PGWP expires in nine months; insufficient CRS despite Canadian education and work experience.
One assumption at a time · 2026-10-26
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Baseline and conditional alternatives
Baseline CRS 418. French test results at NCLC 7 or higher in all four abilities, keeping your English results (French-language rounds also need this): 480. CLB 9 or higher in all four abilities of your first official language: 462.
The French scenario needs qualifying TEF/TCF results at the stated NCLC level. Language improvement is an assumption, not a result already achieved.
Improve language: Only test results change in the comparison. Change role or province: No qualifying new job or nomination is assumed.
Baseline CRS
418
Computed from the exact profile inputs, age and dated test evidence.
French test results at NCLC 7 or higher in all four abilities, keeping your English results (French-language rounds also need this)
480
+62 against the baseline. Only this named assumption changes.
Conditional comparison; no future invitation, draw or approval is predicted.
CLB 9 or higher in all four abilities of your first official language
462
+44 against the baseline. Only this named assumption changes.
Conditional comparison; no future invitation, draw or approval is predicted.
Improve language
Assumption: Only test results change in the comparison.
The potential score improvement must be weighed against time remaining on the PGWP.
Change role or province
Assumption: No qualifying new job or nomination is assumed.
Actual duties and program requirements matter; a different title or address is insufficient.
Compare benefits, costs and uncertainty together. A scenario is not a prediction, and a stronger score does not preserve temporary status.
A practical action plan · 2026-10-26
What to do first, and what supports it
Work backwards from 26 July 2027
Current baseline CRS: 418.
Check the PGWP expiry and available status options before the deadline. A PGWP is not assumed renewable.
Evidence needed: Permit, passport and any pending application details.
Compare language, qualifying work experience, actual occupation duties and provincial requirements before a change.
Before current status ends
Work backwards from 26 July 2027
Check the PGWP expiry and available status options before the deadline. A PGWP is not assumed renewable.
Bring: Permit, passport and any pending application details.
Before changing occupation
Connect qualifying work to the PR plan
Check actual duties, hours, authorization and dates against the relevant requirements; compare language scenarios separately.
Bring: Employer letter, contract, pay records and language test results.
Before paying more tuition
Avoid an unnecessary second degree
Use the separate pre-study example to understand education costs and risks. Maria has already graduated; it is not a new requirement in her plan.
Bring: Existing credential and complete report, plus the dated program comparison.
Actions identified by the rules engine
Essential: You and all family members, including anyone not coming to Canada, need an immigration medical exam by an IRCC panel physician; Express Entry applicants get it after being invited and before applying. If you live in Canada and had an exam in the last 5 years showing low or no risk, you may be able to reuse it. (Economic permanent residence: admissibility)
Essential: You and family members aged 18 or older need police certificates for each country, other than Canada, where you lived six months or more in a row since age 18 in the last 10 years. (Economic permanent residence: admissibility)
Essential: Work experience is read against what the occupation's description says, not against your job title: IRCC looks for the lead statement and a substantial number of the main duties, including every essential one. For Canadian work it asks for employer reference letters covering each period you claim, with your work permit and your T4 slips or Notice of Assessment, or other records that substantiate the work, such as a letter of employment, contracts and pay stubs. Time while you were a full-time student does not count. Check that each letter states your duties, your dates, your hours and your pay, and that the duties in it are the duties you actually performed. (Express Entry: system and pool)
Essential: Every figure in your estimate rests on a document, and the document has to still be valid on the day you submit. If your score is recalculated below the lowest score in the round you were invited in, IRCC says to decline the invitation; applying anyway can mean a refusal and no refund of the application fee. An expired language result, a lower retest, a job offer that has ended or a nomination that has been withdrawn all lower a score. Check the date on each language result, each credential assessment and each bank letter against the date you expect to submit, and ask for a replacement early where one will be needed. (Express Entry: system and pool)
Essential: Unless you are exempt, your settlement funds must be your own and available, not borrowed or tied up in property, shown by letters from each bank listing balances, six-month averages and debts. You don't need proof of funds if you're invited under the Canadian Experience Class, or if you're authorized to work in Canada and have a valid job offer; IRCC's system still asks everyone for a proof of funds document, so in that case you upload a letter explaining why. Keep your funds up to date in your profile, since you may not know ahead of time which program you'll be invited under. (Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs)
High value: Please confirm, for Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System: CRS core: Canadian work experience points. (Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System)
High value: Please confirm, for Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System: CRS additional points: Canadian post-secondary credential = 15 or 30. (Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System)
Professional review: Go through this with a lawyer, for Keeping your status in Canada while you wait for permanent residence: Permit ends within about 12 months, or status may have ended: plan how to keep status until permanent residence. (Keeping your status in Canada while you wait for permanent residence)
Status and timing · Fictional scenario date 2026-10-26
Keep dates and permission in view
Permit expiry: 2027-07-26
Graduate working on a post-graduation work permit. No PR invitation.
273 days after the story date. A PGWP generally cannot simply be renewed. An assessment or PR profile does not extend status or work authorization. Get timely advice before the deadline.
Current permit expiry
2027-07-26
Graduate working on a post-graduation work permit. No PR invitation.
273 days after the story date, calculated from the same profile record used in the report.
No assessment, PR profile or planning scenario extends permission to remain or work.
Before a move or change
Check the PGWP expiry and available status options before the deadline. A PGWP is not assumed renewable.
Check passport validity, existing conditions and any application-specific deadline. Do not substitute a planning date for a legal deadline.
Work permit expires: to keep your status, IRCC must receive any application to extend it, or for a bridging open work permit, before it expires (online, before midnight UTC on this date): 2027-07-26
Reported expiry of your Canadian work permit: 2027-07-26
Language test results reach two years old (submit your PR application before this date): 2028-02-10
