Post Graduate Work Permit Processing Time (PGWP)

[Braykhna Khan]

Hello guys,

I just wanted to say that I went to Peace arch border on Tuesday. Firstly, the officer was arguing with me outside the office but I seriously did not give up and argued with him till the end. He was seriously being a jerk and I went inside the office anyways.
They asked me to flagpole but I was really scared because my TRV expired last year in November and never applied for a new one. Just got a extension permit but no visa. So basically they told me the US does not care if you have a valid TRV or not because you are only going there for flagpole. So after 30-40 mins of arguing, I went to the States and got done with my flagpole and came back. Just so you guys know the US officers in the office were quite easy going with me and I was shocked because every other person tells the officers are scary and what not.
I came back and showed my flagpole to the Canadian officer and within 20 mins I got my Work permit. I was eligible for a 3 year work permit but my passport expires sooner so I only got a 2 year work permit.
I applied for my visa today on paper so hopefully, I will get that soon.
I regret applying online for sure for my PGWP and these 5 months of waiting were a complete WASTE.

 

[airforce1907]

Hello guys,

I just wanted to say that I went to Peace arch border on Tuesday. Firstly, the officer was arguing with me outside the office but I seriously did not give up and argued with him till the end. He was seriously being a jerk and I went inside the office anyways.
They asked me to flagpole but I was really scared because my TRV expired last year in November and never applied for a new one. Just got a extension permit but no visa. So basically they told me the US does not care if you have a valid TRV or not because you are only going there for flagpole. So after 30-40 mins of arguing, I went to the States and got done with my flagpole and came back. Just so you guys know the US officers in the office were quite easy going with me and I was shocked because every other person tells the officers are scary and what not.
I came back and showed my flagpole to the Canadian officer and within 20 mins I got my Work permit. I was eligible for a 3 year work permit but my passport expires sooner so I only got a 2 year work permit.
I applied for my visa today on paper so hopefully, I will get that soon.
I regret applying online for sure for my PGWP and these 5 months of waiting were a complete WASTE.

why was the officer arguing with you?

 

[PedroCoral]

Hello guys,

I just wanted to say that I went to Peace arch border on Tuesday. Firstly, the officer was arguing with me outside the office but I seriously did not give up and argued with him till the end. He was seriously being a jerk and I went inside the office anyways.
They asked me to flagpole but I was really scared because my TRV expired last year in November and never applied for a new one. Just got a extension permit but no visa. So basically they told me the US does not care if you have a valid TRV or not because you are only going there for flagpole. So after 30-40 mins of arguing, I went to the States and got done with my flagpole and came back. Just so you guys know the US officers in the office were quite easy going with me and I was shocked because every other person tells the officers are scary and what not.
I came back and showed my flagpole to the Canadian officer and within 20 mins I got my Work permit. I was eligible for a 3 year work permit but my passport expires sooner so I only got a 2 year work permit.
I applied for my visa today on paper so hopefully, I will get that soon.
I regret applying online for sure for my PGWP and these 5 months of waiting were a complete WASTE.

Does this work for families? I applied for myself, my spouse and my kids, so I'm not sure if the process would be the same... and yeah, I've been waiting for more than 5 months (153 days until today).

 

[ntthuc]

Jan 06. Still nothing.

 

[Keith IG Stream]

any approvals today?

 

[Kimmylyn]

Jan 06. Still nothing.

Which province are you?

 

[Lesean2134]

Jan 9th nothing today

 

[Kimmylyn]

Jan 9th nothing today

I haven’t seen any approvals since Monday. Seem they only work on flies once a week

 

[tubkal]

Hello guys,

I just wanted to say that I went to Peace arch border on Tuesday. Firstly, the officer was arguing with me outside the office but I seriously did not give up and argued with him till the end. He was seriously being a jerk and I went inside the office anyways.
They asked me to flagpole but I was really scared because my TRV expired last year in November and never applied for a new one. Just got a extension permit but no visa. So basically they told me the US does not care if you have a valid TRV or not because you are only going there for flagpole. So after 30-40 mins of arguing, I went to the States and got done with my flagpole and came back. Just so you guys know the US officers in the office were quite easy going with me and I was shocked because every other person tells the officers are scary and what not.
I came back and showed my flagpole to the Canadian officer and within 20 mins I got my Work permit. I was eligible for a 3 year work permit but my passport expires sooner so I only got a 2 year work permit.
I applied for my visa today on paper so hopefully, I will get that soon.
I regret applying online for sure for my PGWP and these 5 months of waiting were a complete WASTE.

You were allowed to re enter Canada with an expired TRV?

 

[Walecott]

January 9, I got approval this morning until September end (expiry of my old passport). I sent them my new passport through webform and they acknowledged receipt of the document and said they will add to file. I don't know why they did not process my application with that document after updating them with webform. I am so mad that I have to go through this process again of extending and waiting for a response from them.

 

[Lesean2134]

January 9, I got approval this morning until September end (expiry of my old passport). I sent them my new passport through webform and they acknowledged receipt of the document and said they will add to file. I don't know why they did not process my application with that document after updating them with webform. I am so mad that I have to go through this process again of extending and waiting for a response from them.

Congrats! It really sucks that you have to go through the extension process hopefully the wait times go down by the time you have to do it.

 

[nickgrizzly]

January 9, I got approval this morning until September end (expiry of my old passport). I sent them my new passport through webform and they acknowledged receipt of the document and said they will add to file. I don't know why they did not process my application with that document after updating them with webform. I am so mad that I have to go through this process again of extending and waiting for a response from them.

Congrats dude!! I've seen you very active in this threat! Hopefully extension isn't much of a hassle.

 

[Walecott]

Congrats! It really sucks that you have to go through the extension process hopefully the wait times go down by the time you have to do it.

Thank you. I have updated my MP about this. I am hoping they will be able to do something considering the fact that I sent my new international passport to IRCC 2 months ago and they acknowledged receipt of the document after that.

 

[Walecott]

Congrats dude!! I've seen you very active in this threat! Hopefully extension isn't much of a hassle.

Thank you so much. I really hope so to be honest.

 

[Vance.lin]

my lawyer said this is PGWP application so we don't have to put all of employment history, just study history. for example: grad student from ABC Uni from 2019-2022. Hope this helps

Canadian lawyer?