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Vancouver Community College: Experience Class

Studying In Canada Dept: The announcement was welcomed by Dennis Yim, a Korean international student who wants to stay in Canada after he graduates next month from Vancouver Community College, according to Vancouver Sun. The CEC allows those studying in Canada, as well as skilled professionals here on temporary foreign worker permits, to jump the queue and obtain permanent residency more quickly and without having to return to their home country to fill out an application and canada is expanding the number of international students granted permanent resident status, while also making it easier for foreign PhD students to gain status through a new federal immigration initiative announced Wednesday. Citizenship and Immigration is set to welcome 7,000 temporary skilled workers and international students through the Canadian Experience Class program next year - the largest influx since its launch in 2008. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.