Travel while waiting for PGWP processing

[Mangara]

I applied for my PGWP at the start of September, so processing will probably take a while. In the mean time, my study permit expires at the end of November. I already started to work.

I am wondering if I will lose my right to work if I travel outside Canada. I know that this is the case for most forms of implied status. However, these are granted by paragraph 186(u) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations:

186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
[...]
(u) until a decision is made on an application made by them under subsection 201(1), if they have remained in Canada after the expiry of their work permit and they have continued to comply with the conditions set out on the expired work permit, other than the expiry date;
[...]

Implied status for PGWP, on the other hand, seems to fall under another paragraph:

186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
[...]
(w) if they are or were the holder of a study permit who has completed their program of study and
(i) they met the requirements set out in paragraph (v), and
(ii) they applied for a work permit before the expiry of that study permit and a decision has not yet been made in respect of their application.

This paragraph does not say anything about staying in Canada. Therefore, I suspect that I can travel freely without losing my implied status. Is this correct?

 

[cata253]

I applied for my PGWP at the start of September, so processing will probably take a while. In the mean time, my study permit expires at the end of November. I already started to work.

I am wondering if I will lose my right to work if I travel outside Canada. I know that this is the case for most forms of implied status. However, these are granted by paragraph 186(u) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations:



Implied status for PGWP, on the other hand, seems to fall under another paragraph:



This paragraph does not say anything about staying in Canada. Therefore, I suspect that I can travel freely without losing my implied status. Is this correct?

Hi,
Could you update us on your status? (I am on a similar boat and believe the implied status for PGWP isn't lost)