There is an error in the article. A person who is in Canada on a work permit and then gets laid off can remain in Canada until the end of their work permit period, and then if they dont have a job they have to leave. However, they CAN job search and if they find an employer who is willing to sponsor another work permit (and can provide a labour market opinion) they can continue working. They can also apply to have their permit changed to a study permit.

I called CIC today and verified this information for a client of mine.

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Originally pncesosted by prameshCould u pls provide more information on how one can avail of the $28000 towards taking some courses your job cha ?

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Hi,
There are 2 kinds of EI.
If you are laid off then you are eligible for Second Career (SC). The details are as follows :
up to 2 year max course length
Can be any career (say you are in packaging. YOu can do SAP or IT or Accountancy)
Max. $28000 dole out by govt. for fees, Transportation and Living expenses. (Typical course fee for one year in any college is $3500 to $6500 only)

Second one is Ontario Skills development. (OSD). This is for people receiving EI but not laid off. The details are as follows.
Up to 2 or 3 year course length.
Skill development in your career only
No limit put on website

Once you are laid off / receive EI, you should meet with a counsellor (by your own effort) and they will review your skills and after mutual agreement, ask you to research which course you want to do (backed by solid case studies that you will get employment in this career once you finish the course.). This can take between 2-4 months.
Then they will recommend you to the EI case worker who will approve the fees / institution. Here you will meet with him and ask him for extra money for living / transportation. The EI worker will try to brush you off but you should be adament, tell him that if he does not give you enough money to sustain yourself that you will relocate to the Gulf and that this will be a loss of revenue (tax) to the Govt. you must also be ready to cry. But in all case, you should treat the EI worker with respect and not abouse him or utter unpleasant words. you should make the EI case worker to have pity on you, and once you do that the EI case worker will give you max. money possible (as per govt. rules). This process takes 2 months (Min. one month for the EI case worker to approve your amount as per govt. rules)
You will reverse engineer the process to speed up your application. For example, if you choose to do SAP and know where you want to do it, then the SAP isntitution themselves will do all the documentation for your and you just have to show this to the counsellor. This process will take around just 2 months in total (max.).
Hope this helps and all the best.
Please update us on your status. My status is that I have the first interview with the counsellor on april 22 nd. I have alredy chosen the SAP course that I want to do and the SAP institute has prepared me a resume that I was a SAP end user and has also given me false experience certificate that I have around 2 year experience as a end user.

Peace by TK

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