Post Graduate Work Permit Processing Time (PGWP)
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I have a friend who applied on July 15, got his biometric correspondence letter on July 17 and approval in 1 hour. So basically 3 days!!!
Here I am, I applied on july 11th, i got the correspondence letter on July 14th and still waiting and I see some people here waiting since January. Hoping for the best for mine and everyone.
Here I am, I applied on july 11th, i got the correspondence letter on July 14th and still waiting and I see some people here waiting since January. Hoping for the best for mine and everyone.
Seems like even though the biometric is exempted for now, IRCC still only processes those applications with biometrics. Have seen so many applications get approved in few weeks but none of them is applied without biometric.
I think it is still too early to tell because the exemption was issued only 10 days ago.
I'm pretty sure they were referring to this person. They submitted the application for a second time after long wait, and the second application got processed and approved very quickly: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/post-graduate-work-permit-processing-time-pgwp.481328/post-8668327
Lucky! I applied June 28 (with no biometrics). Still zip.
I'm anticipating some insane delays, bet they have thousands of applications they suddenly need to process when they introduced the biometrics exemption.
I need advice in regards to my situation. I finished my undergraduate degree last June 2019, received my official degree in November 2019. I returned to school September 2019 for a post-graduate certificate program. I finished this April 2020. I was on study permit until March 2020. I applied for a study permit extension in February 2020 but did not receive it. It was still processing (still is processing!!). I thought that I would be going back to school September 2020 but I changed my mind and applied for my PGWP as I wanted to work instead. I submitted by undergraduate transcripts and degree in May 2020. The confirmation of graduation letter was dated November 2019. I also submitted my unofficial post-grad certificate transcript because I had not gotten the official one yet. I just received the official one last week and submitted it through the web form. I have not heard back from IRCC at all since May 2020 and have received some job offers which begin end of August 2020. I'm stressing as it's hard to find a job being foreign. Should I call an agent and explain my situation? Is there a possibility of my application being rejected?
Is there anyone who had to submit Biometric but they were exempted from the new policy and their status got changed from Action required to Submitted?
Yes it happened to me and a couple of others on this thread. Seems like the status will change from action required to submitted 30 days after you applied since 30 days were the original biometrics deadlines. It doesn't have anything to do with the biometric exemptions. I applied late May and the status changed to submitted late June.