對於任何一個和移民有關的問題，先去CIC網站上找找有沒有確定的答案。如果沒有，就只能看移民法了。如果移民法里也找不到答案，可以去看移民上訴或司法複核的判例。連判例都沒有的情況就非常少了，這種情況想知道答案，只能把移民局告上法院，看看法官如何認為。
去年學簽6.1新政規定，學生畢業遞交畢業後工簽PGWP的申請之後無需等待結果，可以立刻開始工作，而今年PGWP的審理時間長的令人髮指，平均4-5個月，現在還有很多5月份的申請毫無動靜。所以一個問題自然而然地浮上了水面：等待畢業後工簽的期間工作，是否可以算作經驗類移民？而進入池子之後，是否可以獲得加分？
答案是肯定的。獲得這個答案還不需要走到判例那一步，移民法本身給出了清晰的答案。
“畢業之前的工作經驗不算數”是從加拿大經驗類移民CEC引起的，經驗類移民最開始實行的時候就有了這個困惑。當時要求讀2年書+工作1年可以走CEC，持有校園外工簽OCWP（現在已經取消）可以合法打工，有學生在畢業的時候就已經達到等同1年的兼職工作經驗了，是否可以計算？
這個問題曾經讓CEC的審理一度混亂，為了消除這個困惑，移民法增加了這麼一條：
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)表達了全職學習期間的工作經驗不能算數，(b)說的是自雇和未授權的工作不能算，(c)說的是讀書和工作期間申請人必須有臨時居民身份。
2014年6月之後，持學簽的學生畢業申請畢業後工簽PGWP之後、拿到PGWP之前，可以合法工作，依據的是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.
畢業之後、拿到PGWP之前的工作經驗，一不屬於全職學習期間，二不是未授權的工作經驗，三申請人具有臨時居民身份（即使學簽失效，也因為implied status具有臨時居民身份），所以這樣的工作經歷是可以算在經驗類移民中的。
這段工作可以在池子里加分么？答案也是肯定的，Express Entry的部長指令也給可以加分的工作經驗給了類似的規定：
(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期間的工作經驗不違反其中的任何一條，是可以加分的。
