The Canadian immigration authorities have loosened the laws on open work authorisation visa in a bid to attract a greater number of foreign students and recent graduates to travel and work in Canada.

According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a new visa is to be introduced that will allow foreign students to enjoy multiple working holidays during their study period in Canada, and option which will still be available to them 12 moths after their date of graduation.

The new scheme allows students and recent graduates aged between 19 and 30 to take long working summers in Canada, and also offers them the opportunity to take a gap year, even if they have already worked in the county. What is more, work and travel are not restricted to any particular regions of the country under the new initiative.

The new visa can be applied for through the post-graduate work permit program.