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Post-Graduation: Newsletter Sign-Up and Process

post-graduation: As well, the government is allowing international students who are not able to submit all of the documentation needed to process their post-graduation work applications due to COVID-19-related closures but still want to begin their studies while in another country to do so, according to CTV. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox This is being facilitated through a new two-stage approval process. The government says it will be allowing students to count the time spent studying online while abroad towards their eligibility for a post-graduation Canadian work permit if at least 50 per cent of their post-secondary program is completed in Canada. The new process will allow prospective students to go ahead with their plans upon receiving an approval in principle. It would then be the responsibility of international students to submit all outstanding documents and be approved before being allowed to enter Canada. In order to be approved in principle, students need to show they have been accepted to a Canadian college or university and have the ability to pay for it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.