Thank you for your reply. I'm not a post-grad yet. Rather, I was and am still in my first program of study after high school. I completed 3 years of high school under valid Study permits in Canada while living with my older brother. I then held a valid Study permit (with open work permit) for my first year of post-secondary education. I applied for the next Study permit in January 2020 (long before the expiry of my status) for the Sept 2020 school year and have now been studying & working under maintained status for several years. IRCC reps, my MP, and the status of my applications on my IRCC account all confirm my 'maintained' status. My employer asks for regular updates and are satisfied so far with IRCC's continued confirmation that I have 'maintained' status. Covid has been the excuse so far. I've never left Canada since turning 18, no issues with the police, my passport, biometrics and medicals are all valid, my English tests are above minimum requirements, and I'm about to finish my third year of full-time studies. I was finishing my second year of study when the TR2PR Pathway was announced. It was a pleasant coincidence that the job I've had since graduating from high school is a Stream B, Essential Worker NOC job, and that I had sufficient hours to apply.