1. 加拿大CIC明确规定一年修满2个学期的课程,就能拿8个月至1年的PGWP。CIC的陈述For example, if the student graduated from an eight-month certificate program, they may only eligible for a work permit of eight months duration.如果你二年修满4个学期的课程,正常情况下肯定能拿3年的PGWP。
其中,如果某个签证官签给你3年工签,那是基于CIC一个例外的政策,CIC的政策是这样说的:If a student meets all the eligibility requirements, with the exception of full-time status, but is in their last session, they will still be considered to be eligible for this program. For example, at an institution, a student may be required to be enrolled in at least four classes to be considered to have full-time status. However, a student in the last session of a program of study needs to take only two additional classes in order to receive a Canadian educational credential from that institution. That student will still be eligible to apply for a work permit under this program.
也就是说,在最后一学期,如果你只要读了2门课程而去实习了并最终拿到学位,此时也算作你是在full time一学期的学习。
12 months is the minimum completion time for full-time students (all international students are full-time) and Coop is extra since it is not part of the program requirements (the credits don’t count towards the 30 credit requirement for the MEng, that is why tuition is not assessed, only the Coop fee and student fees).
The program does not have a maximum cost – you pay tuition/fees every 4 months until you finish.
Most students take 16 months of academic study and those who are hired for Coop normally do 8 months – a total of 24 months.
问题出 Coop is extra since it is not part of the program requirements (the credits don’t count towards the 30 credit requirement for the MEng,
UBC已经明确说了其CO-OP的性质,此事就难办了。
尽管其在后面说了一大堆min和max的解释,那只是说明各种学生实际读下来的可能性,如果CIC官员理解这种条件,很可能有人不会给你3年工签,客气的话最多给你1.5年的PGWP。
事实的确如此,但是有前提条件的,由于CIC在2010年发布过一个Bulletin 194 ,当时的严格规定是(应该说至今还是)A post-graduation work permit cannot be valid for longer than the student’s study program,在当时特别强调they may be eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit only for the length of time they studied in Canada,其中的only特别打了黑体字,也就是说要拿3年PGWP的学习期不能低于3年,任何两年的学习是不保证给3年工签的,充其量是a work permit may be issued for three years。
所以,根据Bulletin 194 ,Students holding a one-year graduate degree, diploma or certificate from a participating institution in Canada after having obtained, within the prior two years, a certificate, a diploma or degree from a participating institution in Canada may qualify for a three-year work permit.
A student who obtained a one-year diploma or certificate from a participating institution in Canada after having obtained a degree in Canada at the same or in a different participating institution within the previous two years would be allowed to cumulate both educational credentials and therefore would be eligible for a three-year post-graduation work permit.
当时其中的within the previous two years 特别打了黑体字,可后来在实际执行的过程中,对于同校学两年给了三年工签,实际上也是进一步放宽了。
如果是不同学校之间二个program的学习,如果因为某种原因你未能有衔接上,CIC只允许This exception also applies to students who have left Canada temporarily between programs of study.这其中temporarily的解释就因人而异了,我的经验告诉我至少不能大于1个学期吧。