Archive · 2 Dec 2025

Canada Work Permit Expiry Puts Graduates at Risk

Canada Work Permit Expiry Puts Graduates at Risk

Many international students in Canada are worried because their work permits are about to expire.

These permits let them work after they finish their studies.

If they don't get a new permit within 90 days after it expires, they have to leave Canada or they might get deported.

Some of these students took on a lot of debt to study in Canada and hope to stay permanently.

The government doesn't know exactly how many people stay after their permits expire, but some experts think it could be close to a million.

Last year, about 18,000 people were deported, but we don't know how many of them were students.

The number of expiring permits this year is much lower than last year, but it's still a big problem for many students.

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