Evolving Immigration Pathways and Implications from Changes to International Student Intake

One of the primary pathways to immigrate to Canada over the last decade has been to come as an international student in order to complete your Post-secondary education. This provided a number of benefits for foreign nationals in their quest to obtain permanent status in Canada like the increased scores in Express entry from Canadian education and more importantly the ability to obtain a post-graduate work permit following the completion of their studies. The Canadian work experience combined with Canadian education gave foreigners a good chance at then being able to transition to Permanent residency. With recent changes to Immigration like the cutting down of accepted international students, and increased financial requirements for study permit foreign nationals are now looking towards alternative pathways to be able to transition to permanent residency.

One promising pathway that serves as a much less costly, and available alternative and still provides a great opportunity to become a permanent resident in Canada is the LMIA-based work permit pathway. It has become very costly to study in Canada so it is becoming a lot more apparent that alternatives like this serve as better pathways to immigrate to Canada for foreign nations. With this pathway foreign nationals can complete their post-secondary education in their home countries for a fraction of the cost to obtain their education credentials that will later help them in their search for Canadian PR. Following this foreign national should gain a couple years of work experience in their home countries to develop their skill and portfolio of work before looking towards gaining a work permit opportunity in Canada. After they have their post-secondary education and some work experience they can they work towards finding an employer that is in need of a foreign worker to then begin the LMIA-based work permit process. Using these steps foreign nationals will be having post-secondary education, foreign work experience, Canadian work experience, and a valid LMIA based job offer. All these factors will contribute to giving the applicant points towards Permanent residency and provide a great pathway to Canada which is less costly then immigrating to Canada as an International student in a category with a limited cap.

In short, immigrating to Canada on a LMIA-based work permit after completing your post-secondary education and gaining work experience in your home country is a great pathway to immigrate to Canada as it provides many of the same credentials and benefits that coming as an international student does but it can be done much more cost effectively. Foreign nationals with professional work experience and post-secondary education can benefit greatly from this pathway and it serves as an amazing opportunity in today’s immigration landscape.

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