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Traveling while waiting to receive your PGWP

If you have applied for your PGWP (and your study permit has expired) and you plan on traveling outside Canada while your application is in process, you can leave Canada and return.

However, in order to return and enter Canada, you must:

  1. ÌýOR
  2. ÌýOR
  3. be a Citizen of the United States (exempt from both the eTA and TRV).ÌýÌý
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Once you arrive at the Canadian border, the following scenarios may happen:

  1. You may be allowed to re-enterÌýCanada as a temporary residentÌýif Immigration Canada has not yet made a decision on your PGWP application. ÌýThe officer at the port of entry may ask you to prove thatÌýyou have enough financial capacityÌýto support yourself in Canada. If you applied for your PGWP before your study permit expired and you are allowed to re-enter Canada as a temporary resident, you may be allowed to work while waiting for a decision on your PGWP application. See the information above on working while waiting for the PGWP.
  2. You may be allowed to re-enterÌýCanada as a workerÌýif your work permit has been approved while you were away.

Note: ÌýIt is possible thatÌýyou will not be ableÌýto enter Canada. The decision to allow you to enter Canada while your PGWP application is pending is at the discretion of theÌýborder services officer

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