Why Was Your PGWP Refused? Common Reasons and How to Fix Them
Receiving a refusal letter after months of anticipation is one of the most stressful moments in the Canadian immigration journey for an international graduate. You finished your studies, submitted your application, and expected an open work permit. Instead, IRCC has sent a formal notice explaining why your Post-Graduation Work Permit was denied.
Quick answer: A refusal is rarely the final word. Understanding exactly why IRCC refused your application, and moving quickly on the right remedy, can often still preserve your ability to legally live and work in Canada. Depending on your situation, that remedy may be a reconsideration request, restoration of status paired with a new application/a fresh PGWP application (if you haven’t yet been issued a PGWP and remain within your eligibility window), or – in more limited circumstances – Federal Court judicial review.
This guide covers the most common refusal grounds, the strict deadlines that govern your options, and the realistic paths forward. If your refusal ties back to your program’s field of study, our companion guide on CIP codes and PGWP eligibility explains that piece in detail.
Contact us now if you have just received a refusal letter. Several of the options below are time-sensitive.
Understanding Your IRCC Refusal Letter
Your refusal package will generally include a refusal letter and, for most work permit refusals, an Officer Decision Note explaining why the application was refused. Review both documents carefully, as the Officer Decision Note may ident ify the specific facts, documents, or eligibility concerns that led to the decision. You can also request your GCMS notes through an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request if you need additional information from IRCC’s internal case record.
Do this on day one: Submit your GCMS notes request the same day you receive your refusal. Requests are made through an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request and can take several weeks to process, but the clock on your other remedies – particularly restoration and judicial review – does not pause while you wait. Pursue the ATIP request and your deadline calculations in parallel, not sequentially. You can review IRCC’s own explanation of how these requests work on the official access to information and privacy page, or let our team order your IRCC GCMS notes for you.
When your GCMS notes arrive, read them alongside your original application, line by line. Officers often record concerns in shorthand, referencing a specific document, a date range that appeared inconsistent, or a note about prior application history. Matching each concern against what you actually submitted is how you and your representative determine whether the refusal reflects a genuine eligibility gap or a correctable error.
GCMS Notes vs. CAIPS Notes vs. CBSA Notes: Know the Difference
Applicants often use these terms interchangeably, but they are not the same record, and pulling the wrong one wastes valuable time during an already tight deadline window.
- GCMS notes come from the Global Case Management System, IRCC’s current case-tracking database, and are the correct record for most recent PGWP applications. Read our full breakdown of GCMS notes in Canada.
- CAIPS notes come from a legacy system IRCC used before GCMS, and are generally only relevant for older applications.
- CBSA notes are broader than a separate category of “CBSA notes.” Because CBSA also uses GCMS, a request to CBSA may include GCMS information. However, CBSA can also hold records created through its border, enforcement, admissibility, intelligence, and security-screening functions, including information stored in other CBSA systems. A CBSA ATIP request may therefore be useful where a case involves a port-of-entry examination, secondary inspection, enforcement action, admissibility concern, removal proceedings, or security screening.
CBSA can also provide a Travel History Report, which is a separate record showing a traveller’s entries into Canada, exits from Canada, or both. This can be useful when you need to confirm exact travel dates, reconstruct physical presence in Canada, verify when someone departed after a refusal, or resolve inconsistencies between an applicant’s recollection and government records. If CBSA has been involved in your file, review our guide on CBSA notes in Canada or have our team order them directly.
If you are not sure which record applies to your situation, requesting the wrong one can burn weeks of your remaining timeline. Our team routinely helps clients identify the correct record and submit the ATIP request the same day they receive a refusal, precisely because the downstream deadlines described later in this guide do not pause while the wrong request is sitting in a processing queue.
