According to CIC, to renew PGWP beyond initial one or two years PGWP, it reads:

"When you apply for a work permit under the post-graduation work program, your employer does not have to get a labour market opinion from Service Canada. If you want to extend your work permit beyond the one or two-year limit, then your employer will have to apply for a confirmation from Service Canada."

However, I found a contradiction from this college website, mun.ca/isa/employment/postgradwp.php
(look at the very bottom)

"Renewing your Post Grad Work Permit
- New directive from HRSDC
According to HRSDC (the gov't agency that provides SIN's and labour market opinions), students that become employed under the post-grad program and whose employers wish to keep them on past the post-grad permit expiry, can have their work permits renewed without the need for a Labour Market opinion (ie. that the employer has recruited extensively in Canada and cannot find anyone else). "


I am applying PR and I don't want to seek for LMO before I get PR. Sounds too obvious for which one's correct. However, could it be possible in the future? I mean, I am a IT consultant (contract with IBM) and I like my pay/job/people. But at the same time, I have never done LMO before, and not sure what would hit me after 1.5 yrs later when my PWGP expires if I started to seeking for LMO.

I don't think IBM would take such a burden seeking LMO for me, and I think I can still look for permanent position while I still have some time
(my PGWP expires Jan/23, 2009). Considering the longevity of my PGWP, I wonder if the latter announcement (w/o LMO) could be implemented or already in effect by the time when my PGWP expires.

Any advice appreciated!

Hey Oracle CP I have a question for you.

How did you get a 2 years work permit. I am workin for a bit IT company on a PGWP and I got it for 1 year. I have graduated on 1 year PG diploma. Preious to tht I have done .. 2 years diploma. I applied for the work permit for the job offer in Alberta and I got it for 1 year.

I was expecting it to be 2 years. I want to know How did you apply and how did u got 2 years. Wht education did u do here and how long .. and which provience you graduated and which prov u got job in??

I am trying PNP but thts not so easy as it looks like.

Please let me know

Thx

Puneet

OracleCP wrote:According to CIC, to renew PGWP beyond initial one or two years PGWP, it reads:

"When you apply for a work permit under the post-graduation work program, your employer does not have to get a labour market opinion from Service Canada. If you want to extend your work permit beyond the one or two-year limit, then your employer will have to apply for a confirmation from Service Canada."

However, I found a contradiction from this college website, mun.ca/isa/employment/postgradwp.php
(look at the very bottom)

"Renewing your Post Grad Work Permit
- New directive from HRSDC
According to HRSDC (the gov't agency that provides SIN's and labour market opinions), students that become employed under the post-grad program and whose employers wish to keep them on past the post-grad permit expiry, can have their work permits renewed without the need for a Labour Market opinion (ie. that the employer has recruited extensively in Canada and cannot find anyone else). "


I am applying PR and I don't want to seek for LMO before I get PR. Sounds too obvious for which one's correct. However, could it be possible in the future? I mean, I am a IT consultant (contract with IBM) and I like my pay/job/people. But at the same time, I have never done LMO before, and not sure what would hit me after 1.5 yrs later when my PWGP expires if I started to seeking for LMO.

I don't think IBM would take such a burden seeking LMO for me, and I think I can still look for permanent position while I still have some time
(my PGWP expires Jan/23, 2009). Considering the longevity of my PGWP, I wonder if the latter announcement (w/o LMO) could be implemented or already in effect by the time when my PGWP expires.

Any advice appreciated!

I guess your other schooling was a factor leading them to get you one yr PGWP; otherwise (i.e. if you did schooling outside of GV, Toronto, Montreal) then explain it to them that you also did schooling from outside of those cities. Contacting CIC is always very helpful.

I also know one yr PGWP can be extended to one more yr (unlike 2yrs) After that, we should seek for LMO and stuff.

I refused permanent offer to accept this contract - since it pays whole lot better for the same role, but in different employers. It gives me a headache now for my PR application. Anyway that I could get points from Arranged Employment? Like, if I submit my other PGWP with permanent offer from other employer, would CIC consider me worthy that my application should moves up to the faster track list even if I am not working as a permanent employee but contractor?

A Service Canada Confirmation (LMO) must be sought, but present work permit policy allows acceptance of such an application without evidence of a recruiting effort.