Post Graduate Work Permit Processing Time (PGWP)

[mhkash]

Based on my research (which I did a lot of), the moment you receive confirmation of completion of studies, you should stop working right away. Once you apply for the PGWP and while waiting for decision, you can then continue working. In the period between fully completing your studies and applying for the pgwp, you are not allowed to work I believe.

Thanks for your response, do you have any reference for this fact?

 

[mhkash]

As long as you don’t apply for your PGWP 90 days after receiving a notification from your school about completing your program, you are good.

Thanks for your response, someone else has an opposite opinion, do you have any reference ?

 

[W.93]

Thanks for your response, do you have any reference for this fact?

Can I work while I am waiting to receive my post-graduation work permit?
You can work full-time while waiting for a decision on your post-graduation work permit application if, at the time you submitted your application, you:

• had a valid study permit,
• had completed your program of study,
• were eligible to work off-campus without a permit, and
• did not work off-campus more than 20 hours a week during academic sessions.

Notice how they say you can work full time given the conditions AT THE TIME YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, not before submitting it. This was on cic website.

 

[harshitagulati03]

Finally!

Applied on September 14th
Confirmation on September 14th
Approved on November 8th.

Good luck everyone!

When you applied and got an email saying your application has been updated, were you able to keep a track of your application through your cic acc? Cause I can't. I login every time and it doesn't show the status of my application. It's really weird.

 

[Iyerish]

Applied for PGWP on 2017/October 9th, Confirmation 9th.
Please join here Guys applied in the first week of october. Thanks.

 

[yeg82316]

Applied for PGWP on 2017/October 9th, Confirmation 9th.
Please join here Guys applied in the first week of october. Thanks.

I applied a week before you & I haven’t gotten mine yet. You are safe

 

[russ6970]

Can I work while I am waiting to receive my post-graduation work permit?
You can work full-time while waiting for a decision on your post-graduation work permit application if, at the time you submitted your application, you:

• had a valid study permit,
• had completed your program of study,
• were eligible to work off-campus without a permit, and
• did not work off-campus more than 20 hours a week during academic sessions.

Notice how they say you can work full time given the conditions AT THE TIME YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, not before submitting it. This was on cic website.

As long as your study permit is valid you can continue working (my study permit was valid for a month after I graduated). After I finished my studies I asked the college to send me a letter of confirmation right away, which they did, and then I immediately applied for the PGWP. I continued working and got an email regarding this from the CIC to prove it was legal.

 

[matthew_131]

Confirmed on sept 16
Saw it turn on updated on last Friday but turn back to submitted, now still nothing....

 

[mhkash]

As long as your study permit is valid you can continue working (my study permit was valid for a month after I graduated). After I finished my studies I asked the college to send me a letter of confirmation right away, which they did, and then I immediately applied for the PGWP. I continued working and got an email regarding this from the CIC to prove it was legal.

Thank you very much for your response. I have graduated a couple of days ago. I would like to apply for PGWP. my passport and study permit are valid until Feb 2018. since PGWP is not renewed and issued only one time for 3 years, I do not want to lose the opportunity to have 3years work permit. I need to wait a couple of weeks to renew my passport and then apply for PGWP, but certainly I will apply within 3months after graduation. I was wondering if I could work in these weeks until I get my new passport and apply for PGWP?

 

[noscaf2014]

Thank you very much for your response. I have graduated a couple of days ago. I would like to apply for PGWP. my passport and study permit are valid until Feb 2018. since PGWP is not renewed and issued only one time for 3 years, I do not want to lose the opportunity to have 3years work permit. I need to wait a couple of weeks to renew my passport and then apply for PGWP, but certainly I will apply within 3 months after graduation. I was wondering if I could work in these weeks until I get my new passport and apply for PGWP?

You have to apply first for the PGWP with a valid study permit to be under implied status and be able to work.

Paragraph 186(w) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) allows students who have completed their program of study to work while they are waiting for a decision on their work permit application, as long as they were a full-time student enrolled at a designated learning institution (DLI) in a post-secondary academic, vocational or professional training program and they did not exceed the allowable hours of work.​

 

[russ6970]

You have to apply first for the PGWP with a valid study permit to be under implied status and be able to work.

Paragraph 186(w) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) allows students who have completed their program of study to work while they are waiting for a decision on their work permit application, as long as they were a full-time student enrolled at a designated learning institution (DLI) in a post-secondary academic, vocational or professional training program and they did not exceed the allowable hours of work.​

This is correct, but the fact that your passport expires so soon, might go against you, as it has with others on the forum.

 

[itwarriorkarve]

Thank you very much for your response. I have graduated a couple of days ago. I would like to apply for PGWP. my passport and study permit are valid until Feb 2018. since PGWP is not renewed and issued only one time for 3 years, I do not want to lose the opportunity to have 3years work permit. I need to wait a couple of weeks to renew my passport and then apply for PGWP, but certainly I will apply within 3months after graduation. I was wondering if I could work in these weeks until I get my new passport and apply for PGWP?

My suggestion would be to go ahead and apply for you PGWP as soon as possible. You owuld then get your permit till the expiry date of your passport. Post that get your passport renewed and apply for extension of your work permit duration. Note you are not applying for a new permit, merely extension which should be allowable. Experts please comment.

 

[amji105]

Anybody know how long it takes for the work permit to arrive in the mail. I stay in Toronto. I've heard that it takes around 2 weeks. Is that true?

 

[russ6970]

Anybody know how long it takes for the work permit to arrive in the mail. I stay in Toronto. I've heard that it takes around 2 weeks. Is that true?

I got mine within a week. I thought that was really fast. I am in Newfoundland

 

[maan2017]

Every time I login into my cic account I see nothing. I don't see anything. Is it going to be the same until they update anything??
It doesn't even show that I filled my work permit form. After I got an email on Sept 25th that it has been updated, didn't get anything email after that.

Hi there,

Applied on Sep 26
Confirmation on Sep 26
Updated on Oct 26 (Got a message from CIC stating "Thanks for your patience")

Waiting... [probably next week] I'll update here.