Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has confirmed that the previously-announced new, longer, three-year post-graduation work permit (PGWP) is now available to those who are graduating from a master’s degree program that is less than two years and who meet all other PGWP eligibility criteria.
- The length of PGWPs for programs other than master’s degrees will continue to align with the length of the study program, to a maximum of three years.
- Graduates of programs that are at least two years in length at PGWP-eligible designated learning institutions are eligible for a three-year PGWP, as are graduates of master’s degree programs less than two years in length.
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