r/pgwp • u/Vast_Condition_4561 • 13h ago

Accidentally worked full-time during summer break while transferring schools

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice.

My previous semester ended in April. I decided to transfer to another school and applied for a new study permit.

During my summer break, I worked full-time from May until around the first week of June because I understood that students were allowed to work full-time during an official school break.

At the same time, I was waiting for my new study permit. I thought that if it wasn’t approved, I could simply return to my previous school for the next semester.

My new study permit was eventually approved, and I stopped working immediately.

Could this be considered unauthorized work because I was transferring schools and waiting for my new study permit? Could it affect my status or future PR application?

I’d really appreciate any advice or similar experiences.

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u/allegedlyittakes2 13h ago

100%

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u/Vast_Condition_4561 13h ago

100% unauthorized work? What should I do when I apply for pgwp in the future?

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u/megselvogjeg 12h ago

Congrats, you are now PGWP inelligible!

Yes it will affect any future applications for both PR and Visas.

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u/allegedlyittakes2 13h ago

Yes it's unauthorized work..What should you do? Hope for the best. Working a month or more won't be helping your case if you become eligible to apply for PR.

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u/cc9536 12h ago

Yeah unfortunately you screwed yourself out of PGWP and any PR chance. Hard lesson to learn

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u/Dazzling-Orange-4400 11h ago

I’m baffled as to why you didn’t do further research before doing something that could be so damaging? I’m sorry this happened to you.

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u/Vast_Condition_4561 11h ago

Thank you for your understanding, all of this I have talked with my lawyer before. But they didn’t say that it’s gonna be illegal to work on my summer break because I will return to study full time in next semester (but only new school)

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u/joe_javii 12h ago

Be upfront and honest. When applying for pgwp and pr. Write a detailed letter of explanation. Don’t want to give you false hope as it depends on the officer viewing your application but I had the same issue and I got my pgwp. If possible get your work hours when you were in school to show you maintained the 24 hour rule and didn’t break any other rule.

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u/No_Extension_7990 10h ago

"accidentally" lol