Calculating years of experience to claim

[mikhail8705]

Hi everyone,

How should I calculate the number of years to claim under EE FSW? I want to be on the safe side and make sure I don't claim more than I should.

Do I count only full months or do I sum up all the days across all the jobs I claim? I guess that's the crux of my question.

Say I have 2 jobs where I worked from 14.01.2020 to 09.03.2022 and from 01.10.2022 to 26.10.2023. If I count only full months I will get 2 years and 11 months but if I count all the days I should get 3 years+ (even though there's still a question of on what condition I can claim a full month - is it 28, or 29, or 30 or there's some other fancy way to decide it) - the 1 month here can make or break it CRS-score-wise.

I'd appreciate any help and/or links!

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone,

How should I calculate the number of years to claim under EE FSW? I want to be on the safe side and make sure I don't claim more than I should.

Do I count only full months or do I sum up all the days across all the jobs I claim? I guess that's the crux of my question.

Say I have 2 jobs where I worked from 14.01.2020 to 09.03.2022 and from 01.10.2022 to 26.10.2023. If I count only full months I will get 2 years and 11 months but if I count all the days I should get 3 years+ (even though there's still a question of on what condition I can claim a full month - is it 28, or 29, or 30 or there's some other fancy way to decide it) - the 1 month here can make or break it CRS-score-wise.

I'd appreciate any help and/or links!

For each week where you worked 30 hours or more, count that as one week of work experience. 52 weeks is equal to one year. Do not double count any weeks where you were working more than one job at the same time. It still only counts as a single week of work experience.

 

[mikhail8705]

For each week where you worked 30 hours or more, count that as one week of work experience. 52 weeks is equal to one year. Do not double count any weeks where you were working more than one job at the same time. It still only counts as a single week of work experience.

Thanks a lot!

Not that I doubt your answer, but is there any official breakdown of this, or if someone explicitly said that, or did you infer that from the fact that the official website operates in weeks when talking about work experience?

Cheers!

 

[scylla]

Thanks a lot!

Not that I doubt your answer, but is there any official breakdown of this, or if someone explicitly said that, or did you infer that from the fact that the official website operates in weeks when talking about work experience?

Cheers!

I can't paste the link for some reason. Google: IRCC calculating work experience. It's the first link.

 

[mikhail8705]

I can't paste the link for some reason. Google: IRCC calculating work experience. It's the first link.

Thank you! A quick follow-up question if you don't mind: what's the right way to translate my total N of weeks into years? (Because the CRS criteria are written in terms of years: I want to end up in the 3+ years bucket)

I'm thinking 1 full year is equivalent to 1560 hours at 30h/week which means from URCC standpoint of view 1 year = 52 weeks, then I can just divide my total N of weeks by 52 and see if it's 3 or more (in my case it's 159/52 > 3 years so I should qualify for 3 years)

Am I on the right track with my calculations?

Thanks!

 

[mikhail8705]

Thank you! A quick follow-up question if you don't mind: what's the right way to translate my total N of weeks into years? (Because the CRS criteria are written in terms of years: I want to end up in the 3+ years bucket)

I'm thinking 1 full year is equivalent to 1560 hours at 30h/week which means from URCC standpoint of view 1 year = 52 weeks, then I can just divide my total N of weeks by 52 and see if it's 3 or more (in my case it's 159/52 > 3 years so I should qualify for 3 years)

Am I on the right track with my calculations?

Thanks!

Up!

Would really appreciate anyone's help here!

 

[scylla]

Thank you! A quick follow-up question if you don't mind: what's the right way to translate my total N of weeks into years? (Because the CRS criteria are written in terms of years: I want to end up in the 3+ years bucket)

I'm thinking 1 full year is equivalent to 1560 hours at 30h/week which means from URCC standpoint of view 1 year = 52 weeks, then I can just divide my total N of weeks by 52 and see if it's 3 or more (in my case it's 159/52 > 3 years so I should qualify for 3 years)

Am I on the right track with my calculations?

Thanks!

I'm not sure I completely understand what you have written above. Each week where you worked 30 hours or more counts as a single week no matter how many hours you worked. You add up the total number of weeks worked and divide by 52 to get the number of years. Make sure you don't double count any weeks. If two of your jobs overlapped, you can only claim the week once.

 

[mikhail8705]

I'm not sure I completely understand what you have written above. Each week where you worked 30 hours or more counts as a single week no matter how many hours you worked. You add up the total number of weeks worked and divide by 52 to get the number of years. Make sure you don't double count any weeks. If two of your jobs overlapped, you can only claim the week once.

Yeah sorry, what I meant was I don't see how to reconcile the calculations based on the N of weeks as you showed above and the fact that in my EE profile, I can enter only months and years and not days. This means effectively N of weeks in my EE profile will be different than what I have in reality.

I can't insert a screenshot for some reason, here's the link to it: https://ibb.co/59SrX1K

 

[scylla]

Yeah sorry, what I meant was I don't see how to reconcile the calculations based on the N of weeks as you showed above and the fact that in my EE profile, I can enter only months and years and not days. This means effectively N of weeks in my EE profile will be different than what I have in reality.

I can't insert a screenshot for some reason, here's the link to it: https://ibb.co/59SrX1K

This is true for many people. Your situation is in no way unique. What matters is the number of weeks you actually have. That is what IRCC will consider once they assess your application.