The Most Common Reasons for PGWP Refusals
Refusals consistently cluster around a handful of recurring issues. Recognizing your category is the first step toward choosing the right fix.
| # | Refusal ground | What triggers it |
| 1 | Part-time semester | Reduced course load outside your final term. |
| 2 | Unapproved study gap (unauthorized leave of absence) | Without institution-documented, DLI-authorized leave, or an authorized leave exceeding 150 days |
| 3 | Unauthorized off-campus work | Exceeding permitted work hours during a regular academic term |
| 4 | Ineligible institution or program, or program not meeting the field-of-study requirement | Program’s CIP code not on IRCC’s eligible list, for applicants subject to that requirement |
| 5 | Missed 180-day application window | Applying after the deadline calculated from the earliest of your final marks, written completion notice, or credential issuance |
| 6 | Missing or invalid language test | Wrong test stream, expired results, or no test submitted, for applicants subject to the language requirement |
| 7 | Failure to show you were actively pursuing studies | Multiple transfers, major changes, or failed classes that break the pattern of actively pursuing studies |
| 8 | Failure to restore status | Misunderstanding when your study permit actually becomes invalid and applying for the PGWP without holding valid temporary resident status |
| 9 | Officer Error | This happens more often than you’d think. Officers are humans too. |
1. Part-Time Semester Outside the Final Academic Session
PGWP applicants generally must have maintained full-time student status during each academic session of the program they completed. The main standing exception is the final academic session: if you were full-time throughout the rest of your program but studied part-time only in your final academic session, you may still qualify for a PGWP. IRCC defines full-time status according to the DLI’s own definition.
Importantly, IRCC interprets a “final academic session” as a semester in which you could have completed your program. If you were part-time in what should have been your final semester, failed a course and then had to retake it in another semester, IRCC’s current instructions allow both semesters to potentially be treated as final academic sessions. A part-time semester earlier in the program, however, can create a significant PGWP eligibility problem and should be explained carefully rather than assumed to be acceptable.
Our case study on part-time semesters outside the final academic term explains this issue in more detail.
2. Unapproved Study Gap or Unauthorized Leave of Absence
A study gap is different from simply studying part-time. Study permit holders must remain enrolled at a DLI and actively pursue their course or program of study. IRCC does recognize authorized leaves, including leaves approved by a DLI for medical reasons, pregnancy, family emergencies and other circumstances accepted by the institution.
Generally, an authorized leave can last for a maximum of 150 consecutive days while the student continues to be considered actively pursuing studies. If you took a leave, IRCC may ask for documentation confirming that the DLI authorized it, the reason for the leave and the exact dates. The PGWP instructions specifically tell applicants who took an authorized leave to provide evidence that the DLI approved it.
A leave exceeding 150 days does not fit neatly within IRCC’s standard authorized-leave provision and requires much closer analysis of whether the student remained compliant with their study permit conditions. This is one of the areas where a detailed timeline and supporting records from the DLI can become particularly important.
Our case study on unauthorized leave of absence explains this issue in more detail.
3. Exceeding Off-Campus Work Hours or Other Unauthorized Work
International students who meet the applicable requirements may generally work off campus during regular academic sessions, but they must stay within the permitted weekly limit and comply with all other work conditions attached to their status. Working more hours than permitted is a violation of study permit conditions and can affect both PGWP eligibility and future immigration applications.
This issue can arise from more than simply working too many hours in one week. Students may also lose their authority to work during an authorized leave, after they stop meeting the requirements for off-campus work, or after completing their studies if they do not meet the separate requirements allowing graduates to work while a PGWP application is being processed. IRCC specifically requires a PGWP applicant seeking to work while awaiting a decision to have been eligible to work off campus while studying and not to have exceeded the hours they were authorized to work.
Where unauthorized work is alleged, the exact dates, academic calendar, scheduled breaks, hours worked and the student’s immigration status at the time all matter.
Our case study on unauthorized work and non-compliance explains this issue in more detail.
4. Ineligible Institution, Program or Field of Study
Completing studies in Canada does not automatically make a graduate eligible for a PGWP. The applicant must have completed an eligible program at a PGWP-eligible DLI, and certain programs are expressly excluded-including some programs delivered through curriculum licensing arrangements.
For applicants subject to the newer field-of-study requirement, the program must also correspond to an eligible six-digit CIP code. This generally affects graduates of non-degree programs who submitted their study permit application on or after November 1, 2024. IRCC determines field-of-study eligibility based on the eligible list when the applicant submitted their study permit application or PGWP application, whichever allows them to meet the requirement.
See our full guide on CIP codes and PGWP eligibility for a detailed explanation.
5. Applying After the 180-Day PGWP Deadline
A PGWP application must be submitted within 180 days of completing the program. IRCC’s current officer instructions are very specific about when that calculation begins: the clock starts from the earliest of the date final marks are issued, the date the student receives formal written notification of completion, or the date the credential is issued.
