Provenance
A-number A-2025-13310
Date Apr 8, 2025
Source type ImmReps
Institution Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Package A-2025-13310 Part 2 (pages 972-973)
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Official page: IRCC: Access to information and privacy
OCR best-effort from ATIP image [requester] 972-973 of part2.
Record Archived: June 3, 2025 9:19:44 AM
From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC)
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To: [requester]
Ce: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration IRCC)
Subject: [requester]
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Good [requester] you for your email correspondence to Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada’s Immigration Representatives
[requester] who have completed their studies on maintained status under R189 are eligible to apply for a PGWP, as long as they
meet the other eligibility requirements. Please note that the current regulation only allows applicants to apply for a PGWP in
Canada if their study permit is still valid (not expired) or if they meet one of the other requirements of section R199 at the
time they submit their application.
If an applicant is eligible for a PGWP and they don’t hold a valid study permit, they are eligible to apply from outside [requester] applicant can work full-time until we make a decision on their work permit application if they
© *had a valid study permit at the time they submitted their application
© *completed their study program
© *were eligible to work off campus without a work permit while studying and they didn’t work more hours than they
were allowed to.
For more information, please visit Post-graduation work permit (PGWP) [R205(c) - C43] ~ International Mobility Program
Canada.ca.
We hope that this information is helpful to you.
Thank you kindly,
[requester]
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Dear [requester]/Ma'am,
1am a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and | am regulated by CICC under the below mentioned credentials:-
Name:
RCIC
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| am writing to you to get clarity on Maintained Status and Authorization to Work
Situation: Consider an International Student Applied for a Study Permit Extension before the expiry of their existing Study
[requester] the student is on maintained status still waiting for the decision on SP extension (existing Study Permit
expired), the student Applies for a [requester]:
1. 1. Can the student start working once the Study Permit Extensions Application is approved and the PGWP is still under
processing?
2. 2. Is the student required to submit restoration fee in the PGWP Application
Looking forward to your guidance, so that we help our clients in a better way. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Thanks and Regards,