Over 20,000 former students granted permanent residency in Canada in 2023
Canada has issued permanent resident status to more former international students so far in 2023 than throughout the whole of last year.
Canada has issued permanent resident status to more former international students so far in 2023 than throughout the whole of last year.
The Canadian government plans to stabilise new permanent residency levels in 2026 after years of immigration growth, while promising to update the post-graduation work permit program to align with labour force needs.
Canada will allow international graduates with recently expired or close-to-expiring work permits to stay in the country for an additional 18 months.
International graduates who stay and work in Australia earn lower salaries than their domestic counterparts, although the wage gap has reduced since 2021.
In Canada our entire USP, and our entire international selling program at the community college level, is built on permanent residency transition
The number of students arriving in Australia in October this year was 43.6% lower than pre-Covid figures for the same month in 2019, new figures show.
Australia has raised the cap on its permanent migration program to 195,000 people per year in 2022/23 – an increase of 35,000 – to help address critical skill shortages.
Nova Scotia’s education consortium has announced it will be launching a new immigration support program for graduates - the first of its kind in the Canadian province.