Hello guys,
I wanted to share my situation in hopes of getting more advise and insight.
I am in the same situation. My PGWP got refused on January 4, 2023 due to not maintaining full-time studies. I believe this was due to the fact that in two 2 semesters I voluntarily withdrew from some courses. I was initially registered for 3 which was considered full time and I withdrew from one and the other semester I was registered for 3 and withdrew from 2. This was because of many reasons.
1) My mom was very sick with heart failure and other medical issues and we thought we were going to loss her. I was failing my classes due to the stress and I had to withdraw. My grade were pretty good before this.
2) I had my own medical issues too I was diagnosed with optic nerve damage, 3 cancer scares, and was diagnosed with depression and was on Anti-depressant for a long time.
3)My parents also got divorced hence the increased mental, and physical stress plus financial burden.
now, those two semesters I voluntarily withdrew from, I paid full-time fees for because I withdrew about 2-3 weeks before the semester ended. If I did not I was going to be placed on academic probation as my school academic advisors adviced me. Another thing was when the Covid-19 pandemic started and classes moved online, a lot a courses were not available and I had to be on wait list for some courses and I only got into one.
when I initially applied, I recognized that there would have been some issues with my application so I used an immigration consultant and she said the explanations were clear in my transcript and nothing to worry about and she submitted with no explanation. I fully trusted her after all she was a registered consultant. Biggest mistake. She did not even submit any I the supporting documents I provided.
Now after the refusal and my study permit expired on Dec 31st, 2022. I have immediately stopped the job I was doing while I was on implied status.
Now I have consulted another immigration agency and they advised I apply for reconsideration with explanation letter and supporting document but there is a 1% chance of approval for anyone as it is based on the officer’s discretion.
The list of documents I have now are
1)Moms medical Records
2) parent’s divorce papers
3) My medical records from 4 different specialist doctors.
4)Covid-19 disruptions letter from the university
5) strike disruption letter from the university
6) special request letter from the university explaining that I maintained full time status except does two semesters I VWed from and including the dates saying I was full time until I withdrew towards the end of the semester making me part-time.
7)Tuition fee summary showing the semester i paid tuition for
8)Registration summary showing the exact date I registered and withdrew.
9) letter from my doctor explaining my depression and I was on anti depressant.
10)My therapy attendance record
11) upcoming medical visits letter to see two specialist for my nerve damage
My lawyers advised he will submit the reconsideration before the end of the week with all the documents I provided and i am keeping my fingers crossed. I have also applied to go back to school incase my reconsideration gets refused. I have always wanted to study social work and thankfully I can transfer a lot of credits from my undergrad.
My boyfriend of two years advised we got married to get my PR but I have been hesitating. I feel so wronged that I have to get married to remain in Canada when I have done everything in my power to graduate due to circumstances I could literally not control. It would really suck to go back to school again as it is not cheap and my mom health is not getting any better. This is supposed to be the time for take care of her after everything she has sacrificed for me. I can not flagpole because my visa expired.
Do I have to go back to school or can I get a Visitors visa and change my status after that to OWP.
This experience has been really triggering for me as apart from loss my work but also not knowing what’s next. I find my self in dark thoughts and gloomy imaginations. And I am going through the triggers of the thought of having someone else read my medical records which are over 75 pages long.
I will be updating this forum when I get any update but thought I should share my experience and maybe relate to other people in similar situations and we can provide comfort to eachother.
I apologize if I made many spelling or grammatical errors.
Best regards all.
