On October 7, 2022, Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees,
and Citizenship, the Honourable Sean Fraser, announced a pilot project to temporarily lift
the weekly twenty-hour off-campus working limit for international
students studying full-time in Canada. The pilot project is set to
last just over a year, from November 15, 2022, until December 31,
2023. Moreover, foreign nationals who submitted study permit
applications as of October 7, 2022, will also benefit from the
temporary change, provided their applications are approved. Other
rules regarding international students' eligibility for work
permits continue to apply.
The twenty-hour limit typically applies during a student's
academic year, which usually runs from the start of September to
late April, but not during "breaks" in the school year,
such as the Christmas break or the summer break, which runs from
May to August. International students authorized to work off-campus
may work full time—without limits
