Hi! Currently I have worked for Canadian company over a year on my open work permit issued with special policy, but when I filed for EE it said that my Canadain Experience Class is not met. My company does not issue an LMIA for me, could this be the reason why I am not eligible for CEC even thought it is a 0ab job ?
OWP not eligible for CEC?
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What do you mean by "open work permit issued with special policy"?
You should qualify for CEC if you have a year of work experience in Canada in a skilled NOC.
My open work permit is issued under special public policy. The job occupation I worked for the company is 2173 - Software Engineer, but without going through LMIA due to, well, OWP, therefore I wonder if this is the reason I am not quality for CEC despite of having 1 year of work experience in NOC 2173
You don't need to have an LMIA to qualify under CEC. There must be another issue.
The issue I maybe dumb
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/offer-employment/lmia-exempt.html
exempt for “Canadian interests” reasons: including special public policy
Therefore I suppose to met the eligibility to have valid Canadian job offer
You don’t need a job offer or LMIA to be eligible for CEC. You just need the one year Canadian experience.
Thank you for the support, I am still doing researching regarding to this issue. After checking the requirement, my Canadian job offer is indeed valid, so I am not sure what went wrong. Will do my best to keep everyone updated
I have CELPIP.
Currently on the status, it said my job offer is not valid, assuming this is the reason why I have not met CEC
UPDATE: I figure out why, I forgot to add my Canadian working experience under work history
I am dumb
Good luck everyone
I am dumb
Good luck everyone