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  1. M

    50 points for valid job offer. Can we get LMIA on PGWP?

    Hi, I have a 2 Year diploma and I'm currently working in a NOC level B Job on Post-graduation Work Permit. On the CIC website I read that we can (being on a PGWP) claim 50 points for a valid job offer if my job needs one. However, my job is exempt from needing a LMIA number but I do want it in...
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    PGWP and Federal Skilled Worker Program

    Hello everyone, I would like to describe my background before getting into the main topic. I graduated from BCIT, BC, Canada with a 2-year diploma program and received a 3-year PGWP in August 2018. Since then, I started working for a retail firm and my job is identified in NOC B, so pretty much...
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    Expiring Work Permit. PR Applied under Spousal Sponsor.

    A bridging open work permit does not apply to your situation and is not an option. BOWPs are only available to those who have applied for PR under an economic immigraiton stream like PNP or Express Entry. If you get AOR before your PGWP expires, then you submit the OWP application before your...
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    PGWP to expire and sent my application in May last year to TR to PR and no answer

    Hello, this is the first post I do here. I am currently in a PGWP that expires in June this year and have applied to the TR to PR program in May 2021 but I received no AOR and nothing in my IRCC profile shows that I have applied and I am very concerned. I know that I have an obligation to...
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    changing visitor status to work permit from inside Canada

    haii this is Prathyusha from India,currently residing at Edmonton,Alberta,Canada. I was on a visitor visa to visit my husband who is international student doing his masters in Concordia university on the occasion of our first marriage anniversary..... i have entered Canada one week before...and...
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    CEC Eligibility - One year work experience in Canada

    You need a minimum of 12 months/52 weeks of full-time work experience to be eligible under the CEC program. If you are short by 2-3 weeks, you do not qualify. Many people with the PGWP have work experience that is post-graduation but before they receive the PGWP. You can count your work...
  7. rcincanada2019

    Applying for visitor visa while waiting pgwp extention with expiring pgwp

    A visa only allows you entry to Canada. A work permit, such as PGWP, allows you to work and stay in Canada. When you applied for PGWP extension under the temporary public policy, did you receive your wp-ext letter stating you can continue working until a final decision is made? If yes, then...
  8. J

    Manitoba or Ontario

    Hi, That's called bridging open work permit. Not PGWP.
  9. samroc

    Work done after completion of studies and before PGWP for CEC

    Agreed. According to CIC's PGWP page, you can work after applying for a PGWP until CIC makes a decision on your application. It states this on the main page here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/students/post-grad.asp Your implied status starts after you have finished your...
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    Post graduate work permit

    Hello. I finished my program and graduated but due to financial reasons I could't apply for the PGWP on time (the school didn't want to give the graduation letter to finish because I didn't finish paying the fees). My study permit expired and the 90 days to restore my status already passed too...
  11. S

    Bridge Work Permit - COPR

    Hi Everyone, Just need some clarification.. I received my COPR about 2 months ago. I have my pgwp that was bridged during my application process. This work permit expires this month.. I'm not leaving the country till October, so I have to do my landing then. Will I have a problem to stay in the...
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    Can I start working while waiting for PGWP?

    Hello guys, Have a valid student/off campus work permits (so called bridge extension) and applied to PGWP + have a job offer from a Canadian employer. HR at this company said that they cannot hire me till I get PGWP. I am frustrated. It's clearly contradicts to my college's CIC workshops and...
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    Can I start working while waiting for PGWP?

    Hello guys, Have a valid student/off campus work permits (so called bridge extension) and applied to PGWP + have a job offer from a Canadian employer. HR at this company said that they cannot hire me till I get PGWP. I am frustrated. It's clearly contradicts to my college's CIC workshops and...
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    NEED HELP: answered a question incorrectly in my PGWP application

    Hi all, Would anyone kindly help me with an issue that I ran into recently: I am an international student who just graduated with a Master's degree in June 2020. I applied for the post graduation work permit (PGWP) on July 14th 2020. Recently, I was chatting with another international...
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    POST GRADUATION WORK PERMIT

    Hey all, I'm very upset since I'm eligible for a 3 year post graduation work permit, (I attended 4 years university in canada),however, due to my health condition, (I did a surgery the year before graduation), to be honest ,not a big surgery, and I only got 1 year post graduation work permit...
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    Query: Post Graduate Work Permit: Toronto

    Hi, Need info about PGWP filing in Toronto. 1. Do we need to have a job offer before applying PGWP or can we just file the application once we get the transcript? 2. How much time does it takes to get PGWP? 3. After getting PGWP, do you need to apply for a different SIN (different from your...
  17. canuck_in_uk

    SIN expires before PGWP

    Yes, you can continue to work on your expired SIN and just renew it when you get your PGWP.
  18. K

    Got rejected post graduation work permit at Niagara boarder

    Hi, I applied for PGWP at niagara boarder and got rejected. She told me that you are still working after your study is done hence i dont meet criteria of 186(v) of IRPR. But in this 186(v), there is no such written criteria about working after study is done and before having work permit. Can...
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    PGWP + SOWP extension - Apporved

    Hi there,I am also in the same situation. Can the spouse of the pgwp applicant continue working if their current work permit expires but their application is submitted? I am the pgwp applicant ( Iwill apply today). Both our current permits expire at the end of August 22 and worried that we will...
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    PGWP & SOWP

    Hi there,I am also in the same situation. Can the spouse of the pgwp applicant continue working if their current work permit expires but their application is submitted? I am the pgwp applicant ( Iwill apply today). Both our current permits expire at the end of August and worried that we will...