last year part time (not last semester), can I apply for PGWP?

[serena_nan]

I am graduating next april and i am in my 4th year now.

I am registered as a part time student this year, from september to april, not just last semester(in our school, it is measured by academic year, not semester). 10 courses per year is full load. you are considered to be a full time student for this yearif you regestered for 7 to 10 courses.it has nothing to do with how many courses are you taking each term, just depend on the total courses of the whole academic year.

However, I am taking 6 courses this year(just one less than full time minimum), 3 in the semester from septermber to december and another 3 in the semester from january to april.

Will I have any problem if I apply for PGWP next year after I graduate? I can complete my degree because I transferred to my univiersity with a lot of transfer credits.

Any suggestion? Thanks

 

[arshiesst]

to get work-permit, you must complete minimum 4 full-time semesters and i believe if you are in 4th year, you have already completed 6 full-sems.

 

[enfield]

I am graduating next april and i am in my 4th year now.

I am registered as a part time student this year, from september to april, not just last semester(in our school, it is measured by academic year, not semester). 10 courses per year is full load. you are considered to be a full time student for this yearif you regestered for 7 to 10 courses.it has nothing to do with how many courses are you taking each term, just depend on the total courses of the whole academic year.

However, I am taking 6 courses this year(just one less than full time minimum), 3 in the semester from septermber to december and another 3 in the semester from january to april.

Will I have any problem if I apply for PGWP next year after I graduate? I can complete my degree because I transferred to my univiersity with a lot of transfer credits.

Any suggestion? Thanks

Hi,

I quote rule;

"If in your last semester of study you are registered as a part-time student because you only need a few courses to graduate, but you have been studying full-time during your studies, you are eligible to apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit."

In short, to get PGWP only 3 basic things are required:

1. Studied in a recognised school.
2. Finished all courses as a full time student except the last semester with certain conditions.
3. Must have studied a required number of Credit Hours,


*My only suggestion- Do not play with rules, you may get into huge fix at the time of applying for PGWP. Your school won't be there to help you out.

 

[serena_nan]

full load is 10 courses per year (8 months), and full time is 7 courses or more.I am taking 6 courses this year,
so I just have one course less than full time, but 4 courses less than full load.

Does it satisfy the rule which says I can be part time if only a fews courses needed to complete the program? since if i take one more course next term,(then i ll have 7 courses in total for this year), and i ll become full time, but still not full load.

 

[serena_nan]

Here I have another question,
If I am part time in the last whole year, 2 terms,
When I apply PGWP, will it just be rejected? or the WP would be reduced to 2 years instead of 3 years?
because I have been full time in my past 2 years and I am finishing a 4-year bachelor program.

 

[serena_nan]

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