Work experience under CEC before OPWP received

[geneade]

Hi All,

I have received ITA under CEC and I claimed 2 years and 3 months of working experience in Canada, working in the same company. However, 4 months out of the experience claimed was done while in school on 20 hours per week and 6 months full time while waiting for open work permit to be approved, still working full time till date. Even though only 12 months work experience required for CEC, I'm still very much concerned about the VO recalculating my express entry points. Expert please advise but I hit submit?

Thanks in advance,

 

[samroc]

Based on my understanding, you can't count experience gained while studying for CEC. However, you can count the experience will waiting for a work permit. See here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1181&top=15

 

[rezafc]

Hi All,

I have received ITA under CEC and I claimed 2 years and 3 months of working experience in Canada, working in the same company. However, 4 months out of the experience claimed was done while in school on 20 hours per week and 6 months full time while waiting for open work permit to be approved, still working full time till date. Even though only 12 months work experience required for CEC, I'm still very much concerned about the VO recalculating my express entry points. Expert please advise but I hit submit?

Thanks in advance,

Hey there,

Your experienced gained whilst studying / not having a work permit will not be counted towards your application. This being said you have worked for 23 months which is more than enough in my eyes.
So not to worry, everything's good. The VOs are not stupid, they know how to handle the applications.

Best of luck,

 

[jes_ON]

I have received ITA under CEC and I claimed 2 years and 3 months of working experience in Canada, working in the same company. However, 4 months out of the experience claimed was done while in school on 20 hours per week and 6 months full time while waiting for open work permit to be approved, still working full time till date. Even though only 12 months work experience required for CEC, I'm still very much concerned about the VO recalculating my express entry points. Expert please advise but I hit submit?

So - how are you counting the part-time work in school - 4 calendar months or the full-time equivalent?

If you counted as 4 months, and you will need to deduct 4 months from your total - meaning you have only 23 months of eligible work experience - then, yes, IRCC will reduce your CRS points because that counts as completing only 1 year, rather than 2 years, and you will lose points (based on the scoring system in place at the time).

Unfortunately, if your re-calculated CRS is lower than the cutoff for the ITA for your draw, you would no longer be eligible. If your re-calculated CRS remains at or above the cutoff, your application will continue to be processed.