18-Month Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Extensions

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateJuly 28, 2022

CategoryGraduate

Policy toolEligibility

Affected groupExisting holders

Policy effect

IRCC provided facilitative measures for former international students whose PGWPs expired or were set to expire between September 20, 2021, and December 31, 2022, allowing them to obtain an additional 18-month open work permit. Interim work authorization was granted starting August 8, 2022, and restoration of status was permitted beyond the standard 90-day window.

Official source excerpt

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… l have to stop working and leave Canada unless they have applied for or been issued another permit to maintain their status as a temporary resident, or if they are granted permanent resident status via other programs. As PGWPs cannot be extended, PGWP holders may have been particularly impacted by this pause. Without measures to facilitate the issuance of new work permits, Canada risks losing this large pool of qualified individuals who have completed post-secondary programs in Canada. Post-Graduation Work Permit holders whose permit expired or will expire between September 20, 2021 and Decemb … er 31, 2022, will benefit from the ability to maintain or restore their legal status in Canada, support themselves, and fill acute labour market needs in Canada. Eligible individuals will be exempted from the requirement to have authorization to work in Canada until May 31, 2023. Eligible individuals who left Canada will also be able to apply for a new open work permit in order to return to Canada. Open work permits will afford eligible individuals with mobility that may be needed to address the current volatility of the labour market caused by COVID-19. This public policy will permit eligible … : - former PGWP holders in Canada to work without authorization in the short term; - PGWP holders and former PGWP holders to apply from inside Canada for a new open work permit and facilitate restoration of their status, if applicable; and - PGWP holders and former PGWP holders, who left Canada, to apply from outside Canada for a new open work permit. Therefore, I hereby establish that, pursuant to my authority under section 25.2(1) of the *Immigration and Refugee Protection Act* (the Act), there are sufficient public policy considerations that justify the granting of exemptions from the requi … rements of the Act and the *Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations* (the Regulations) listed below to foreign nationals who meet the following conditions (eligibility requirements). ## Conditions (eligibility requirements): ### Part 1 – All applicants Based on public policy considerations, delegated officers may grant an exemption, valid until May 31, 2023, from the requirements of the *Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations* identified below if: The foreign national: 1. held or holds a Post-Graduation Work Permit with an expiry date between September 20, 2021 and December 31, … aged in unauthorized work for an employer described in section 196.1 of the Regulations, as long as the period of unauthorized work was after the expiry of their Post‑Graduation Work permit. ### Other Admissibility and Selection Criteria Foreign nationals eligible under this public policy are subject to all other legislative and regulatory obligations and admissibility and selection requirements not exempted under this, or another, public policy. ## Effective date and expiration This public policy revokes and replaces the *Temporary public policy to facilitate the issuance of an open work perm … it to former or current post-graduation work permit holders who are in Canada* signed on April 14, 2022. It comes into effect upon signature and will expire on December 31, 2022. The public policy may be revoked at any time. Applications received on or after the coming into effect date and on or before its expiry date, or the date of revocation if applicable, will be processed under this public policy. Original signed by Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Dated at Ottawa, this 28th day of July 2022 ## Page details 2023-06-30 ## About this site ### Immigration and c …

Government of CanadaGovernment of Canada. 18-Month Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Extensions. Effective 2022-08-02.Open official source

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18-Month Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Extensions

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2022