PGWP -> PR (not enough score)

[albeon87]

Hello everyone.
I'm graduating from Post Grad (1 year), and getting PGWP (1 year). After that I'm planning to apply for PR (Express Entry), but I am afraid that my score will not be enough (around 400 points). I have bachelor's degree in my country, have less than 1 year experience in my country, and I'm afraid that I will have less than 1 year in Canada as well. But for score enough I must have this 1 year experience in Canada. What the option to extend work permit after PGWP (for example PGWP 12 months, I'd work 11/12, 1 months less than required, it's still not 1 year and I've to extend work permit to get this 1 months for applying for PR). What're the options? Any answer will be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Wonderland_1010]

Hello everyone.
I'm graduating from Post Grad (1 year), and getting PGWP (1 year). After that I'm planning to apply for PR, but I am afraid that my score will not be enough (around 400 points). I have bachelor's degree in my country, have less than 1 year experience in my country, and I'm afraid that I will have less than 1 year in Canada as well. But for score enough I must have this 1 year experience in Canada. What the option to extend work permit after PGWP (for example PGWP 12 months, I'd work 11/12, 1 months less than required, it's still not 1 year and I've to extend work permit to get this 1 months for applying for PR). What're the options? Any answer will be appreciated. Thanks

PGWP is a one time work permit given to international students to work after they graduate. PGWP is not extendable. So if you want to continue working after your PGWP expires, your future employer must apply for LMIA. Do note that LMIA is every difficult and expensive to obtain and refusal ratings are much higher than approval ratings.

 

[albeon87]

PGWP is a one time work permit given to international students to work after they graduate. PGWP is not extendable. So if you want to continue working after your PGWP expires, your future employer must apply for LMIA. Do note that LMIA is every difficult and expensive to obtain and refusal ratings are much higher than approval ratings.

Here the thing, that I know that employer likely not to do LMIA. Are there any other options? Open work permits?

 

[Wonderland_1010]

Here the thing, that I know that employer likely not to do LMIA. Is there any options? Open work permits?

You do not qualify for open work permit as they are only issued under specific circumstances such as having a spouse who is studying in Canada or applicants have submitted or currently has a ongoing PR application.

 

[Wonderland_1010]

You might want to look into PNP as well. Although PNP routes tend to be processed longer than EE or CEC

 

[syed32]

The best option for you is to take admission in another 1 year certificate or 2 years diploma if you can get credits cuz of urs 1 year certificate.

The other option is to get any provincial nomination asap and apply for P.R then u can apply for Bridging open work permit. Mind you this process can take take 2.5 to 3 years easily.

 

[albeon87]

The best option for you is to take admission in another 1 year certificate or 2 years diploma if you can get credits cuz of urs 1 year certificate.

As far as I know, if I get PGWP once I will not get it ever again.

 

[syed32]

As far as I know, if I get PGWP once I will not get it ever again.

that is true, have you already got the PGWP? I am assuming not yet as you are still studying, so don't apply for PGWP after ur certificate but do another certificate and then apply so u can get 3 years PGWP

 

[Zak8]

Hello everyone.
I'm graduating from Post Grad (1 year), and getting PGWP (1 year). After that I'm planning to apply for PR (Express Entry), but I am afraid that my score will not be enough (around 400 points). I have bachelor's degree in my country, have less than 1 year experience in my country, and I'm afraid that I will have less than 1 year in Canada as well. But for score enough I must have this 1 year experience in Canada. What the option to extend work permit after PGWP (for example PGWP 12 months, I'd work 11/12, 1 months less than required, it's still not 1 year and I've to extend work permit to get this 1 months for applying for PR). What're the options? Any answer will be appreciated. Thanks

If you are sure that you will be getting a job in NOC 0,A or B right after your studies and that you will have that job for 11 months for sure, then that is enough for you to qualify for EE in CEC. Because the requirement of a one year experience is 1560 hours. which you get in near about 10 months if you work 40 hours a week. Although this is only possible with if's and but's of getting a job with all the other conditions of CEC. As others have suggested another course of 1 year would be a better option for you.

 

[ContactFront]

If you are sure that you will be getting a job in NOC 0,A or B right after your studies and that you will have that job for 11 months for sure, then that is enough for you to qualify for EE in CEC. Because the requirement of a one year experience is 1560 hours. which you get in near about 10 months if you work 40 hours a week. Although this is only possible with if's and but's of getting a job with all the other conditions of CEC. As others have suggested another course of 1 year would be a better option for you.

Incorrect. IRCC only considers a maximum of 30 hours per week. Even if OP works 100 hours a week, the extra hours don't count.

 

[scylla]

Because the requirement of a one year experience is 1560 hours. which you get in near about 10 months if you work 40 hours a week.

100% incorrect. Working 40 hours a week for 10 months will NOT allow you to count this as a year of work experience and allow you to apply for CEC. To say you have a year of work experience, you must work 30+ hours in 52 separate weeks - meaning that you need to have 12 actual months of work experience. It doesn't matter if you work 30 hours or 40 hours or 90 hours in one week - that week is still only counted as 1 week of work experience.

 

[Zak8]

Ohh snap! thanks for letting me know. There is a friend of mine who lost his job in about 10 months and was keen on applying through CEC, thinking that he already got his required 1560 hours. So that's why I told about this. Sorry for the wrong info and thanks for letting me out of that illusion.

 

[scylla]

Ohh snap! thanks for letting me know. There is a friend of mine who lost his job in about 10 months and was keen on applying through CEC, thinking that he already got his required 1560 hours. So that's why I told about this. Sorry for the wrong info and thanks for letting me out of that illusion.

Yeah - unfortunately your friend is out of luck and doesn't qualify for CEC. He'll need to work another 2 months in Canada to qualify.

 

[LifeDreamer]

It's true working more than 30 hours a week does not add more work experience, however working for less than 30 hours adds partial work experience in that 6 months working 15 hours per week are counted as 3 months and so on. This is for work experience gained abroad.

 

[njas]

that is true, have you already got the PGWP? I am assuming not yet as you are still studying, so don't apply for PGWP after ur certificate but do another certificate and then apply so u can get 3 years PGWP

Agree with you !!