This means you should not automatically count 180 days from the date of your graduation ceremony, the day you physically received your diploma, or even the date of a later completion letter. If your final grades were officially released earlier, your deadline may have started earlier.
Our guide on when to apply for your PGWP explains how to calculate this deadline.
6. Missing, Expired or Ineligible Language Test
Most PGWP applications submitted on or after November 1, 2024 are now subject to a language requirement. Applicants must provide results from an IRCC-approved language test, and the results must be less than two years old on the date the PGWP application is submitted.
The required level depends on the type of program completed. Degree graduates and graduates of university programs generally require CLB/NCLC 7 in all four abilities, while graduates of most other college or non-university non-degree programs require CLB/NCLC 5. There are limited exemptions, including eligible flight-school graduates and people whose PGWP application was submitted before November 1, 2024.
Using the wrong test, submitting expired results, failing to meet the required score in even one required language ability, or failing to provide required language evidence can therefore lead to refusal.
See our full guide on PGWP language requirements for the exact score charts.
7. Failure to Show You Were Actively Pursuing Your Studies
Full-time enrollment and actively pursuing studies overlap, but they are not exactly the same issue. Study permit holders are required to remain enrolled at a DLI and actively pursue their course or program. IRCC looks at whether the student was making reasonable progress toward completing their studies, not simply whether their name remained on the school’s enrollment system.
Questions can arise where the academic history shows repeated program transfers, extended periods without meaningful academic progress, multiple withdrawals, significant unexplained program changes or other patterns suggesting the student may not actually have been pursuing the authorized course of study.
A failed course, program change or transfer does not automatically mean non-compliance. The circumstances and overall academic history matter. However, where the transcript raises questions, an officer may examine additional DLI records and explanations before determining whether the student complied with their study permit conditions. IRCC’s PGWP instructions specifically direct officers to consider compliance with the actively-pursuing-studies requirement when assessing periods of leave.
8. Applying Without Valid Status or Failing to Restore Status
One of the easiest PGWP issues to misunderstand is the difference between the 180-day PGWP eligibility window and the validity of your temporary resident status in Canada.
You may have up to 180 days to apply for a PGWP, but that does not mean your study permit remains valid for all 180 days. If you complete your studies before the expiry date printed on your study permit, the permit generally becomes invalid 90 days after you complete your studies, or on the printed expiry date if that comes first.
If your study permit expires before you submit an in-Canada PGWP application and you have not changed to another valid status, you may need to restore your status as a student when applying. IRCC’s current public instructions generally provide a 90-day restoration period after loss of status. A person applying through restoration cannot work while waiting for the PGWP to be approved.
This is why simply confirming that you are “within 180 days of graduation” is not enough. Your representative should separately calculate your PGWP deadline, study permit validity, temporary resident status and any restoration deadline.
Our case study on overstay and restoration of status explains this issue in more detail.
9. Officer Error
Not every PGWP refusal means the applicant was actually ineligible. Officers can misunderstand a transcript, overlook documentation already submitted, use the wrong date, misunderstand a school’s academic structure or incorrectly apply an eligibility requirement to the facts of the case.
For most work permit refusals, IRCC now provides an Officer Decision Note together with the refusal letter explaining why the officer made the decision. Reviewing that note against the documents actually submitted can help determine whether the refusal resulted from a genuine eligibility problem or an error in the assessment.
Where the record shows that the applicant met the requirement and the officer overlooked or misunderstood evidence that was already before them, reconsideration or Federal Court judicial review may be appropriate, depending on the circumstances and applicable deadlines. A refusal based on officer error should therefore be assessed differently from a refusal caused by a genuine eligibility gap.
Complex PGWP Cases: When the Usual Rules Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Some PGWP cases are straightforward. Others involve part-time studies, long leaves of absence, unauthorized work, academic difficulties, loss of status, or several issues at the same time.
A problem in your study or immigration history does not necessarily mean your PGWP will be refused. Complex cases may require detailed evidence, legal submissions explaining how the rules apply to your circumstances, or requests for officer discretion where available.
Our team has handled PGWP applications involving some of the following situations:
Part-Time Studies Outside the Final Semester
Studying part-time outside your final academic session can create a serious PGWP eligibility issue. We have handled cases where the student’s academic history required a much closer analysis than simply identifying a part-time semester.
