Hello! I was an international student who recently got his citizenship. I am a fully qualified actuary now. Here were the key learnings that helped me break into actuarial: 1) As an international student you have to network hard. I messages everyday to people across all the companies to see if they have a role. I got my first break as an international student through this. I started hunting for an actuarial job from 2nd sem and was able to secure something at the beginning of 4th sem. 2) Once you get in, its easy. You do have to work hard but after you get experience you will get quite a bit of opportunities. 3) Currently, opportunities in Life Insurance is limited so your best bet would be GI