Am I eligible for Post Graduation Work Permit?

[bongoman]

Mr. Bongoman,

I get what you are trying to say. But, the CIC/IRCC/Officer has to work as per the Regulations and Operational Instructions & Guidelines. They cannot make decision based on their individual beliefs. Upon denial they have to quote the exact Part/Division/Chapter/Section/Sub-Section/Clause/Sub-Clause/Paragraph/Sub-Paragraph number under which PGWP is denied.

I have searched enough, but have not found the definition of 'Full-Time Student' status by CIC/IRCC. They do not define it and they subscribe to the definition of 'Full-Time Student' as defined by the institution.

Based on the program (Bachelors, Masters, PhD, Diploma, Certificate etc.) the course load in each term will vary. Not only program but the stream of study you choose, such as Management, Medical, Engineering, Law, etc., will have different course load in each term. In such scenarios, the maximum or minimum number of courses or credits that are allowed varies between institutions. Hence, it is difficult for CIC/IRCC to come up with uniform definition of 'Full-Time Student' status.

Moreover, in Masters programs with Thesis or Projects the number of courses are drastically less. Further, the particular courses, which a Graduate Student is interested in, may not be offered in Summer Term itself. In such scenario, the Graduate Student has no option other than to skip the Summer Term. Universities do not convert the status of such students to Part-Time. Majority of the time, very few courses are offered in Summer term and students register for Fall+Winter terms. I don't see a reason why Officer will raise flag in this known fact.

I would welcome to hear expert views on this.

This has been decided by the court already, your designation by your school does not matter if you are not carrying a full course load, of course officers are also reasonable if it just the way your course is structured thats preventing you from having full course load, but as long as they reasonably interpret the rules of PGWP i.e you need to be full time they can deny you in any case.

I will try to find the court case and put it here.

 

[jasz_blr]

This has been decided by the court already, your designation by your school does not matter if you are not carrying a full course load, of course officers are also reasonable if it just the way your course is structured thats preventing you from having full course load, but as long as they reasonably interpret the rules of PGWP i.e you need to be full time they can deny you in any case.

I will try to find the court case and put it here.

The misery of international student doesn't end here. Out of the huge list of courses, the institutions offer only subset of courses in particular term. The course of interest may have a prerequisite course to be completed first. The student has no clue in which term the prerequisite course will be offered. Eventually, the student end up registering for less course load in order to save credits. Otherwise the credits will be wasted by registering in some random course. In many cases the prerequisite course is mapped to many next level courses. As a result of which the prerequisite course becomes waitlisted on day-1 when the registrations open. These sort of things totally ruins the study plan. Moreover, with the fear of losing PGWP makes student to take up random courses in subsequent terms and further ruins the career path.

 

[bongoman]

The misery of international student doesn't end here. Out of the huge list of courses, the institutions offer only subset of courses in particular term. The course of interest may have a prerequisite course to be completed first. The student has no clue in which term the prerequisite course will be offered. Eventually, the student end up registering for less course load in order to save credits. Otherwise the credits will be wasted by registering in some random course. In many cases the prerequisite course is mapped to many next level courses. As a result of which the prerequisite course becomes waitlisted on day-1 when the registrations open. These sort of things totally ruins the study plan. Moreover, with the fear of losing PGWP makes student to take up random courses in subsequent terms and further ruins the career path.

Yes the Colleges have realized international students are trapped cash cows and are using every possible trick to extract more money from them.

 

[harshsparikh]

Thanks for all the reply.

Can I do one more year program (so in total 3, since my first program has break and part-time status since I failed, then second year program and then one more year program in order to be eligible for 3 years work permit)

Will this be okay?

I ll make sure that the second and third year program goes continuous before I mess up again.

And indeed we are trapped cash cows as he said.

Thanks

 

[scylla]

Thanks for all the reply.

Can I do one more year program (so in total 3, since my first program has break and part-time status since I failed, then second year program and then one more year program in order to be eligible for 3 years work permit)

Will this be okay?

I ll make sure that the second and third year program goes continuous before I mess up again.

And indeed we are trapped cash cows as he said.

Thanks

You'll most likely only get a 1 year PGWP that way. You most likely won't get any credit for the first program you took since it wasn't completed full time or continuously.

 

[harshsparikh]

Apart from my current program which has semester off and all,

if I study two years more full-time continuous still I will get only one year pgwp?