Co-op work permit

[Do905]

Hi, I’m working as co-op student now and coop term will be finished on Aug 2022. My coop work permit will expire on July 2023. I only left one term(9 credit) to graduate and am going to graduate at Dec 2022.
My manager wants me work as permanent Full time employee from September 2022.
I’m thinking about work and study together so can I work as Full time employee with Co-op work permit? and then I’ll apply PGWP on Dec 2022 once I got the final grade.

 

[RamSatt]

It depends on what it says on your co-op work permit. Those are generally closed work permits and have the name of the university on it as the employer. If you are going to work as a full-time employee at the same place you are interning now, then I would suggest talking to your university about graduating early.

If you complete all your classes and credit requirements for graduation by September 2022, I see no reason why you cannot get a letter of graduation and unofficial transcripts from the university. That will enable you to apply for PGWP. Once you do that, you're free to work full-time anywhere.

 

[Do905]

It depends on what it says on your co-op work permit. Those are generally closed work permits and have the name of the university on it as the employer. If you are going to work as a full-time employee at the same place you are interning now, then I would suggest talking to your university about graduating early.

If you complete all your classes and credit requirements for graduation by September 2022, I see no reason why you cannot get a letter of graduation and unofficial transcripts from the university. That will enable you to apply for PGWP. Once you do that, you're free to work full-time anywhere.

Hi, thank you for suggestion. However, I left 6 credit to graduate. So I cannot graduate by Sep 2022

 

[scylla]

Hi, thank you for suggestion. However, I left 6 credit to graduate. So I cannot graduate by Sep 2022

In that case you'd need to switch to 20 hours per week in September while you finish your studies.