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Changes in Canadian immigration rules

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HYDERABAD: The Canadian Government is said to have brought in changes in its policy to grant work permits for international students without obtaining a job offer from Canadian employers.

Under the ‘Post Graduate Work Permit Programme’, international students could not get work permits up to 3 years after their education from a post secondary institution, university or college recognised by the Canadian Government.

In a press release, Chairman & Managing Director, World-Wide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) Lt. Col. (Retd) B.S. Sandhu said the change in policy would enable persons to get a Canadian study permit within two or three months and facilitate them o get a work permit on completion of the course.

Mr. Sandhu said that in the past 10 years, about 5,000 people had immigrated to Canada from Hyderabad alone, while about 30,000 Indians migrate to Canada each year. The changes in immigration rules were passed in the Canadian Parliament, he said.

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