Converting Student Visa to Permanent Residence in Canada?
Is it possible for an international student (from Brazil) while holding on to a student visa to apply for Canadian permanent residency while they study in a Canadian university?
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I will likely be difficult, but there is a possibility. Contact the Canadian Department of Immigration and Naturalisation and ask how you'd have to go about doing so...legally. Good Luck!
2 :
No you have absolutely no right to permanent residency. However, there is a new immigration class for graduates, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2008/2008-08-12a.asp You would first have to graduate at least a 2 year program, then get a graduate work permit, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad.asp to get your at least one year work experience and then you can apply for PR under this class.
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You cannot change your student visa to a permanent resident visa. You must abide by the guidelines you agreed to when you obtained your student visa. One of the guidelines states that you will leave Canada at a pre-determined date. You will be eligible to apply for PR once you have used your student visa and return to your home country.
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I think first you need to stay for work after your studies and you must apply for a work permit, how to do it here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad.asp and after if you want to stay in Canada permanently, you must qualify under one of the permanent resident categories, such as the skilled worker category. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp
5 :
no
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