Implied status

[harpreet ss]

Hi everyone,
I graduated in June and applied for my work permit in same month.From July 1st I started working full time till now but I got my PGWP in December.I am so confused if this work experience is eligibale towards my CEC experience?They said that implied status is eligibale but not sure that I was on Implied stautus or not during those six months?Or what we call the term if we are waiting for our PGWP?
Replies will be highly appericiated.
Thanku

 

[OhWow]

Hi everyone,
I graduated in June and applied for my work permit in same month.From July 1st I started working full time till now but I got my PGWP in December.I am so confused if this work experience is eligibale towards my CEC experience?They said that implied status is eligibale but not sure that I was on Implied stautus or not during those six months?Or what we call the term if we are waiting for our PGWP?
Replies will be highly appericiated.
Thanku

Did you have a work permit before you applied for the new one? Then you were also allowed to work during implied status, because implied status means that the same conditions of your last visa are valid and apply while you are waiting for the next one. If you did not have a work permit before going on implied status, I think, it's unauthorized work.

 

[akil_f1]

Hi everyone,
I graduated in June and applied for my work permit in same month.From July 1st I started working full time till now but I got my PGWP in December.I am so confused if this work experience is eligibale towards my CEC experience?They said that implied status is eligibale but not sure that I was on Implied stautus or not during those six months?Or what we call the term if we are waiting for our PGWP?
Replies will be highly appericiated.
Thanku

If you are on a WP from July 1 till Dec , then its counted towards the CEC eligiblity.
If you are on Study permit and then worked till dec on that , then NO its not counted towards CEC
you need to have 1 yr exp on a valid work permit

 

[OhWow]

If you are on Study permit and then worked till dec on that , then NO its not counted towards CEC

Were you eligible to work on your study permit? Usually, students are now allowed to work 20 hours per week. I do not know if a separate work permit is required for that or if that is part of your student visa though. Perhaps, this may actually cover your implied status, but I am not sure.

 

[harpreet ss]

@OH WoW.
Thank you for your reply,No I didnt had any Work permit before because I was student and graduated in June.I applied for my PGWP on same month after my graduation.Then I started working full time from next month i.e July till now and got my PGWP after 6months which I applied 6 months back in June.

 

[harpreet ss]

@akil
Thanku you for reply.
Yes I did applied for PGWP in june after my Graduation but got the work permit in december after 6 months.During that time I can legally work.

 

[OhWow]

@OH WoW.
Thank you for your reply,No I didnt had any Work permit before because I was student and graduated in June.I applied for my PGWP on same month after my graduation.Then I started working full time from next month i.e July till now and got my PGWP after 6months which I applied 6 months back in June.

You worked without a work permit. It's not allowed.

 

[ailsaclare]

You worked without a work permit. It's not allowed.

Recently, study permits have included a work authorization without the need to apply for a separate work permit - if the OP had this authorization (R 186 f / v/ w) and applied for PGWP they were fine to work on implied status as I understand it.

However I'm not clear whether this 6 months on implied status would be eligible for CEC or not as ordinarily work done while a student doesn't count.

 

[OhWow]

Recently, study permits have included a work authorization without the need to apply for a separate work permit - if the OP had this authorization and applied for PGWP they were fine to work on implied status as I understand it.

That's what I asked above.

However I'm not clear whether this 6 months on implied status would be eligible for CEC or not as ordinarily work done while a student doesn't count.

That is the question!

 

[ailsaclare]

That's what I asked above.

That is the question!

I just thought the OP might be confused by your Q - they'd be right in saying they didn't have a work permit if they had the right to work through their study permit

 

[OhWow]

I just thought the OP might be confused by your Q - they'd be right in saying they didn't have a work permit if they had the right to work through their study permit

Right. Now the question is,... was he allowed to work full-time? Because when being on implied status, usually the conditions of the last status remain, which means 20 hours per week (part-time) only (as a student).

 

[harpreet ss]

@Ail
But the student can work full time on his legally drops /vactions from college Or after student is graduated till the decision is made on his application of work permit.Thats the rule from so long.

 

[Goku]

@Ail
But the student can work full time on his legally drops /vactions from college Or after student is graduated till the decision is made on his application of work permit.Thats the rule from so long.

Yes you can work on Off campus work permit full time after graduating until you get your PGWP, and that experience counts towards CEC.
Source:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-offcampus.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=188&top=17

 

[harpreet ss]

@Goku
Thanku so much for sharing helpful link but I cant see anywhere that we can use those time i.e when I was waiting for my PGWP towards our CEC experience.Do you have any clue about it?

 

[tp_marina]

6 months to process PGWP?? Was there any specific reason why it took so long? I thought it used to take around 2 months.