Post Grad Student Work Permit (PGWP)

This permit can be received only once in an applicant lifetime. To be eligible for this permit you must hold a valid status or left Canada. You must have graduated from a DLI (designated learning institution). 

DLI studies have to be at least eight months and leading to a degree, certificate or diploma. Applicants have maintained full time student status in Canada for their post graduation programs and studies are completed and submitted. 

The transcript and official letter must be included in a post-graduation work permit application. 

More so:

Within 180 days of the date of applying for the post-graduation work permit, applicants must also meet one of the following criteria:

• They hold a valid study permit.
• They held a study permit.
• They were authorized to study in Canada without the requirement to obtain a study permit under paragraphs 188(1)(a) and (b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.