{"id":10656,"date":"2025-07-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:35:04","slug":"implementation-of-new-maintained-status-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/en-CA\/2025\/07\/03\/implementation-of-new-maintained-status-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation of New Maintained Status Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello world! In this post, we will explain the new rules regarding Maintained Status introduced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which took effect on May 28, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Maintained Status?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maintained Status is a system that allows temporary residents in Canada\u2014such as visitors, workers, or students\u2014 to stay in the country legally under the same conditions as their original permit<\/span> if they apply to extend their visa before it expires. However, this only applies if the applicant stays inside Canada while waiting for a decision on their application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Letters to prove Maintained Status<\/strong><\/strong>
If you apply to extend Work Permit online, IRCC will send you a letter (\u201cWork Permit extension except post-graduation Work Permit\u201d) through your IRCC online account. This letter proves that you are allowed to keep working under the same conditions as your current Work Permit until they finish processing your application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter includes an expiry date, but even if IRCC doesn\u2019t finalize your application by that date, you can still legally keep working until they make a decision\u2014as long as the work follows the same rules as your original permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your employer or others ask for proof that you can continue working, you can show them this webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/work-canada\/extend\/expired-permit.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Maintained Status Does Not Apply<\/strong><\/strong>
It is important to note that Maintained Status does not apply when switching permit types.
For example, if a person currently on a Work Permit applies for a Study Permit, they cannot continue working or studying once the original permit expires. The original conditions end as soon as the current status expires when switching permit types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Changed in the New Rules?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even if a new situation arises while an applicant is under Maintained Status, the applicant is allowed to submit a second extension application. Now the recent update clarifies how Maintained Status applies when multiple extension applications are submitted.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Previous Rules<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n