Unauthorised Leave + Expired Status

[CuriousKnuckle]

If someone were to take an unauthorised leave while in Canada on a student visa, for an entire academic year, and continued to work as per their Off-Campus work permit, how would this impact their PGWP application? They continued to be enrolled, but simply did not attend and received grades reading ‘Registered - Not Present’. If their study permit expired before they could enrol in classes, again, how likely would it be that their status would be restored?


It might be worth mentioning that this student has not been making timely progress, and has been enrolled for 3x the length of the course they are enrolled in due to withdrawing and repeating classes. They have also never left Canada.


What advice would you have for this person?

 

[PMM]

HI

If someone were to take an unauthorised leave while in Canada on a student visa, for an entire academic year, and continued to work as per their Off-Campus work permit, how would this impact their PGWP application? They continued to be enrolled, but simply did not attend and received grades reading ‘Registered - Not Present’. If their study permit expired before they could enrol in classes, again, how likely would it be that their status would be restored?


It might be worth mentioning that this student has not been making timely progress, and has been enrolled for 3x the length of the course they are enrolled in due to withdrawing and repeating classes. They have also never left Canada.


What advice would you have for this person?

1. Well they were working without permission, so a good chance they may be reported.
2. The School has probably already reported to IRCC that the person has dropped out of classes.
3. So there is an excellent chance no PGWP and a good chance of a removal order.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

If someone were to take an unauthorised leave while in Canada on a student visa, for an entire academic year, and continued to work as per their Off-Campus work permit, how would this impact their PGWP application? They continued to be enrolled, but simply did not attend and received grades reading ‘Registered - Not Present’. If their study permit expired before they could enrol in classes, again, how likely would it be that their status would be restored?


It might be worth mentioning that this student has not been making timely progress, and has been enrolled for 3x the length of the course they are enrolled in due to withdrawing and repeating classes. They have also never left Canada.


What advice would you have for this person?

The advice would be to leave Canada. You have worked illegally and will not be approved for a PGWP.

 

[Murich]

You will be deported for illegal working.
to obtain pgwp you should be continually full time student or take authorized leave

 

[bongoman]

How could they possiy be enrolled for a year without attending? Wouldn't they get suspended after first semester? How did they graduate?

Anyway they dont qualify for pgwp, they will take one look at the transcripts and see what was going on.

 

[suriben]

If someone were to take an unauthorised leave while in Canada on a student visa, for an entire academic year, and continued to work as per their Off-Campus work permit, how would this impact their PGWP application? They continued to be enrolled, but simply did not attend and received grades reading ‘Registered - Not Present’. If their study permit expired before they could enrol in classes, again, how likely would it be that their status would be restored?


It might be worth mentioning that this student has not been making timely progress, and has been enrolled for 3x the length of the course they are enrolled in due to withdrawing and repeating classes. They have also never left Canada.


What advice would you have for this person?

If im not mistaken I think i read on another forum that if a student's permit is still valid but not attending classes.all student has to do is leave canada. While out of canada.student get a letter of offer from school.show the agent at border the letter and valid permit..student can enter Canada..is this correct??

 

[CuriousKnuckle]

How could they possiy be enrolled for a year without attending? Wouldn't they get suspended after first semester? How did they graduate?

Anyway they dont qualify for pgwp, they will take one look at the transcripts and see what was going on.

The person I am referring to has not graduated. I do question why they have not received a removal order. However, they have not enrolled in 2019-2020 classes (class has already started), and their study permit recently expired. Either their school has not reported their absence, or they got lost in the shuffle. I am thinking, because they have not re-enrolled/applied for a study permit, they have not been rejected.

 

[bongoman]

The person I am referring to has not graduated. I do question why they have not received a removal order. However, they have not enrolled in 2019-2020 classes (class has already started), and their study permit recently expired. Either their school has not reported their absence, or they got lost in the shuffle. I am thinking, because they have not re-enrolled/applied for a study permit, they have not been rejected.

They dont send removal orders to students who dont go to school. I was referring to how the school could continue to keep them enrolled all year without attendance.

 

[CuriousKnuckle]

They dont send removal orders to students who dont go to school. I was referring to how the school could continue to keep them enrolled all year without attendance.

That I don’t know.

 

[canuck78]

You can always contact CBSA to let them know about the illegal work and inform them that the person is not attending school.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/protect-fraud/report-fraud.html