All permit and visa options for going to Canada

22-01-2025

All permit and visa options for going to Canada

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- Maintained status is granted during the transition between two work or study permits in Canada, allowing you to stay while your application is processed.
- It guarantees legal status in Canada even if your initial permit has expired, since processing can take weeks or months.
- Workers with maintained status can continue working even if their original work permit has expired.
- Not relevant for moving between IEC permits: Pvtistes on a Working Holiday moving to Young Professionals do not get maintained status.
- If your IEC permit expires, you must apply for a visitor record and cease working, or leave the country until your next IEC permit is approved.
- For more information, see the official guidance on Maintained status during processing. Show more

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Remain in Canada with maintained status (pending a decision on a permit application)

Maintained status is granted when you are in a transition period between two work or study permits in Canada.

For example, if you are coming to the end of a study permit and you apply for a PGWP, you are authorised to stay in Canada while your application is being processed, even if the expiration date of your initial permit has passed.

Since processing applications can take several weeks or even months, this guarantees that those waiting for their application to be processed have legal status in Canada, and are not forced to leave the country while waiting for a decision to be made.

Workers are able to continue working with maintained status, even if their original work permit has expired.

This is not relevant for moving between IEC permits. For example, if you are on a Working Holiday permit and you are applying to move onto a Young Professionals permit, you are not given maintained status in this scenario. If your initial IEC permit expires, you must apply for a visitor record and cease working, or you must leave the country until you have been approved for your next IEC permit.

For more information on maintained status, see Temporary residents: Maintained status during processing.

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Julie

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Cofounder of pvtistes.net. I went to Canada and Australia on Working Holiday aventures. It was amazing!

Remain in Canada with maintained status (pending a decision on a permit application)

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