If your courses have ended but you're still waiting on your final transcript, your work rights during this gap depend on which document you're waiting for, and there's a further gap once you order that transcript.
What group members advised:- You can continue working part-time until you receive your completion letter (which schools typically issue once your transcript/results confirm you've finished the program) — you are not yet required to stop working just because classes ended.
- Once you have your completion letter, apply for your PGWP as soon as possible. From the point you order your transcript through to when you actually submit your PGWP application, you are not authorized to work — so timing this step promptly matters to minimize the gap in employment authorization.
- In short: classes ending ≠ your study permit's work authorization ending. The completion letter is the real marker — work part-time until then, then move immediately to apply for PGWP, expecting a work-authorization gap during the transcript-ordering to application window.
This timeline detail (transcripts arriving weeks after coursework ends) reflects each institution's own processing pace, so confirm your specific school's typical turnaround if you're planning around it.