if you're okay with online courses, you should be fine considering you have your study permit approved and the pgwp wont be affected. good luck!
may 2020 intake (general discussion)
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Ok then its fine i guess. ive been looking forward to this for a very long time, so i think il go forward with this and fly to canada once everything is okay, anyway Thank You.
First thing first. Since you have received visa before 18th march so you can anyways fly to canada. Taking online classes within canada doesn't create PSWP issue. Question comes when you take classes from india.
Official message from IRCC
If your in-class courses are being moved to an online-only format because of COVID-19, your eligibility for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Program won’t be affected. This includes students who have a study permit or who have been approved for a study permit for a program starting in May or June but who are unable to travel to Canada at this time due to travel restrictions. International students in this situation may begin their classes while outside Canada and may complete up to 50% of their program while outside Canada if they cannot travel to Canada sooner.
Are per my understanding from this message, you have to fly to canada and take online classes sitting inside canada as your visa has already been approved before 18th march so traveling restrictions is not for you. So you can't take online classes sitting in india unless international flights are not working to take you to canada. If you're taking online classes from India even if flights are functional then it might create an issue. Just clearing incase, consult about that with your consultant too.
Also you can try to get discount in fees from your college because of online classes for which consultancy can help you.
she cannot fly at the moment unless certain airlines are still operating to fly to canada and I'm pretty sure that is not the case atm.
your interpretation of PGSP being affected if you attend classes from india is majorly flawed. It clearly states in the statement that if you have been approved a study permit for the may intake and can't travel to canada due to travel restrictions(since there aren't any airlines operating to fly you to canada atm that counts as restriction as well) your PGSP WON'T BE AFFECTED.
Are per my understanding from this message, you have to fly to canada and take online classes sitting inside canada as your visa has already been approved before 18th march so traveling restrictions is not for you. So you can't take online classes sitting in india unless international flights are not working to take you to canada. If you're taking online classes from India even if flights are functional then it might create an issue. Just clearing incase, consult about that with your consultant too.
That was my statement where i mentioned "unless" as an exception so read the highlighted statement. Please from next time read everything properly before thinking of starting any argument.
The latest clarification from IRCC clearly states that students who have a valid visa can study upto 50% of the program from their home countries without impacting eligibility for PGWP.
I applied on march 9th in chennai and my visa was approved on march 16th. Plus the passport stamping process took 5 days.
My college has adviced me to only travel when its safe and until then i can take online classes fron India and pgwp wont be affected.
Which college are you going to? My college asked me to defer even tho my visa was accepted before 18th march