hi, my pgwp was refused because of unauthorized work after completing studies and got 6 months barr from applying study or work permit. I met a lawyer who says he can help me on this. Is there anything he can do or he is just bluffing? Should I leave canada? help me
Post Graduation Work Permit refused due to Unauthorized work
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Could you provide more info about your case? Did you work full time between 2 programs in 2 different college?
I finished my study on september 7 2018 and got a noc B job on sep 17 and i started working full time immediately. My visa was expiring on nov 3rd so someone suggested to go for flagpoling for applying pgwp. By the time i went for flagpoling, i already worked for full time for a month in that new job. Cbsa said that i did authorized work and she refused my pgwp and barred me from applying for 6 months.
Your mistake was working full time as opposed to part time pending your completion letter. Once you applied for your PGWP then you could start full time pending a decision. Your problem now is that you need a valid study permit and also to be within 90 days of completion letter to apply for a PGWP. I doubt a lawyer can help given ignorance of the rules is no defence and as said if you had only worked part time you would have probably been fine.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/campus-work.html#off-campus
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/campus-work.html#off-campus
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cbsa officer told me verbally and she said she left a note on my file. She never gave me any refusal letter. what may this mean?
It means that you have a permanent record of the refusal, and the reason, on your immigration file. That would prevent you from flagpolling elsewhere to try and get a PGWP. Unless your lawyer can show that CBSA made a mistake in law, you are probably out of luck.
I'm sorry to hear that. Did you tell them you work full time after completing your study or they found out? The only option now is restore your student status and apply to another course to continue the study, after that you still have a chance to apply for work permit again.
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Sir I also applied for my pgwp recently my studies got finished on 14 dec and I worked till 22 dec part time but in the form I.e imm5710 under employment category I fillled that job from dec 2018 to Jan 2019 i m worried now that they may misunderstood that as I worked only till 22 dec i m worried that they may consider it as unauthorized work do this can be a issue pllz help if anybody can though I started that job On dec 1 and it gets finished on 22 dec and it’s just a weekend job so kindly pllz reply if anybody knows about this whether it will be an issue as they have records for all that stuff
Sir I also applied for my pgwp recently my studies got finished on 14 dec and I worked till 22 dec part time but in the form I.e imm5710 under employment category I fillled that job from dec 2018 to Jan 2019 i m worried now that they may misunderstood that as I worked only till 22 dec i m worried that they may consider it as unauthorized work do this can be a issue pllz help if anybody can though I started that job On dec 1 and it gets finished on 22 dec and it’s just a weekend job so kindly pllz reply if anybody knows about this whether it will be an issue as they have records for all that stuff
According to cic rules they mention that when you get result after that it is not allowed to work part time but I get my results on 15 Jan and I worked for only 3 shifts after my study I.e 15 ,16 dec and 22 dec and I get my college result on 15 dec but the only issue is I filled in form from 2018 to Jan 2019 will it be an issue??
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What date did you apply for PGWP? Also if you finished on 22 Dec 2018, why did you put you finished 2019? They will not misunderstand anything, you obviously put the wrong dates in.