Hi all, hope everyone is doing well given the circumstances.
I am currently PWGP holder with the permit expiring on November 10, 2020.
The timeline of my approval is a follows:
Received graduation confirmation - May 27, 2019
Submitted PGWP application - May 28, 2019
PGWP approval - September 9, 2019
PGWP expiry - November 20, 2020 (Same date as my passport expiry, TRV also due the same day)
From the timeline above, you can see that I was not given the full 3-year permit because of my passport expiry date and I would like to apply for an extension WITH A NEW PASSPORT. My understanding that to extend the PWGP, it has to be paper application. However, I am currently back in my home country (Malaysia) for the time being because of COVID-19 and I am just a little frustrated on the actual process of applying for extension because the IRCC was sending me in circles despite they wrote specifically that the application has to be on paper. But I have seen people applied online and was granted the extension, is this advisable if I am applying outside of Canada? Would that be the same to reapply for the TRV? Again, I emphasize that I am currently back in Malaysia, not in Canada. I just do not want to risk anything to waste time and money.
Edit: IRCC has said that all paper applications are not being processed.
Thank you very much in advance. Stay safe everyone!
I am currently PWGP holder with the permit expiring on November 10, 2020.
The timeline of my approval is a follows:
Received graduation confirmation - May 27, 2019
Submitted PGWP application - May 28, 2019
PGWP approval - September 9, 2019
PGWP expiry - November 20, 2020 (Same date as my passport expiry, TRV also due the same day)
From the timeline above, you can see that I was not given the full 3-year permit because of my passport expiry date and I would like to apply for an extension WITH A NEW PASSPORT. My understanding that to extend the PWGP, it has to be paper application. However, I am currently back in my home country (Malaysia) for the time being because of COVID-19 and I am just a little frustrated on the actual process of applying for extension because the IRCC was sending me in circles despite they wrote specifically that the application has to be on paper. But I have seen people applied online and was granted the extension, is this advisable if I am applying outside of Canada? Would that be the same to reapply for the TRV? Again, I emphasize that I am currently back in Malaysia, not in Canada. I just do not want to risk anything to waste time and money.
Edit: IRCC has said that all paper applications are not being processed.
Thank you very much in advance. Stay safe everyone!