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ARTICLE · 30 MAY 2023

Work Permits Extended For Graduates

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On 17 March 2023 Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced that international graduates with a recently–expired or expiring post-graduation work permit...

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Katie Van Nostrand (Mathews Dinsdale)
Katie Van Nostrand (Mathews Dinsdale)

Employers are set to benefit from recent changes to Post-Graduation Work Permit rules.

On 17 March 2023 Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship?announced?that international graduates with a recently–expired or expiring post-graduation work permit ('PGWP') will quality for an additional or extended work permit of up to 18 months. The?PGWP Program?allows international graduates to obtain an open work permit upon graduation from certain Canadian post-secondary institutions. Because the PGWP is an open work permit, it allows employers the flexibility to easily hire these foreign nationals without the need for any employer sponsorship.

From 6 April?2023, certain PGWP holders wishing to remain in Canada were allowed to opt-in to a simplified process to extend their work permit. Foreign nationals whose PGWP has expired in 2023 and those who were eligible for the?2022 PGWP facilitative measure?will also have the opportunity to apply for an

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