Recent content by AndyT

So Sorry, I wasn’t aware of this update. I had my pgwp extensions in 2023 and 2024. It is better to provide the language proficiency test backup due to this latest update.

Not required. PGWP extension has pretty much similar requirements to initial PGWP application. Refer document imm5583e.

Note: You have NOT mentioned your existing TRV end date. It doesn’t necessarily coincides with study permit end date all the time, so watch out for the end date of the TRV stamp on your passport. TRV application approval may come anytime now as it is nearly a month. There is gonna be an...

You have the implied status if you submitted the extension application before expiry of the existing one. There will be no notification for implied status. It is taking 7-8 months for approval nowadays. Call them after few days to ensure that application exists in the system and note down the...

Safest way is to take first and last pages printouts along with all the pages which has stamp on it. Do it for both the passports- new and the cancelled one. There is no harm if they get few more pages, problem may arise if you skip a vital page.

Apply for PGWP and pay for study permit restoration as well. You cannot work during the application processing. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation/apply.html...

I think the concern around tuition fee payment timeframe is irrelevant when it comes to work eligibility requirements. *I hope that the gap between studies is less than 150 days * and you have obtained study permit for your second program in a timely manner. You should be good if these two...

IRCC calls can get a bit confusing at times. It might route you to generic queries section and auto voice may tell you that the call cannot be connected to agents due to high volume. So, try to choose option during the call where it will ask you to input your application or unique id number...

For stamping, you can send both the expired and renewed passport together however check first whether passport renewal window is open or not. For example, my home country doesn’t allow passport renewal if it has more than 1 year to expire. I would have gone with the old passport and renewed it...

My prior extension took around. 7-8 months. And the recent one took almost 11 months. Please do call IRCC once it crosses 7-8 months. I did made the call last month to remind them that it has been more than 10 months for me, they did acknowledged it is strangely late but cannot escalate until 90...

No buddy, my submission was around Nov 23rd 2023.

The passport renewal window opens a year before the expiration. It opened in Jan 2023 in this case, could have kept it ready by Feb 2023 and applied in May 2023 upon receiving PGWP. I too delayed my passport renewal but I knew the consequences. I regret as my application process ate my 6 months...

It is not a new rule. It was never going to go beyond 1 year or 3 year since the issuance of the original PGWP. The applications are taking longer time nowadays. Delaying the passport renewal was a huge error.

1 year program usually can get max 1 year of PGWP and 2 year program/s can get max 3 years of PGWP. It looks like that you have completed one year program hence you could have got max 1 year i.e. from May 2023 till May 2024 (even with renewed passport).

It’s been over 8 months for me for PGWP extension under public policy 2023, am still waiting.