Unauthorized Leave of Absence
An unauthorized study gap can raise questions about whether you remained enrolled and actively pursued your studies. The circumstances surrounding the gap can be critical.
Authorized Leave of Absence Over 150 Days
A DLI-authorized leave exceeding 150 days falls outside IRCC’s standard authorized-leave framework and can create a complex PGWP issue requiring a detailed review of the student’s circumstances and compliance history.
Changing Programs, Failing or Repeating Courses
Failed courses, repeated semesters, withdrawals or program changes can sometimes lead an officer to question whether a student was actively pursuing their studies. These cases often require looking at the academic history as a whole.
Unauthorized Work
Working when not authorized, or exceeding the conditions of your study permit, can create a serious compliance issue. In complex cases, the exact dates, academic sessions, scheduled breaks and hours worked can all matter.
Invalidated Study Permit and Restoration of Status
Sometimes the problem is not PGWP eligibility itself, but the applicant’s underlying temporary resident status. Determining when status was lost and whether restoration is required-can materially change how the PGWP application should be filed.
If your case involves one or more of these issues, a standard PGWP application may not be enough. Our RCIC team regularly handles complex PGWP files requiring detailed legal and factual submissions tailored to the applicant’s individual circumstances.
Immediate Steps to Take After Receiving a PGWP Refusal
- Stop working immediately. Any maintained status supporting your work authorization ends the moment the refusal decision is issued. Continuing to work constitutes unauthorized work.
- Order your GCMS notes without delay. Processing takes time, and you are working against strict subsequent deadlines.
- Assess your current status. If your study permit has also expired, you are likely out of status, which starts a separate 90-day restoration clock under section 182 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. See our full restoration of status and non-compliance/overstay guide for what this involves.
- Build a timeline document covering your program end date, application date, refusal date, and prior status expiry date. This becomes the backbone of any reconsideration, restoration, reapplication, or judicial review submission.
- Notify your employer immediately if you were working under maintained status, since continuing payroll without authorization exposes both you and your employer to compliance risk.
Avoid this mistake: Do not send an informal explanation directly to IRCC outside of a formal reconsideration, restoration, reapplication, or appeal channel.
Option 1: Submitting a PGWP Reconsideration Request
Best for: Suspected administrative or officer error, such as a document that was uploaded correctly but overlooked, or a transcript notation the officer apparently missed.
Reconsideration is generally the fastest, lowest-cost remedy, but it does not introduce new eligibility – you cannot use it to submit documents or qualifications you did not have at the time of your original application.
There is no fixed statutory deadline for reconsideration, but delay is still risky:
- IRCC has discretion over whether to even review a reconsideration request.
- Prompt requests, filed while the file is fresh, are generally viewed more favourably.
- Reconsideration does not pause or extend your status in Canada.
A well-drafted reconsideration letter is short, specific, and evidence-led. It identifies the exact concern raised in the GCMS notes, points directly to the page and paragraph of the document already on file that addresses that concern, and avoids re-arguing the general merits of the application.
Option 2: Reapplying for a PGWP – Yes, This Is Often Possible
This is a point where a lot of existing guidance gets it backwards, so it’s worth being precise. IRCC’s “one-time” PGWP rule bars an applicant from being issued a second PGWP – it does not bar you from submitting a second application.
Specifically, under IRCC’s Program Delivery Instructions, an applicant is ineligible for a PGWP if they have “previously been issued a PGWP.” A refusal means, by definition, that no PGWP was issued. This means that if:
- you have never been issued a PGWP, and
- you are still within your 180-day application window (with your study permit having been valid at some point during that window, or you qualify for restoration of status), and
- you can address whatever specific problem caused the refusal (for example, submitting a missing or corrected language test result, or documenting an authorized leave that the original application didn’t clearly show)
you can generally submit a new PGWP application. Reapplying only helps, however, if you can actually fix the underlying issue – simply resubmitting the same application with the same gap is unlikely to produce a different result.
If your 180-day window has already closed, or you were previously issued a PGWP (for example, you received one for an earlier eligible program and are now trying to obtain a second one), reapplication is not available, and reconsideration or judicial review of the original decision becomes the relevant path instead.
