Dear all,
I am planning to apply for a postgraduate work permit. I would like to ask for your suggestions on my case. Please let me first explain my situation.
I originally attended a Ph.D program at a public university in Canada. I studied continuously and full-time from September 2012 – August 2015. From August 2015 to January 2016, I was in an academic appeal with the university, during which my registration status was undetermined. I have documents from the legal clinic, which helped me with the appeal, and also the document of settlement between me and the university. Since the appeal is confidential so I would like to ask for your understanding that I am legally-bound not to divulge any details. Then I was on an approved leave of absence from January 2016 to the end of June 2016.
At the end of my leave of absence, I decided to leave the Ph.D. program with a Master’s degree. The university approved my application of Master’s degree today. I will receive the Letter of Confirmation of Degree Requirement next week and the degree will be granted in November this year.
This means I will be granted my Master’s degree immediately after my leave of absence, no further study is required for me to be granted the Master’s degree. Since my last registered full-time semester is summer 2015, I actually finished the requirement of Master’s degree from September 2012 to August 2015, during the period of time I was registered full-time and continuously. Therefore, I would think I fulfill the requirement of postgraduate work permit. And my study permit is going to expire on September 30th 2016.
I met with the student immigration advisor at my university and asked if I should explain my situation proactively in my application since I know the officer at CIC would have some questions on my situation. I was thinking to ask the university to put phrases in the Letter such as “this student fulfilled the requirement of Master’s degree from September 2012-August 2015, during which the student was registered full-time and continuously.” However, the student advisor advised me not to explain this pro-actively. Instead, he advised me to submit the standardized Letter of Confirmation of Degree Requirement by the university since it will only state I have fulfilled the requirement and my degree will be granted in November 2016. However, I would like to ask for opinions from other knowledgeable people. Please kindly comment if you would have any thought on this. I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.
Best,
Shamrock_Rose
I am planning to apply for a postgraduate work permit. I would like to ask for your suggestions on my case. Please let me first explain my situation.
I originally attended a Ph.D program at a public university in Canada. I studied continuously and full-time from September 2012 – August 2015. From August 2015 to January 2016, I was in an academic appeal with the university, during which my registration status was undetermined. I have documents from the legal clinic, which helped me with the appeal, and also the document of settlement between me and the university. Since the appeal is confidential so I would like to ask for your understanding that I am legally-bound not to divulge any details. Then I was on an approved leave of absence from January 2016 to the end of June 2016.
At the end of my leave of absence, I decided to leave the Ph.D. program with a Master’s degree. The university approved my application of Master’s degree today. I will receive the Letter of Confirmation of Degree Requirement next week and the degree will be granted in November this year.
This means I will be granted my Master’s degree immediately after my leave of absence, no further study is required for me to be granted the Master’s degree. Since my last registered full-time semester is summer 2015, I actually finished the requirement of Master’s degree from September 2012 to August 2015, during the period of time I was registered full-time and continuously. Therefore, I would think I fulfill the requirement of postgraduate work permit. And my study permit is going to expire on September 30th 2016.
I met with the student immigration advisor at my university and asked if I should explain my situation proactively in my application since I know the officer at CIC would have some questions on my situation. I was thinking to ask the university to put phrases in the Letter such as “this student fulfilled the requirement of Master’s degree from September 2012-August 2015, during which the student was registered full-time and continuously.” However, the student advisor advised me not to explain this pro-actively. Instead, he advised me to submit the standardized Letter of Confirmation of Degree Requirement by the university since it will only state I have fulfilled the requirement and my degree will be granted in November 2016. However, I would like to ask for opinions from other knowledgeable people. Please kindly comment if you would have any thought on this. I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.
Best,
Shamrock_Rose