory work component for graduation you must have the appropriate work permit for your co-op.
Other questions you may be interested in
An academic year in Canada consists of 8 months of study, normally when studying for 2 years or more the academic program has vacations, especially if the program starts in the beginning of classes in September, because they study all Fall, all winter, all spring and they have the whole summer vacation period and they enter again in September to the second academic year, for the other beginnings of classes that are January and May, normally they are fast track, that is to say, they do not have vacations. There are exceptions such as UCW, Camosun College, Lambton College, among others, that no matter the start of classes, they can always choose to have a vacation.
The most common intakes are: September where we have available 100% of the educational programs , January we have available 70% of the educational programs and May we have available in 50% of the educational programs. It will depend on the program you select.
You can use this search tool by entering the name of your occupation or job duties. The tool will show you the closest NOC code along with its TEER category.
An executor is responsible for administering the estate in accordance with the decedent's will, which includes settling debts, distributing assets and filing tax returns.
If you are independent or freelance, the following are examples and alternatives that you can present:
- Company registration or alternatively,
- Registration as independent or alternatively,
- Service contracts with customers or alternatively,
- Letters from customers 2 or 3 attesting that you have rendered services to them.
Any of the above documents will allow us to attest to your self-employed occupations. In a complementary, but not main way, you can optionally add any of the following, to strengthen the genuineness of your business:
- Self-employed business cards -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of the documents mentioned above.
Web presence: website, facebook -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of those mentioned above-.










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