International Student Off-Campus Work Hours Update

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateMay 1, 2024

CategoryStudent

Policy toolEligibility

Affected groupEligible study permit holders

Policy effect

The temporary public policy allowing eligible international students to work off-campus more than 20 hours per week ended on April 30, 2024, resulting in a return to the 20-hour weekly limit.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: The temporary public policy allowing eligible international students to work off-campus more than 20 hours per week ended on April 30, 2024, resulting in a return to the 20-hour weekly limit.

Official source excerpt

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Off-campus work is limited to 20 hours per week, although this limit is currently waived by public policy until April 30, 2024, at which time the 20 hour limit will return. … Effective November 15, 2022 – April 30, 2024 … The amended public policy signed on November 15, 2022 changed the expiry date from December 31, 2023 to April 30, 2024.

Government of CanadaOpen official source

Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/transition-binders/deputy-minister-2024/international-students.html

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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International Student Off-Campus Work Hours Update

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2024