PGWP Extension

[Pujaholy]

Anybody here who applied for work permit extension and was able to link application to online IRCC account???

Not me. Because before getting the link I received an approval email of extension.

 

[mymonika4]

Not me. Because before getting the link I received an approval email of extension.

Great..!! And you got it in a month, right??

 

[Kazmanowk]

Hello, i am applying for pgwp, under the employment section, I stopped working may after my graduation but I am still employed, should I put May as the day my work ends or June?

 

[Pujaholy]

Great..!! And you got it in a month, right??

Exactly

 

[Pujaholy]

Hello, i am applying for pgwp, under the employment section, I stopped working may after my graduation but I am still employed, should I put May as the day my work ends or June?

It does not matter, really.

 

[xhalae]

I paid application fee online. There is an option for that at the website. You need to pay for both work permit and open work permit. For just the permit it is 100 dollars and open work permit is 150, total 250. After payment, save the receipt as PDF. You need to take out the print of it and include that with your application.

Documents:
Receipt (Photocopy)
Transcripts (Photocopy)
Request letter
Old Passport (Photocopy)
New passport(Photocopy)
Work permit (Photocopy)
Expired student permit(Photocopy)
If I'm missing few docs then include all the docs that you think can explain your situation very clearly.

I hope this helps. Good luck!!

Do you have to submit a photo of yourself like what we did in the initial PGWP application?

 

[Pujaholy]

Do you have to submit a photo of yourself like what we did in the initial PGWP application?

No, you don't need to send any photo.

 

[Brown_1]

Anybody here who applied for work permit extension and was able to link application to online IRCC account???

Hi did you ever get an application number and also has your permit been approved. Thank you

 

[Pujaholy]

Hi did you ever get an application number and also has your permit been approved. Thank you

I never received an apllication number thats because in just a month I received approval.

 

[dyannebansal]

Hello Pujaholy... Im going to send my application through mail as well to get the full length of my pgwp validity. Just want to confirm, so i have to complete and fill out the forms in Checklist IMM555 plus the documents you said earlier? Thank you!

 

[dyannebansal]

Hello Pujaholy... Im going to send my application through mail as well to get the full length of my pgwp validity. Just want to confirm, so i have to complete and fill out the forms in Checklist IMM555 plus the documents you said earlier? Thank you!

 

[Pujaholy]

Hello Pujaholy... Im going to send my application through mail as well to get the full length of my pgwp validity. Just want to confirm, so i have to complete and fill out the forms in Checklist IMM555 plus the documents you said earlier? Thank you!

Exactly. There's no harm in sending extra supporting documents.

 

[Arun2028]

I have sent my application for pgwp extension after getting my new passport to:

Student work permit extensions (includes co-op, internships and post-graduation work permits)
Send your application to:
Case Processing Centre in Edmonton
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada
c/o Student work permits/Same employer, Station 202
9700 Jasper Avenue NW, Suite 55
Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3

I was granted work permit in just 1 month even though it was paper application. I received it on 20th arpil.

Note: Do not apply online for pqwp extension. Clearly tell about your situation that you got your work permit till passport expiry.

For any other enquiries ask me.

Dear Pujaholy, first off thanks for sharing all these details and answering the questions here on this thread. This has been a great help and is much appreciated. As I was about to initiate my application I just had one quick question regarding a point you had made about selecting - "Apply for a work permit with the same employer and in the "current employee" box, write "post graduation work permit"
Reading this first sounded more like we are applying for a closed(employer specific) work permit however PGPW being an Open Work Permit I thought I would want to check with you once again.

I see on IMM5710e we have this other option "Apply for a work permit for the first time or with a new employer" - I do understand this is what we had selected when we were applying for our PGPW for the first time and it might not be the best option to select for PGPW extension.

However like I said the other option - "Apply for a work permit with the same employer" sounded like applying for a employer specific permit.

I would really appreciate if you could share some more details around it. Thanks again.

 

[Pujaholy]

Dear Pujaholy, first off thanks for sharing all these details and answering the questions here on this thread. This has been a great help and is much appreciated. As I was about to initiate my application I just had one quick question regarding a point you had made about selecting - "Apply for a work permit with the same employer and in the "current employee" box, write "post graduation work permit"
Reading this first sounded more like we are applying for a closed(employer specific) work permit however PGPW being an Open Work Permit I thought I would want to check with you once again.

I see on IMM5710e we have this other option "Apply for a work permit for the first time or with a new employer" - I do understand this is what we had selected when we were applying for our PGPW for the first time and it might not be the best option to select for PGPW extension.

However like I said the other option - "Apply for a work permit with the same employer" sounded like applying for a employer specific permit.

I would really appreciate if you could share some more details around it. Thanks again.

I understand your confusion. To be honest, I'm not an IRCC member or an immigrant officer, so even I'm also not 100% sure. I just shared what I did and I got my extension this way. I would like to tell you one thing that this option doesn't really matter that much. You can choose either 'same employer' or 'new employer', you will still get your extension because they have your record already. But, there is a reason to choose 'same employer'. In IRCC website only its instructed to write "post graduation work permit" in "current employee" box. Now, keeping in mind that I was filling current employer section, I chose 'same employer' option. During my time, I also researched a lot about this and took a lot of advice from other people. Still I was confused, but ultimately chose this option. Bottom line is: this option really doesn't matter. You can choose whatever your heart says.

 

[Arun2028]

I understand your confusion. To be honest, I'm not an IRCC member or an immigrant officer, so even I'm also not 100% sure. I just shared what I did and I got my extension this way. I would like to tell you one thing that this option doesn't really matter that much. You can choose either 'same employer' or 'new employer', you will still get your extension because they have your record already. But, there is a reason to choose 'same employer'. In IRCC website only its instructed to write "post graduation work permit" in "current employee" box. Now, keeping in mind that I was filling current employer section, I chose 'same employer' option. During my time, I also researched a lot about this and took a lot of advice from other people. Still I was confused, but ultimately chose this option. Bottom line is: this option really doesn't matter. You can choose whatever your heart says.

Thanks for the clarification Pujaholy