I can go two ways here. I could fill the web form and say everything you said and it’ll be under the assumption that I started working after I applied for pgwp. I’ll make the case like you said that I only worked under the assumption that as I was told by the agents I could work. Or I could backtrack and say I started working on the 30th of July and filling August was an innocent mistake I am trying to correct through the web form. This way, I was working part time bfr my work permit expired for the same employer but this option would mean that I kept working after expiry but bfr pgwp application on the 23rd of August and during this period I had no status.
Pgwp application from outside Canada!
- Thread starter Emmanel
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If you worked before your pgwp application , it can't be justified except by seeking liniency . My comments were only based if you started working after pgwp application. Moment you pass till your application you cannot work , even part time is not allowed . My suggestion may not be useful in that case .
I just saw on their website, the actual law website that if the only reason your work is unauthorized is that you stayed beyond the validity of your permit then you can still get your work permit. It happened to another person on this forum and he said he got his after explaining the situation on the webform and I went researching why. I don’t think it’s just leniency. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/section-200.html?wbdisable=true#right-panel look for yourself paragraph 200 section 3e and let me know what you think please
I will. I’m not sure about the web form but I’m thinking it can’t hurt either way. That’s where I’m stuck now. I feel even tho the work month says August, the fact that it’s only unauthorized work because I’m no longer meant to be in the country and I have stayed beyond my specified stay as stated in R185a means that I don’t have to fill it out but I still want to because at least saying that I actually started in July 30 puts the start date bfr the expiry of my work permit. I wonder if a web form has ever hurt someone’s chances on this forum before?
Your work permit is of no relevance moment your studies finish . You could not work on coop work permit other than work authorized by your institute. Any work outside the coop is deemed to be on your study permit remark which authorises you to work .
Do consider these and take a considered call.
Do consider these and take a considered call.
Well they both expired the same day too. Based on that information from the website, would you say it’s important to have started this work before the expiry of the study permit then? Or does it not matter as long as the only violation is that of the duration of authorized stay?
If you started working after application of PGWP ...The above comment would be valid . The above comment won't be valid if you started work before PGWP. Your August work may fit into above comment provided start date is not asked . But if you started work before application then your explanation may need to change to include, perhaps indirectly , the possible case of you having started work before pgwp . But these are very tricky situations . please take your own call.
Well Im thinking I’ll leave it as is for now. Since start date was not commented on and I now know that Since the only reason for my unauthorized work is based on my permit having expired and that on its own doesn’t deny work permit applications, I think my chances are still decent. A web form might just complicate things further. But if anyone else feels different Please let me know! I still have the option of submitting the web form to change my start date to July 30th. I couldn’t be more conflicted as to what to do here
guys I need help urgently, I’ve made a huge mistake, my study permit got expired a year ago and I’ve still been in school living in Canada. I don’t know what to do I don’t want everything go to waste please need help.
I have read through your situation. I am in the same situation as you. Did you get your work permit ??
When did you apply from outside the country and from which country did you apply? Thanks
When did you apply from outside the country and from which country did you apply? Thanks
I am exactly in the same situation as yours, applied for my PGWP within 180 days from India and didn’t restore my status. Applied on 120 th day and my physical study permit date was valid at that timr, but according to regulation it gets invalid within 90 days after graduation it seems. Now I would like to know if we apply from India do we need to restore still ?