{"id":327,"date":"2025-05-17T17:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderbeans.com\/onkar-immigration\/canada-announced-new-eligibility-criteria\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:01:33","slug":"canada-announced-new-eligibility-criteria-for-specific-pgwp-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coderbeans.com\/onkar-immigration\/canada-announced-new-eligibility-criteria-for-specific-pgwp-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Announced New Eligibility Criteria for Specific PGWP Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some foreign students who applied for a PGWP after 1st November 2024 must meet additional fields of study requirements to be eligible for the work permit.  The new requirements do not apply to students graduating from a university with bachelor's, master’s, or doctoral degree programs. Students graduating from any other program including degree programs must meet the new eligibility criteria to obtain their PGWP.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>What are the New Selection Criteria for PGWP?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

IRCC announced a detailed list of 966 instructional programmes grouped into five categories. International students who graduated from a university degree program need not meet this criteria and are eligible for PGWP for up to three years. All other students need to be a part of any one instructional program relevant to specific fields of study to be eligible for a PGWP. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some examples of academic\/instructional programs along with their field of study<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Field of Study<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Instructional\/Academic Program<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Healthcare <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
\n\t\t\tDentistry (DDS, DMD)
\n\t\t\tDental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, MSc, PhD)
\n\t\t\tMedicine (MD)
\n\t\t\tPodiatry\/Podiatric Medicine (DPM)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Agriculture and agri-food<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Agriculture, General
\n\t\t\tAgribusiness\/agricultural business operations
\n\t\t\tFarm\/Farm and Ranch Management
\n\t\t\tAgricultural business technology\/technician
\n\t\t\tAnimal\/livestock husbandry and production<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Transport <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Air Transportation, Other<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Truck and bus driver\/commercial vehicle operator and instructor
\n\t\t\tGround transportation, other
\n\t\t\tRailroad and railway transportation
\n\t\t\tMarine transportation, other<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Trade <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Construction trades, other<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Plumbing technology\/plumber<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Business machine repair
\n\t\t\tHeavy equipment maintenance technology\/technician
\n\t\t\tGlazier <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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STEM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Management Science
\n\t\t\tDigital Marketing
\n\t\t\tActuarial science
\n\t\t\tGeography<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Urban studies\/affairs<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental Health<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can visit here<\/span><\/a> to get the complete list of programmes and their respective field of study. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The programmes listed above are categorized based on the CIP or Classification of Instructional Programs. CIP is how Canada describes and categorizes academic or instructional programs for foreign students. Consider it similar to the NOC system for classifying jobs in Canada. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Tips to Know CIP Code for Your Program<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Follow these steps to find the CIP code for your educational\/instructional program.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n