对于任何一个和移民有关的问题，先去CIC网站上找找有没有确定的答案。如果没有，就只能看移民法了。如果移民法里也找不到答案，可以去看移民上诉或司法复核的判例。连判例都没有的情况就非常少了，这种情况想知道答案，只能把移民局告上法院，看看法官如何认为。
去年学签6.1新政规定，学生毕业递交毕业后工签PGWP的申请之后无需等待结果，可以立刻开始工作，而今年PGWP的审理时间长的令人发指，平均4-5个月，现在还有很多5月份的申请毫无动静。所以一个问题自然而然地浮上了水面：等待毕业后工签的期间工作，是否可以算作经验类移民？而进入池子之后，是否可以获得加分？
答案是肯定的。获得这个答案还不需要走到判例那一步，移民法本身给出了清晰的答案。
“毕业之前的工作经验不算数”是从加拿大经验类移民CEC引起的，经验类移民最开始实行的时候就有了这个困惑。当时要求读2年书+工作1年可以走CEC，持有校园外工签OCWP（现在已经取消）可以合法打工，有学生在毕业的时候就已经达到等同1年的兼职工作经验了，是否可以计算？
这个问题曾经让CEC的审理一度混乱，为了消除这个困惑，移民法增加了这么一条：
IRPR 87.1 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2),
(a) any period of employment during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience;
(b) any period of self-employment or unauthorized work shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience; and
(c) the foreign national must have had temporary resident status during their period of work experience and any period of full-time study or training.
(a)表达了全职学习期间的工作经验不能算数，(b)说的是自雇和未授权的工作不能算，(c)说的是读书和工作期间申请人必须有临时居民身份。
2014年6月之后，持学签的学生毕业申请毕业后工签PGWP之后、拿到PGWP之前，可以合法工作，依据的是IRPR 186(w)
IRPR 186 A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
(w) if they are or were the holder of a study permit who has completed their program of study and
(i) they met the requirements set out in paragraph (v), and
(ii) they applied for a work permit before the expiry of that study permit and a decision has not yet been made in respect of their application.
毕业之后、拿到PGWP之前的工作经验，一不属于全职学习期间，二不是未授权的工作经验，三申请人具有临时居民身份（即使学签失效，也因为implied status具有临时居民身份），所以这样的工作经历是可以算在经验类移民中的。
这段工作可以在池子里加分么？答案也是肯定的，Express Entry的部长指令也给可以加分的工作经验给了类似的规定：
(7) For the purposes of this section,
(a) a period of employment during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study is not to be included in calculating a period of work experience;
(b) a period of self-employment or unauthorized work is not to be included in calculating a period of work experience;
(c) the foreign national must have had temporary resident status during their period of work experience and any period of full-time study or training; and
(d) the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience is 30 hours of work per week.
而等待PGWP期间的工作经验不违反其中的任何一条，是可以加分的。
