Working in Canada
International flight students working in Canada while training
Work while you study, help your spouse or common-law partner get a work permit while you study, work temporarily or stay permanently in Canada after you graduate as an international student.
You may be eligible to work more than 20 hours per week off campus under a temporary public policy.
International flight students working in Canada after training
If you complete your flight training (PPL, CPL, IFR, instructor rating) with our school under a student visa/permit and wish to work as a flight instructor, there is a straightforward way to get a work permit and eventually permanent residence in Canada.
Flight instructors who meet either of the following criteria may be issued work permits:
The applicant has completed a flight-training course at a Canadian training center and has obtained a Canadian commercial pilot’s license;
The applicant has obtained, or is in the process of obtaining, an instructor’s rating and has received an offer of employment as a flight instructor from a flight training center.
Applicants providing either of the above documents may be issued an open work permit, valid for three years, if the flight-training course was at least two years, or valid for the length of their flight training studies in Canada, if between eight months and two years. Flight training under eight months does not qualify a student for a work permit.
Again this presumes you have completed your training (Commercial Licence) with our school For questions, feel free to contact us. If you have completed your Commercial Licence outside of Canada then you cannot qualify for this program. There may be other ways to get a work permit, but we are not work permit experts.
Suggest checking out www.cic.gc.ca
