one or two years remember one year program will earn you one year of pgwp and two-year program
will give you three years of pgwp the length of your program of study should depend on your
chances of getting a pr status after studying you should plan this carefully because the last
thing that you want to worry about is getting out of status because your pgwp expired without
getting an invitation to apply for pr for most mature international students that i know with
a crs score in the high 300s one year of pgwp is not enough because it will only earn them
one year of canadian work experience that is provided they get a job as soon as they graduate
they earn that one year and then they qualify for the cec program of express entry but it doesn't
mean that they'll automatically get an invitation to apply it will still depend on their crs score
and the ee draw cut off during that time so there's a chance that the one-year pgwp status
will expire while waiting for ita if they took that one-year program however if you studied
for two years you will get three years of pgwp so you will have sufficient time to process your pr
application without getting out of status but i'm not saying that it's impossible in my case i took
a two-year program and my pgwp was valid for three years but i barely used my pgwp at all because
right after my program i received a notification of interest from alberta's pnp or ainp then after
two months i was nominated by the province i submitted our peer application then it was
approved in about seven months of processing so that's nearly one year after my program finished
technically i could have just taken a one-year program if i knew that i will be invited by the
province immediately however there's no way i can predict that because in demand occupations
in alberta changes every now and then so there's a possibility that this will not be my case what am
i trying to say is i don't want to risk being out of status especially if i know my crs score is way
lower than the cutoff on the other hand there are a number of students who successfully got their pr
by studying a one year program those that i know have borderline crs scores who only needs about 20
to 30 points to get an ita so it is important to know your crs score before you start studying so
you can plan wisely so here in scenario a charlie is close to the cutoff because his score is 441.
so if he studied for a year in canada his score will increase by 48 points as seen here
he will end up with 489 points which is enough for him to reach the crs cutoff
and also charlie will receive one year post-graduate work permit which will give him a
valid status in canada while he is processing his pr application in my opinion in this case it will
be safe if you take a one year program here in canada however going back to the scenarios d and e
if your crs score is at the low 300s even to your program is not enough to bring your score up
so it is very risky to take a one year program of course when i say risky it doesn't mean it is
impossible i may have overlooked other strategies and mind you there are lots of them but i want to
stress out that you have to make a realistic and solid plan before pursuing a one-year program
studying in canada is very expensive so make sure you get your money's worth
employability of spouse in cases where the spouse of the international student
the owp holder will be the main applicant for the express nv application it is wise to prioritize
the employability of the working spouse first then only consider choosing the international students
program of study so decide on which province you want to go and pick the city that will be based on
the owp employability and then start searching the dli and the pgwp eligible programs in that area
for the international student if you are coming to canada with a spouse this is your best chance
of getting a pr status how does that work let me explain first calculate each of your crs scores
treat it as if each one of you is the main applicant for pr after your calculations if
one of you scored higher let's say one is 430 and the other one is 390 the spouse who scored higher
should be the working spouse or the owp holder while the one with a lower score should be the
student why because that means that the owp holder only needs roughly 50 points to reach the cutoff
of about 470 to 480 to get an ida of course it still depends on the crs cutoff during that time
where will the working spouse get that extra point this will come from one year of skilled canadian
work experience that can be obtained because open work permit allows the spouse to work in canada
after getting that one year of skilled work in canada crs score will increase plus the working
spouse will be qualified to cec stream in express entry hence higher chances of getting an ita
however the caveat is the owp holder needs to be working in a skilled job in canada so that's not
zero a or b in order for this strategy to work out by studying in canada the working spouse will be
able to work and get that canadian work experience remember the question about the program length
one year or two years in this scenario one year program might work for your favor
one year program will give you one year pgwp so that's enough time to process your pr application
but remember to plan properly if this plan works out both of you can be permanent residents
in about one and a half years provided that all of your pr documents are ready
and if the student took a two-year program here in canada the last semester's tuition could be down
to the local rate which is about one-third of the international student tuition that's a big saving
you