Hello,
I'm posting on behalf of my boyfriend in a difficult situation, and just want to know if anyone has gone through this.
My boyfriend graduated from university during summer 2021, and applied for his PGWP sometime in December 2021. His study permit expired March 2022, while he was waiting on his PGWP to be approved.
Couple days ago, he got a message from IRCC that his application has been denied. Their reasoning is that they assume he was a part time student for some semesters due to his transcript. But while he was a student, he petitioned for some courses to be removed from his transcript due to the bad grades that were dropping his GPA. He retook all the courses he petitioned to be removed from his transcript and got better grades. Now since the courses have been removed, and he submitted his transcript when he applied for his PGWP, it looks like he was a part time student.
He finally just got a full time job he is really happy with. The rejection letter says that he should stop working and apply to restore his status. But then he'll have apply to restore his status as a student, apply to schools to be a full time student again, graduate and do the whole process again, when he just spent 5 years in uni.
I find this very strange, as I know so many students, myself included, who have taken time off school to work and have been a part time some semesters (when I couldn't afford full time tuition). We all got our PGWP approved with no issues, and I have even applied for my PR.
Today he got a letter from the university stating he was a full time student from his first semester to his last semester. So that helps his situation a bit.
I'm looking for way to help my boyfriend, because his application was wrongfully rejected. He has been trying to contact IRCC but he keeps getting the message "due to high volume of calls, your call cannot be transferred". Does anyone know what the next steps are to take? I would really appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
I'm posting on behalf of my boyfriend in a difficult situation, and just want to know if anyone has gone through this.
My boyfriend graduated from university during summer 2021, and applied for his PGWP sometime in December 2021. His study permit expired March 2022, while he was waiting on his PGWP to be approved.
Couple days ago, he got a message from IRCC that his application has been denied. Their reasoning is that they assume he was a part time student for some semesters due to his transcript. But while he was a student, he petitioned for some courses to be removed from his transcript due to the bad grades that were dropping his GPA. He retook all the courses he petitioned to be removed from his transcript and got better grades. Now since the courses have been removed, and he submitted his transcript when he applied for his PGWP, it looks like he was a part time student.
He finally just got a full time job he is really happy with. The rejection letter says that he should stop working and apply to restore his status. But then he'll have apply to restore his status as a student, apply to schools to be a full time student again, graduate and do the whole process again, when he just spent 5 years in uni.
I find this very strange, as I know so many students, myself included, who have taken time off school to work and have been a part time some semesters (when I couldn't afford full time tuition). We all got our PGWP approved with no issues, and I have even applied for my PR.
Today he got a letter from the university stating he was a full time student from his first semester to his last semester. So that helps his situation a bit.
I'm looking for way to help my boyfriend, because his application was wrongfully rejected. He has been trying to contact IRCC but he keeps getting the message "due to high volume of calls, your call cannot be transferred". Does anyone know what the next steps are to take? I would really appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
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