Option 3: Re-applying with Restoration of Status (The 90-Day Rule)
Best for: Applicants who have lost status (their study permit expired) and need to remain in Canada while addressing the underlying refusal issue.
Section 182 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations allows you to apply for restoration of status within 90 days of losing that status, provided you meet the conditions and have not violated the terms of your previous status in a disqualifying way. IRCC’s official guidance on restoring your status as a worker is published on its restore your status and get a new work permit page, and it is worth reading directly since restoration fees and category rules are periodically updated.
Option 4: Federal Court Judicial Review
Best for: Cases involving a clear legal or procedural error.
You must generally file an Application for Leave and Judicial Review within 15 days of the refusal for in-Canada applications (60 days for decisions made outside Canada), an extremely tight statutory deadline under section 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Note that the Federal Court has, during periods of high case volume, temporarily extended this filing deadline by Chief Justice special order – confirm the deadline currently in effect with the Federal Court or your representative rather than relying on 15 days as an absolute figure.
How the process works:
- Leave stage – A Federal Court judge first decides whether your case even warrants a full hearing. Not every leave application is granted.
- Hearing stage – If leave is granted, the court reviews whether the original decision was reasonable and procedurally fair, based on the record before the officer.
- Outcome – The most common result is not an automatic PGWP approval, but an order sending the application back to IRCC for a new decision by a different officer.
Judicial review is a process remedy aimed at correcting how a decision was made, not a guarantee of your original desired outcome.
Documenting a Study Gap Correctly the First Time
Because unapproved or miscounted study gaps are one of the most common refusal grounds, it’s worth spelling out what “good” documentation looks like, so you can assess your own file before IRCC does.
- Get the authorization in writing, from your DLI, before or as close as possible to when the leave begins. A verbal understanding with an advisor is not the same as a formal authorized-leave letter on file.
- Have the letter state the exact start date of the leave. Since the 150-day clock runs from that specific date, a letter that only says “took a leave during winter term” without a start date makes it harder for an officer – or for you, later, when drafting a reconsideration request – to confirm compliance.
- If your leave is likely to exceed 150 days, get ahead of it. Contact your DLI and, ideally, an immigration professional before the 150-day mark passes.
How to Avoid Loss of Status and Removal Orders
Protecting your underlying immigration status must remain the top priority throughout every stage of a refusal response. An unaddressed PGWP refusal can cascade into loss of status, and prolonged unauthorized presence can eventually lead to a removal order, which carries far more serious long-term consequences than the original refusal.
If you receive any Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) correspondence at any point, treat it as a distinct and urgent matter requiring immediate legal attention. Removal proceedings can move forward on a separate track even while an immigration remedy is technically still available, so do not assume an active PGWP case automatically protects you from enforcement action.
This is why our firm treats every refusal case as urgent from the moment of first contact, mapping out the restoration deadline, the reapplication window, the reconsideration option, and the judicial review deadline simultaneously so that no option is inadvertently lost while another is being pursued.
It is worth noting that removal orders come in different forms, and not every one carries the same immediate consequence. Some are conditional on a departure that has not yet been enforced, others are stayed pending an appeal or review, and others take effect immediately. This is not a determination to make on your own based on general online information, since the practical effect of a removal order depends heavily on the specific wording of the order and the history of your file.
Comparing Your Options at a Glance
Because these four remedies overlap in confusing ways, it helps to see them side by side. This table is a starting point for orientation only – which option (or combination of options) is actually right for you depends on your specific GCMS notes, your current status, and precise dates, and should be confirmed with a licensed professional before you act.
| Remedy | Typical deadline | Introduces new evidence? | Effect on status while pending |
| Reconsideration request | No fixed statutory deadline, but prompt filing is strongly recommended | No – limited to correcting officer error using evidence already on file | Does not pause or extend status |
| Reapplication (never issued a PGWP) | Must remain within your original 180-day window and have valid temporary resident status | Yes – can include corrected or additional documents | Governed by whether your study permit remains valid / restoration is needed |
| Restoration of status + new application | 90 days from date status was lost | Yes, as part of the accompanying application | No work authorization while restoration is pending |
| Federal Court judicial review | 15 days (in-Canada) / 60 days (outside Canada) | No – confined to the record before the original officer | Does not itself restore status or work authorization |
Frequently Asked Questions About PGWP Refusals
What are the most common reasons IRCC refuses a PGWP application?
