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Worked for a few days between receiving my letter of completion and applying for my work permit

Tlaloc86

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Oct 25, 2018
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I just graduated from my PhD degree. During the last phase of my studies, I was already working part time. I received my letter of completion of my degree about a week ago. I went with an immigration adviser at my university and they told me that since the moment I receive my letter of completion, my study permit does not longer allows me to work in Canada and as such I had been working illegally for the past week. They suggested me to be honest and declare this on my post-graduation work permit application, since it is a relatively common occurrence and not a big deal.

My question is, do I risk getting my post-graduation work permit rejected for this? Would it be better if I just don't declare this on my application?

Thank you for your responses!