Education history for Express Entry

[qaisahmed]

I am fairly sure that in most cases you just need to provide the highest degree. If your highest degree is not from Canada (as mine was) you need to do an ECA, and sometimes they ask to also verify your bachelor degree (I wasn't, just did ECA for my Singapore masters).

I would not worry too much about changing things from the EE profile. I made several changes - including taking out work experience. Unless your score falls below the threshold for invitation (which should not be the case for you), you will be fine

Also did you mention those changes in an LOE?

 

[Taran D]

Hello Taran,
Just wanted to clarify. After ITA, in the education part, you put only the diploma you were getting points for ? And do you know if we are not claiming points for education of spouse if it is ok to not put anything there ? Thanks for your time !

Although you want to claim points for a specific degree still you have to upload all your education degrees. Same for spouse.
Its for ECA that you send them the highest degree. To IRCC you had to show your whole education till date.
If you are not claiming points for spouse ECA is not needed but still you need to add education crendentials.

 

[aamool]

Thanks man. So I have masters from Canada and if I mention my bachelors in education section along with it and upload simply the degrees and transcript, will they ask for an ECA?

It was to avoid this that I only put in my masters. Actually, I believe I also did not have a proper transcript for my bachelor's degree (and just the thought of dealing with my alma mater remotely made my head spin ).

 

[aamool]

Also did you mention those changes in an LOE?

I did not address the change in education, though I did mention the removal of experience (I took out two jobs and only left one in).

 

[aamool]

Although you want to claim points for a specific degree still you have to upload all your education degrees. Same for spouse.
Its for ECA that you send them the highest degree. To IRCC you had to show your whole education till date.
If you are not claiming points for spouse ECA is not needed but still you need to add education crendentials.

In general I am of the view that you should make life as simple as possible for the immigration officer. I did not put my bachelor's degree information in education history - precisely because I felt putting partial information (no ECA nor a decent transcript) would be more detrimental than discarding it. Another point that I considered was that my bachelor's was more than 10 years in my past and did not show up in my personal history - so it would not be obvious in a cross check.

Also, for my spouse, I followed the same principle - just kept her Master's and removed her previous degrees. Being of a similar vintage, her bachelor studies were also completed well before the 10 year personal history.

@qaisahmed - I would say do what you deem best. People (including me) have anecdotal evidence of what worked - but whether they did the right thing or got lucky is up for debate

You are safe from a points perspective - so at the most you may face a bit of delay. Which in the scheme of things with IRCC is a possibility even if you have a perfect application

Good luck!

 

[Sarah1980]

In general I am of the view that you should make life as simple as possible for the immigration officer. I did not put my bachelor's degree information in education history - precisely because I felt putting partial information (no ECA nor a decent transcript) would be more detrimental than discarding it. Another point that I considered was that my bachelor's was more than 10 years in my past and did not show up in my personal history - so it would not be obvious in a cross check.

Also, for my spouse, I followed the same principle - just kept her Master's and removed her previous degrees. Being of a similar vintage, her bachelor studies were also completed well before the 10 year personal history.

@qaisahmed - I would say do what you deem best. People (including me) have anecdotal evidence of what worked - but whether they did the right thing or got lucky is up for debate

You are safe from a points perspective - so at the most you may face a bit of delay. Which in the scheme of things with IRCC is a possibility even if you have a perfect application

Good luck!

Thanks aamool,

I am in same situation as yourself, we have some diplomas that will not appear in personal history and neither in education history if we do not put them there. I feel that if I explain this in a LOE it should be fine. Yes we do have other diplomas but we are not getting points for them (we mentioned them in previous applications though a long time ago so not sure if they have a trace of it or not and it is logical that if you have a Master you probably had a bachelor before).

 

[aamool]

Thanks man. So I have masters from Canada and if I mention my bachelors in education section along with it and upload simply the degrees and transcript, will they ask for an ECA?

I believe there will be a placeholder for each qualification in the education section. You could just upload the degree/transcript for your bachelor's, but my guy feeling is that it opens the door for more confusion.

 

[DeepJ027]

Hi

Express Entry profile creation has an education question: Complete/full academic years. I did my master's here in Canada and the program length specifies 16 months without scheduled breaks, but the option does not allow me to put 2-digit numbers(decimal). should I go with 1 as points are not getting changed with either 1 or 2 ? any suggestions are greatly appreciated. More clarification I did 12 months i.e. 3 terms full time and last one part time 4 months.

Thanks

 

[Anna Shmykova]

Hi everybody, what assessment do I need to choose for EE: academic transcript or degree certificate in WES, what is difference?

 

[mandiebraxton]

Hi everybody, what assessment do I need to choose for EE: academic transcript or degree certificate in WES, what is difference?

I’m assuming you are talking about Education - you upload your degree certificate that is evaluated by WES (not WES evaluation) as you would have added WES reference number as part of your EE profile. IRCC check with WES themselves.

 

[manraj11111111]

Hey did you figure out what to put in did you put fulltime study or part time

Hi

Express Entry profile creation has an education question: Complete/full academic years. I did my master's here in Canada and the program length specifies 16 months without scheduled breaks, but the option does not allow me to put 2-digit numbers(decimal). should I go with 1 as points are not getting changed with either 1 or 2 ? any suggestions are greatly appreciated. More clarification I did 12 months i.e. 3 terms full time and last one part time 4 months.

Thanks

 

[wizzyfc]

Hi Everyone, i am completing an express entry form and there is the part that ask "Level of Education (Canadian equivalent) shown on your ECA report. I did my evaluation with WES and it says Diploma (three years) and post graduate certificate (one year), what will the right option be?