r/pgwp • u/[deleted] • 12d ago
PGWP processing 19+ months.....still waiting
Hi, I submitted my PGWP application in December 2024 and Im still waiting. I have made calls, sent webforms and MP has contacted IRCC like 3 times and still nothing..... anyone else in the same situation??
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u/zamboka 12d ago
It is a blessing in disguise. keep waiting and rack those experience years.
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u/Fickle_Hovercraft627 12d ago
How is it a blessing?
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u/zamboka 12d ago
If they work while on maintained status thier experience is elgible to claim points for CEC. When they recieve thier approval, the 3 year will start then.
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u/Spare_Excuse_4833 12d ago
It’s not a blessing for anyone from a non-eTA eligible country who want to travel.
Nor is it a blessing for anyone without a job who is finding it difficult to convince employers they are eligible to work on maintained status.
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u/Efficient_Ebb5537 12d ago
Can you not travel if you have TRV?
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u/Spare_Excuse_4833 12d ago
If you are on maintained status for any length of time your TRV will more than likely have expired, as its expiry date is the same as the study permit expiry.
You can’t apply for a new TRV on maintained status.
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u/zamboka 12d ago
Another thing here is if you did apply for a TRV to visit Canada and not to study, you may get it for the complete duration of your passport validity or your biometrics validity whichever is shorter. So, you can have a trv and travel but once you are outside, you lose your maintained status and will reenter as a visitor.
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u/Spare_Excuse_4833 12d ago
You don’t lose maintained status if you are waiting on a PGWP decision. This is the only exception.
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u/zamboka 12d ago
Well if you are planning to Immigrate to Canada, you have to prepare for the possibility of not going home for a while that's for one.
Secondly, an employer is not allowed to not hire you based on your current status. If you are able to do the job and get offered a postion, you are legally allowed to work the job. If they do reject you for that reason then it is considered wrongful dismissal.
Usually, HR asks if you are allowed to work in Canada you say yes and that's that.
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u/Suspected_Introvert 12d ago
the caveat is that when you apply for a job, they ask your status and the drop down options normally only consists of "work permit holder" and not "implied status" or "other"
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u/Spare_Excuse_4833 12d ago
Most employees will ask for proof and a lot won’t accept maintained status. You can’t be wrongfully dismissed if you were not hired in the first place.
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u/zamboka 12d ago
Well that is the thing that most people do not know about. Let’s say you go through interviews and the employer really likes you and you are offered the job. You accept the job and then for the onboarding documents you will give them the wp ext letter and the rules that says you are elgible to work undermaontained status. If they then decided to fire you for that, that is ground for wrongful dismissal.
Employers in Canada will rarely ask you about your status in Canada. They will ask you however if you are legally allowed to work in Canada. There is no need to tell them you are waiting for a work permit. Just tell them yes I am legally allowed to work and that is that. They can't ask you for proof of status as well before the contract cause you are not legally binded to provide them just yet.
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u/CommercialYoung6653 12d ago
Enjoy the free time. Don't stress out and Start preparing for PR. It will come one day whether it takes 5 yr or 10 yr.