Study Permit Extension - Advice
- Thread starter maple007
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Apply at least one month prior to May for your extension, which would give you enough time and you wouldn't have to stay inside Canada for 90 day grace period.
As long as you have the required documents you can apply whenever you want, no need in unnecessarily waiting.
Hi ,
Thanks for the reply , if I extend on May , will I get additional 90 days at the end so I can apply for PGWP ?
You will only get study permit extended to the date of the graduation of your program. You are given 90 days from graduation to apply for PGWP.
What are you exactly trying to do, are you extending your study permit or do you want to apply for PGWP ?
OK, so your study permit will be extended to the date of graduation of the program that you have given. Once you have graduated from your college you have 90 days from the day of your graduation or from when your final marks was given, whichever comes first to apply for PGWP. You will not gain any additional days for applying during this 90 day grace period. Your PGWP will be dependant on the duration of the course you have completed and you will get the PGWP depending on the date you graduated and not the date you applied for the PGWP.
To reiterate, there is no benefit from delaying your PGWP, do note that your study permit has to be valid when you apply for PGWP. You can work until your PGWP application decision is made. Do it ASAP after graduation and you can start working full time after applying.
Your study permit extension has nothing to do with applying for PGWP, it would be better to extend your study permit now since you need a valid study permit to apply for PGWP. Get the extension and once you graduate, apply for PGWP.
