How many hours a student can work in his part-time job?

Most of the international students in Canada do two kinds of jobs. One is on SIN i.e. SIN number which is legal. Other is on cash which is illegal. SIN number is similar to the PAN card number back in India and it holds records of the payments you have received from your employer. If you are working on SIN, you can't work more than 20 hours/week. Students usually do two shifts in one week and three shifts in the next week. This comes down to 24 hours in one week and 16 hours in other and since most of the payments are received bi-weekly, you will have 40 hours every two weeks i.e. 20 hours per week. On cash students can work more hours. But it is illegal keep that in mind. Students in order to pay the tuition fees and cover their living expenses start working on cash. Payments on cash are usually less than the minimum wage.

Students can work full time when they are on official breaks. Official breaks are those which are given in the program and students has not taken it on his own. Usually, students who come in september for a two year program have an official break in summer for four months. This is one of the reason students should apply for september intake so they can work full time and make some good money which can help them pay their tuition. Students who take unofficial breaks on their own can't even work for 20 hours/week if they are not registered in the program or semester. You can also work full time during reading breaks between every semester which is of 10-15 days.

You can work full time if you have applied for any type of work-permit and your application is still under process or waiting for the result. For e.g. if you have finished your program in August and have applied for work permit in September, then you can work from full time (i.e. 40 hours) until you get decision on your work permit.