{"id":8246,"date":"2024-05-17T06:44:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cila.co\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2024-09-30T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:17:29","slug":"cila-interviewed-in-toronto-star-article-on-pgwp-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cila.co\/fr\/cila-interviewed-in-toronto-star-article-on-pgwp-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"CILA interviewed in Toronto Star article on PGWP reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

CILA features in the Toronto Star’s latest story<\/a> on the Post-Graduation Work Permit.<\/p>\n

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“Since January, Miller has made some changes to the postgraduation work permit program<\/a>\u00a0by stopping to issue work authorization to international graduates of public-private college partnerships, which the minister has blamed for the international enrolment surge.<\/p>\n

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He has also extended the work permits of graduates of master\u2019s degree programs to three years while restricting work permits to spouses of international students in a postgraduate degree program only.<\/p>\n

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Barbara Jo Caruso, co-president of the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association, said that was a smart move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe should identify programs that match what the labour needs are,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we need a lot of nurses or we need a lot of computer programmers, then those programs should have a pathway for postgraduation work permits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, to make it work, Caruso warned that immigration officials must have clear messaging to prospective students about what academic programs are entitled to postgraduation work authorization and state the information front and centre on the person\u2019s study permit, so they could decide if they still intend to come here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s really incumbent on the government to be transparent,\u201d she said. \u201cOtherwise, the whole international education program would take a bad hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It doesn\u2019t help that the federal government has continued to promote Canada as a destination to \u201cStudy, Explore, Work and Stay\u201d on the\u00a0Immigration Department\u2019s website and in its international student recruitment posters<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CILA features in the Toronto Star’s latest story on the Post-Graduation Work Permit.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":8247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[593,9,6],"tags":[24,50,203,164],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-positions","category-public-relations","category-thought-leadership","tag-ircc","tag-pgwp","tag-study","tag-study-permit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t