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Archived: June 2, 2025 10:18:04 AM From: |mmigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (IRCC Sent: [requester] To: [requester] Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration URCC) Subject: [requester] Worker Pilot - Gaining Experience. - REP-2025-0195- Due 02-Feb-25 Importance: Normal Sensitivity: None Good day, Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives Mailbox Please note that this mailbox is intended for general guidance and does not provide responses to case-specific inquiries but have provided the following information as guidance.. If you have case specific questions about a file, you are encouraged to submit the [RCC Web form. Please see our response to your question: As indicated on our website, the amount of work experience that was required is based on when IRCC assesses the application which means the change in the work experience requirement from 12 to 6 months applies to all applications pending a final decision, regardless of when the application was submitted. For example, © *If an applicant submits their proof of work experience after June 16, 2024, they would only be required to submit proof of at least 6 months of experience, regardless of when they applied or when the Stage 1 decision ({pre-assessment of permanent residence eligibility and issuance of the occupation-restricted open work permit) had been made. © *If an application was refused on June 1, 2024 because the applicant didn’t have sufficient work experience (i.e., 12 months), the application would not be re-opened on June 17th and re-assessed for 6 months of work experience, since at the time a decision was made on the application, the requirement was 12 months. © *If an applicant submitted their proof of work experience when the required experience was 12 months, but IRCC assessed that proof after June 16, 2024, they would be assessed for 6 months. Any work experience gained in Canada must be authorized. The work can be authorized under any combination of authorized work permits or authorizations, acquired while the applicant had temporary resident status, as long as the applicant was not engaged in full-time study. This means that the work experience can be from a work permit issued under the International Mobility Program or the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including a post-graduate work permit (PGWP), Live-in Caregiver program (LCP) work permit, work permits issued under the International Experience Canada (IEC) program (e.g., working holiday work permit), etc. While experience gained on any work authorizations outside of the OROWP can count, the deadline for submitting proof of work experience is still 36 months following OROWP issuance. As applicants are now able to use Canadian or foreign work experience, or a combination of both, to satisfy the work experience requirement, they may-have 6 months of work experience that they obtained before they were even issued an OROWP that is now eligible. However, eligible work experience must have been accumulated no more than 36 months before the initial application was submitted. For example, if an applicant submitted their application for permanent residence on January 1, 2023, they can only use eligible work experience obtained after January 1, 2020 (and up to 36 months after issuance of the 000034