“Flagpoling” / Port of Entry to Canada Change for Post Graduate Work Permit Adjudications…

The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced on June 21, 2024, that foreign national applicants can no longer apply for a post graduate work permit at any port of entry to Canada including airport, land, and marine border points when entering? Canada.? This also means that “flagpoling” to obtain a post graduate work permit at a land border crossing to Canada is no longer permitted.? Flagpoling occurs when temporary residents of?Canada?bypass the normal wait times involved in applying for a work or study permit online, by leaving the country and then immediately re-entering to receive same-day immigration services at a land border crossing.