There is a message doing rounds, showing some "official" screenshots, saying that anymore students like me who have done 2 1 years permits, or 8+8/1+8 and so on, will only get a 2 year work permit anymore. Is this true?
New Rule: 2, 1 year certificates(or 1+1,8+8) will now only give 2 years PGWP?
- Thread starter Rockytheten
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Always look on the official Canada.ca
From now on only if the two combined programs is more than 2 years in program length will you get a 3 year work permit. Otherwise you will get only 2 years. Bridging on a one semester only program is also no longer allowed.
2 semesters is counted as a year, assuming you have scheduled breaks.
See this page for further clarification
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/post-graduation-work-permit-program/permit.html#determining
That's really bad news for us who have done 2 certificate programs.
Will we get points on our Express Entry, if we get 1 year experience from a job not in our field?
Express entry points are based on NOC code and not on doing a job in your field, at least to my knowledge.
I'm really confused.
Some people say they check only the 'Academic Years' and 2 sem = 1 Academic Year.
Those people are wrong. If your offer letter says 1 year then you will get 1 year only. If your offer letter says 1.5 years then you will get 1.5 years.
Hi ,I got an offer letter from humber for a program with 3 semesters although the duration of course is written as 1 year ,I will get a year work permit only right ?
The NOC thing is only for the Job offer from what I have checked.
Also 8 months program gives 1 year right
An exact 8 month program equals an 8 month PGWP. You would need a one year course and completion letter confirming to get a one year PGWP.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/post-graduation-work-permit-program/permit.html
It really sucks.
In the past everyone who did a 1 year + 8 month got atleast a 2 year , max 3 years.
The PGWP would map to length of the combined programs so 20 months. Not sure this is any different to the previous guidelines even for a single program where any program between 8-23 months would have have a PGWP issued to the equivalent program time.
. Ultimately expect visa officers do have some discretion but with the new guidelines the implication seems to be that the combined length of taking two programs must exceed 2 years to get 3 year PGWP, anything 2 years or less would map only to the combined total of the two programs as stated in any completion letter