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Spouse work Experience

rak89

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Feb 22, 2017
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I already received the ITA to apply for Canada Permanent Residency. Prior to getting the invitation I have included my wife work experience as part of my application but that does not yield any points to me as it is not inside Canada. Now in the document validation section the system is asking me to upload the reference letters from employers ? But it will be difficult for us to get reference letter from them. How to resolve this issue

1) Is it possible to remove the work experience of my wife post ITA ? If possible is it safe to do so ?
2) I have joining letter , service certificate and pay slip of my wife previous experience ? should I upload that instead of reference letter ?

Thanks in advance
 

DelPiero07

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Oct 2, 2016
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1 - Yes.
2 - Don't bother, if we're talking about your spouse's foreign work experience it is completely irrelevant to your application - remove it from work history and add it to personal history.
 

Stanlee

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rak89 said:
I already received the ITA to apply for Canada Permanent Residency. Prior to getting the invitation I have included my wife work experience as part of my application but that does not yield any points to me as it is not inside Canada. Now in the document validation section the system is asking me to upload the reference letters from employers ? But it will be difficult for us to get reference letter from them. How to resolve this issue

1) Is it possible to remove the work experience of my wife post ITA ? If possible is it safe to do so ?
2) I have joining letter , service certificate and pay slip of my wife previous experience ? should I upload that instead of reference letter ?

Thanks in advance
You can move your spouse's foreign work experience to his/her Personal History section.

Similar questions have been answered before. Check the links below.
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/ready-reference-steps-to-follow-and-documents-to-arrange-post-ita-t455826.0.html;msg5659351#msg5659351

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/ready-reference-steps-to-follow-and-documents-to-arrange-post-ita-t455826.0.html;msg5662504#msg5662504
 

Manylivesmanymasters

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Jan 25, 2017
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DelPiero07 said:
1 - Yes.
2 - Don't bother, if we're talking about your spouse's foreign work experience it is completely irrelevant to your application - remove it from work history and add it to personal history.
sitting @430 and expecting an ITA this week. Now, can I go ahead and remove my husband's work experience completely since I am the primary applicant?
 

DelPiero07

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Manylivesmanymasters said:
sitting @430 and expecting an ITA this week. Now, can I go ahead and remove my husband's work experience completely since I am the primary applicant?
Assuming you're talking about foreign work experience then yes, you can remove it now.
 

Amdavadi

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Feb 17, 2017
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29-06-2017
I have ITA and similar situation
my wife had
1) 1.5 years of NOC B exp in india (Job offer, pay stubs, resignation letter are these enough ?)
2) 6 months NOC B Canadian experience on dependent work permit

Should i remove her exp from work exp and add it to personal history since i am not getting any points ?
If i don't remove it does it leave positive impact on file ??
In future if something goes wrong and i want to claim her points again for Canadian exp can i do that after removing exp?

I know i am asking too much. hope you understand

much thank you
 

vishalg

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Oct 14, 2015
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Amdavadi said:
I have ITA and similar situation
my wife had
1) 1.5 years of NOC B exp in india (Job offer, pay stubs, resignation letter are these enough ?)
2) 6 months NOC B Canadian experience on dependent work permit

Should i remove her exp from work exp and add it to personal history since i am not getting any points ?
If i don't remove it does it leave positive impact on file ??
In future if something goes wrong and i want to claim her points again for Canadian exp can i do that after removing exp?

I know i am asking too much. hope you understand

much thank you
If wife is not the primary applicant then you can move her work ex in personal history
Also, to claim points for work ex in Canada, i guess minimum of 1 year exp is required. I guess you are not claiming those points as well.
There are certain information that should be in the letter such as, work hours, salary, designations, full-time/permanent and most importantly your job duties
 

Amdavadi

Hero Member
Feb 17, 2017
352
37
Alberta
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2211
AOR Received.
04/22/2017
Med's Done....
17-05-2017
Passport Req..
29-06-2017
vishalg said:
If wife is not the primary applicant then you can move her work ex in personal history
Also, to claim points for work ex in Canada, i guess minimum of 1 year exp is required. I guess you are not claiming those points as well.
There are certain information that should be in the letter such as, work hours, salary, designations, full-time/permanent and most importantly your job duties
Thank you very much for info.
 

vishalg

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Oct 14, 2015
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Manylivesmanymasters said:
Thanks +1. How do I move it to personal history?
delete it from work experience section and enter the info in personal history section.
 

Manylivesmanymasters

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Jan 25, 2017
205
5
Chennnai
NOC Code......
2171
Job Offer........
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App. Filed.......
17-01-17
vishalg said:
delete it from work experience section and enter the info in personal history section.
Thanks but i dont see an option to add work history info in the personal info tab of my spouse..
 

vishalg

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Oct 14, 2015
1,115
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Manylivesmanymasters said:
Thanks but i dont see an option to add work history info in the personal info tab of my spouse..
select the field 'employment' and enter the info
 

Manylivesmanymasters

Hero Member
Jan 25, 2017
205
5
Chennnai
NOC Code......
2171
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-01-17
vishalg said:
select the field 'employment' and enter the info
But I don't see a field as "employment" in the personal details. Only the work history form provides me the fields for updating the spouse work details.
There is nothing like that in the personal details form which only has info on name, job offer in Canada, relatives in Canada