Is this a study permit violation?
Okay so international student doing co-op here. I already have my coop work permit.
My first co-op term was/is this May-August.
However, I did not manage to land a position through my university co-op job board.
By the start of May, I gave up on getting a coop position and decided to go Hail Mary and just apply for jobs outside of any expectation of coop or whatever.
As it so happened, I managed to land a great job which happens to satisfy my coop requirements (this job was NOT listed as a coop job, just a regular tech/IT job - no mention of coop whatsoever in it).
So once it’s approved for coop and all, I didn’t really see the point of coop anymore since I planned to stick to it. Additionally, I’m having health issues so I sent a notice of withdrawal from the co-op program.
But my advisor is saying that withdrawing from it like this may have implications on my future PGWP application.
I don’t understand how or why this would be the case.
I never used my coop permit to get this job (just using my normal study permit). Even after getting it approved, my manager said that my job is still based on the study permit and no co-op basis.
Further, I am allowed to work full time in summer (I was a full time student during Winter 2020-2021 and will be a full time student in Fall 2021).
I have, to my knowledge, not violated any laws whatsoever. Is this still some kind of violation?
This is stressing me out.
p.s. I have never worked past 20 hours during term time and have never worked past 40 during summer. I have maintained a full course load every semester I’ve been in here.
Okay so international student doing co-op here. I already have my coop work permit.
My first co-op term was/is this May-August.
However, I did not manage to land a position through my university co-op job board.
By the start of May, I gave up on getting a coop position and decided to go Hail Mary and just apply for jobs outside of any expectation of coop or whatever.
As it so happened, I managed to land a great job which happens to satisfy my coop requirements (this job was NOT listed as a coop job, just a regular tech/IT job - no mention of coop whatsoever in it).
So once it’s approved for coop and all, I didn’t really see the point of coop anymore since I planned to stick to it. Additionally, I’m having health issues so I sent a notice of withdrawal from the co-op program.
But my advisor is saying that withdrawing from it like this may have implications on my future PGWP application.
I don’t understand how or why this would be the case.
I never used my coop permit to get this job (just using my normal study permit). Even after getting it approved, my manager said that my job is still based on the study permit and no co-op basis.
Further, I am allowed to work full time in summer (I was a full time student during Winter 2020-2021 and will be a full time student in Fall 2021).
I have, to my knowledge, not violated any laws whatsoever. Is this still some kind of violation?
This is stressing me out.
p.s. I have never worked past 20 hours during term time and have never worked past 40 during summer. I have maintained a full course load every semester I’ve been in here.
