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I worked on the day I applied for my PGWP (unauthorized work)

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hbaig27

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Dec 18, 2020
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So I'll give a brief timeline:

- I finished my last exam on Dec 9th
- I worked part-time (12 hours) that week until Dec 14th, this is allowed as I had not received my completion of studies letter at this point
- We went on Christmas holiday at work for 2 weeks so I stopped working
- On Dec 22nd, I received my completion of studies letter
- Work Christmas holiday finishes on Jan 4th (I work this full time on this day)
- I apply for my PGWP on the 4th at night (it says application submitted on the 5th)

So i technically I worked for 1 day on the 4th when I wasn't allowed to. How big of a deal is this? Can they know what specific days I even worked on? I've read posts where people worked unauthorized for weeks and still got their PGWP

Thanks.
 
hbaig27 said:
So I'll give a brief timeline:

- I finished my last exam on Dec 9th
- I worked part-time (12 hours) that week until Dec 14th, this is allowed as I had not received my completion of studies letter at this point
- We went on Christmas holiday at work for 2 weeks so I stopped working
- On Dec 22nd, I received my completion of studies letter
- Work Christmas holiday finishes on Jan 4th (I work this full time on this day)
- I apply for my PGWP on the 4th at night (it says application submitted on the 5th)

So i technically I worked for 1 day on the 4th when I wasn't allowed to. How big of a deal is this? Can they know what specific days I even worked on? I've read posts where people worked unauthorized for weeks and still got their PGWP

Thanks.
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Did you work 21 hours on Jan 4th? No?
Then you're fine.

You should've been working only 20 hours a week till your PGWP date. Since you didn't even work a day from Christmas till Jan 4th.
Don't stress much about it.
 
captainarabiia said:
Must've missed reading your completion letter date on 22nd.
Yes you are right that you can't work until you apply for PGWP after getting letter of completion.
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So coming back to my question, do you think that one day will be an issue? Is there a way for them to know I worked on that day specifically anyway?
 
hbaig27 said:
So I'll give a brief timeline:

- I finished my last exam on Dec 9th
- I worked part-time (12 hours) that week until Dec 14th, this is allowed as I had not received my completion of studies letter at this point
- We went on Christmas holiday at work for 2 weeks so I stopped working
- On Dec 22nd, I received my completion of studies letter
- Work Christmas holiday finishes on Jan 4th (I work this full time on this day)
- I apply for my PGWP on the 4th at night (it says application submitted on the 5th)

So i technically I worked for 1 day on the 4th when I wasn't allowed to. How big of a deal is this? Can they know what specific days I even worked on? I've read posts where people worked unauthorized for weeks and still got their PGWP

Thanks.
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So what happened, did you receive it ?
 
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