Unapproved study gaps exceeding 150 days, exceeding permitted off-campus work hours, an ineligible or unaligned CIP code, missing the 180-day window, incomplete or invalid language test submissions, and failure to demonstrate continuous full-time study.
Can I continue working in Canada if my PGWP application is refused?
No. You must stop working immediately upon refusal, since any maintained status supporting your work authorization ends the moment the decision is issued.
What is a PGWP Reconsideration Request, and when should I use it?
A request for IRCC to review the same application again due to a suspected administrative or officer error. It works best when specific evidence shows the officer overlooked something already in your file.
How long do I have to restore my status after a PGWP refusal?
Generally 90 days from the date you lose status, under Section 182 of the IRPR. This deadline is strictly enforced.
How long is the authorized-leave limit for maintaining PGWP eligibility?
150 consecutive days from the date the leave began, and the leave must be authorized by your DLI. A leave beyond 150 days moves into a more complex category of assessment.
Can I re-apply for a PGWP after being refused?
Often, yes – if you have not yet been issued a PGWP, remain within your 180-day application window (with a study permit valid at some point during it, or restoration available), and can address the specific problem that caused the refusal. IRCC’s “one-time” rule bars being issued a second PGWP; it does not bar a second application by someone who was refused and never issued one.
What happens if my PGWP was refused due to unauthorized work?
This is one of the more serious refusal grounds since it involves a compliance issue with your study permit conditions, and it typically requires a thorough review before deciding on next steps, including whether reapplication, restoration, reconsideration, or judicial review is the better fit for your specific facts.
What is a Procedural Fairness Letter (PFL), and how is it different from a refusal?
A PFL gives you a chance to respond to a specific concern before a final decision. A refusal is the final decision itself, so responding well to a PFL can prevent a refusal from happening at all.
What is Federal Court Judicial Review for a PGWP refusal?
A formal court process asking a judge to assess whether the refusal was legally unreasonable or procedurally unfair. It must generally be filed within 15 days for in-Canada applications (60 days for decisions made outside Canada).
Will IRCC refund my application fees if my PGWP is refused?
The work permit processing fee is not refunded if your application is refused. However, IRCC automatically refunds the $100 open work permit holder fee when an open work permit application is refused.
What is the difference between GCMS notes and CBSA notes?
GCMS notes are records from the Global Case Management System, the system primarily used by IRCC to process immigration and citizenship applications. CBSA also has access to and uses GCMS for immigration-related functions, so a request made to CBSA can include GCMS records. However, CBSA may also hold separate border, enforcement, examination, and travel-related records that are not contained in IRCC’s application-processing notes.
Does a part-time semester cause an automatic PGWP refusal?
Not automatically – only if that semester falls outside your final academic term and was not formally approved as an authorized exception.
Common Mistakes That Make a Refusal Worse
Beyond the specific refusal grounds and remedies covered above, a handful of avoidable mistakes tend to compound an already difficult situation:
- Waiting to see if IRCC “reconsiders on its own.” IRCC does not proactively revisit a refused file. Every remedy described in this guide requires you to affirmatively take a step within a specific window.
- Filing a reconsideration request as a general appeal rather than a narrow, evidence-specific one. Reconsideration works best when it points to a precise, documented error – not when it re-argues the overall strength of the application.
- Continuing to work “just until things get sorted out.” As covered above, interim work authorization under R186(w) ends the moment a refusal is issued – there is no grace period, and continuing to work creates a second compliance problem on top of the original refusal.
- Missing the distinction between being refused and being issued a PGWP. As explained above, only an actual issuance counts against you for the “one-time” rule – a refusal, on its own, does not use up your eligibility to try again within your window.
Get Professional Help to Overturn Your PGWP Refusal
If you have just received a PGWP refusal, time is working against you on multiple fronts at once. Call 1 877 778 8667 now for urgent PGWP refusal legal services, or visit our page on complex PGWP application assistance. We will review your case details, calculate every applicable deadline, and help you choose between reapplication, reconsideration, restoration, and Federal Court review.
You can also read more about our approach on our services page, or browse the rest of our PGWP resource center for related guides, including CIP codes and PGWP eligibility, PGWP language requirements, working while waiting for your PGWP, and how to apply for a PGWP.
