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worked full-time on a study permit (not enrolled in any college as a full-time student). will that affect my PR application?

thunderPharmD

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Jan 14, 2021
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I got to Canada on a 2-year study permit and changed my program to 1 year and successfully finished it. I couldn't find another college to do a program that I like and missed to enroll. Since I had permitted to stay in Canada for 1 more year I worked full-time (8 months). I don't want to use this as an experience for my PR. However, I extended my study permit for 12 more months to study again and got PGWP for 12 months which allowed me to gain 1-year of experience that I can use for PR. Should I be worried about processing my PR? (I always had a permit to stay in Canada)
 

Qwertypod

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Jan 28, 2019
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That 8 months I was on Study Permit without a full-time student status. (I am not sure if it's legal or illegal). I guess 20 hours/week applies for a full-time student only.
Of course it is illegal - even if you were on full-time student status, you still could've only worked up to 20hrs/week. How were you getting paid? You will have to disclose this information on your application - not sure if you are asking if you can hide this as they will find out through CRA.
 

thunderPharmD

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I want to disclose and at the same time, I don't want to claim that 8 months of work experience. My question is am I still ok to apply for PR or not? Is my case solvable?
 

Qwertypod

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There's no way to take back illegal work, so to say. You can try writing a very convincing letter of explanation, but ultimately it will be up to the officer. You can add this experience under personal history.