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deepk94

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Feb 13, 2020
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Hello,

My friend's PGWP was refused last week. He was on Implied status and currently he is on restoration.

He has 90 days to restore his status.

My question is Would he be able to restore his status with PGWP application? That is $200 Restoration fees and $255 PGWP fee.

OR Does he need to restore his status as student and apply for PGWP with another application at the same time?
 
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canuck78

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deepk94 said:
Hello,

My friend's PGWP was refused last week. He was on Implied status and currently he is on restoration.

He has 90 days to restore his status.

My question is Would he be able to restore his status with PGWP application? That is $200 Restoration fees and $255 PGWP fee.

OR Does he need to restore his status as student and apply for PGWP with another application at the same time?
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Why was the pgwp denied?
 
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deepk94

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Feb 13, 2020
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canuck78 said:
Why was the pgwp denied?
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The PGWP was deined because the officer thinks, the applicant wasn't a full-time student in each academic session. However, the applicant was a full-time student but dropped a course in middle of the semester to prevent it from failing that gave him a grade of W instead of F. Because of W, the officer thinks that applicant was not a full-time student.
 
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deepk94

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Feb 13, 2020
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Naturgrl said:
If your friend dropped the course and became a part-time student, then the PGWP was rightly refused.
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Is there any way he can get it approved? Any factor he can choose to ask officer to reconsider?

It was just one semester. Rest of the education was on time. It's kind of a big deal for him as he did everything else right. Actively pursued his education to the completion without taking any break, being enrolled in DLI, the whole time.
 
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bongoman

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He should consider calling and sending webform to request a reconsideration with an explanation even though it seems it was technically correct to deny it.
 
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deepk94

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bongoman said:
He should consider calling and sending webform to request a reconsideration with an explanation even though it seems it was technically correct to deny it.
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He actually applied for reconsideration. I will update here if the officer changed the application decision to positive.
 
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philus

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I'll advise he uses a lawyer. The study permit law is violated by being registered as a part time student. Incidentally, I have a current issue with not stopping work when my university sent me a credential completion letter and now my uni told me working after that which I unknowingly did is considered working without authorization by CIC. I asked if people have been denied based on this reason but I was told not very common (though not sure as I'm really worried). One reason my uni rep cited is common refusals are based on not working full time which seems to be your case. Please use a lawyer!
 
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