PY Validity Is Only Three Years, Not Four — Let’s Prove It Using the Migration Act
A misconception has long circulated that the PY validity period runs for four years from the date the certificate is issued. In fact, according to the legislators behind the Migration Act, that isn’t quite right. Legally speaking, the PY validity period actually runs for four years from the start date of the PY (since a PY generally takes 10 months to complete, in practice the PY validity period works out to roughly 3 years and 2 months from graduation), and this is by no means nonsense. Today, I’ll use the Migration Act to prove it. I’m confident that once you’ve read this, you’ll agree with me.
