Alberta, Canada, has relaxed its immigration threshold and is suitable for liberal arts and business students to apply.

I would like to introduce to you that the Canadian province of Alberta has relaxed its immigration threshold and is suitable for liberal arts and business students to apply. I hope it will be helpful to students studying abroad. If you want to know more about studying abroad, I will give you detailed answers.

On September 17 last year, the official website of the Canadian province of Alberta announced a new policy: the province launched an immigration category for the employment of international students studying in Canada? A strategic recruitment graduate labor category? This category greatly relaxes the requirements. Applicants do not need to engage in work related to the major of study, do not need an employer to apply, and do not need work experience. The launch of this category is undoubtedly good news for Chinese international students, especially suitable for students majoring in liberal arts and business.

Alberta, Canada’s new immigration category lowers the threshold

The “strategic recruitment of graduate labor category” launched by the Canadian province of Alberta stipulates: complete at least 1 year in the province Graduates of full-time post-secondary education who have a legal work visa and whose job categories comply with Canada's National Occupational Standards (NOC) Category 0, A, B and C can apply for immigration. Different from the old policy, the jobs students take after graduation do not need to be related to the major they studied. There is no need for employers to apply and no work experience is required. It is also reported that applicants for Category C jobs need to submit language scores to prove that they meet the minimum language requirements required by the job. Taking IELTS (Weibo) as an example, it requires 4.5 points in listening, 3.5 points in reading, 4 points in writing, and 4 points in speaking.

It is understood that the new regulations do not have high language requirements for applicants, so they are suitable for most international students to apply. This new category is applicable to international students studying undergraduate courses, master's courses, graduate diploma courses, and college courses in Alberta. However, to apply for Canadian immigration, the applicant's job category must be Category 0, A, B and C of Canada's National Occupational Standard (NOC). According to industry insiders, Category O occupations are management jobs, which are difficult for a newly graduated international student and can basically be ignored; Category A jobs are technical jobs, which generally require university education; Category B jobs are semi-technical or semi-technical jobs. Technical jobs generally require college education; Category C is low-skilled jobs and generally requires specific vocational training or secondary school education.

Suitable for liberal arts and business students to apply

It is worth reminding that not every job in categories 0, A, B and C is eligible. For this reason, the province has compiled The list of jobs that are not eligible for application is available to help applicants understand whether they are qualified for the job they are engaged in. International students can apply for jobs based on the list, and even plan their study abroad majors through the list. The range of ineligible occupations is relatively wide, including engineering occupations, high school teachers, real estate agents, hairdressers, athletes, actors, court personnel and security officers. The reason why science and engineering occupations are not eligible for this category is because the province has specially set up a category for immigration applications for science and engineering occupations - the Strategic Recruitment Engineering Occupation Category. In comparison, this new category is more suitable for liberal arts and business students to apply.

Please make plans to study abroad in advance

The launch of this category is undoubtedly good news for Chinese students studying abroad. Previously, Canadian immigration categories required employer application. ?Sometimes employers will not help international students apply for Canadian immigration because of the cumbersome application procedures. ?This new category simplifies the procedures for international students to apply to immigrate to Canada, and provides a new immigration channel for international students who have no work experience and want to study in Canada.

Experts suggest that students who plan to study in Alberta, Canada, can refer to the "List of Ineligible Jobs" to choose their major. Alberta is a major petroleum and tourism province. Science and engineering majors such as chemistry, petroleum, and machinery, as well as tourism management and hotel management majors, have advantages in both studying abroad and employment.

In the latest ranking of the top ten livable cities in the world, Calgary, the central city of Alberta, ranked fifth. The total cost of studying in Alberta is lower than that in Ontario and other traditional Canadian provinces that are popular for studying abroad, about RMB 180,000 per year.