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WES result - Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester)

Alexusz

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Nov 30, 2016
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Hi everyone,

Just in the process of setting up an Express Entry profile,

I recently had my BTEC National Award Certificate (it was a full time one year Business course) verified through WES and the result of Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester) was sent. Does this mean I can put down 'One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute' on my application? It's my only post secondary qualification currently so id be lacking on points if I'm unable to.

Also does skilled work experience in Canada also count general skilled work experience?

Thanks :)

Alex
 

andressag

Newbie
Feb 10, 2017
1
0
Hello,

Was wondering if you selected 'One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute' for your educational credential, I'm with the same issue and I'm not sure if 'Completition of a college-level certificate' does not require it do be one year.

Thanks!
 

nottmforest

Newbie
Apr 9, 2017
4
0
Hi there,

I'm in the same situation situation - my diploma got assessed by WES as a "diploma (one semester)". I'm wondering if this means I should list it as 'One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute' or as a 'secondary diploma' on my Express Entry application?

Does anyone have any advice / experience with this?

Many thanks,
William
 

sudipsengupta

Newbie
Jun 19, 2017
5
0
Switzerland
Hi guys

I am also stuck with the same problem that I have an educational credential evaluation as postgraduate diploma one semester and I have no clue if I can select the one year degree/diploma.

Have you guys solved the issue and have you got a ita by selecting the one year diploma? Please let me know
 

rahimpal

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Oct 21, 2013
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NOC Code......
1121
Bachelors degree four years plus

Postgraduate certificate (one semester)
Not sure whether I can select two or more degree/certificatez
 

gotodxb

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Bachelors degree four years plus

Postgraduate certificate (one semester)
Not sure whether I can select two or more degree/certificatez
Guys , go to IRCC page and find out the Canadian equivalency in your ECA reports list any one of the text as shown below.. ( for One year degrees)
WES updates their summary text based on IRCC ECA assesment results.. if it is same then yes, it is considered..
i doubt one semester falls into one year category, write to WES and find out..

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute


ECA assessment results:
  • College Certificate
  • Completion of College-level certificate
  • University Certificate
  • University Diploma
  • One-year certificate in [name of discipline]
  • Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year certificate

 
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rahimpal

Star Member
Oct 21, 2013
118
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NOC Code......
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Hi all

Any update on this ?

Those who have degree plus another credential which says One semester . kindly update
 
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md_uddin

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Jul 18, 2017
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Guys, I am in the same boat, though one of my diploma got a credential of Completion of a college-level certificate (one year). I got my ass saved and can claim Two or more certi diploma degree points.

However, I have asked about the query everyone is after to an experienced expert and he said that a certificate, diploma and degree needs to be a Complete one, like 1 yr, 2 yr etc. So, credential with Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester) can't be counted. On top of that, when you fill up the EDUCATIONAL part in the express entry form, it says "Complete certificate, diploma, degree".

Following is my WES ECA

CANADIAN EQUIVALENCY SUMMARY

Bachelor's degree (three years)

CREDENTIAL ANALYSIS
1. Credential: Diploma of Accounting
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester)

2. Credential: Diploma of Management
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester)

3. Credential: Diploma of Business
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one year)

4.Credential: Bachelor Degree
Canadian Equivalency: Bachelor's degree (three years)

I hope someone really succeeded with this and will turn everyone's luck.

Cheers
 

hamgha

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Guys, I am in the same boat, though one of my diploma got a credential of Completion of a college-level certificate (one year). I got my ass saved and can claim Two or more certi diploma degree points.

However, I have asked about the query everyone is after to an experienced expert and he said that a certificate, diploma and degree needs to be a Complete one, like 1 yr, 2 yr etc. So, credential with Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester) can't be counted. On top of that, when you fill up the EDUCATIONAL part in the express entry form, it says "Complete certificate, diploma, degree".

Following is my WES ECA

CANADIAN EQUIVALENCY SUMMARY

Bachelor's degree (three years)

CREDENTIAL ANALYSIS
1. Credential: Diploma of Accounting
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester)

2. Credential: Diploma of Management
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one semester)

3. Credential: Diploma of Business
Canadian Equivalency: Completion of a college-level certificate (one year)

4.Credential: Bachelor Degree
Canadian Equivalency: Bachelor's degree (three years)

I hope someone really succeeded with this and will turn everyone's luck.

Cheers
you can't claim two or more diplomas! Your total eCA is bachelor's degree three years
 

md_uddin

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you can't claim two or more diplomas! Your total eCA is bachelor's degree three years
This is not true. Because in the education part of express entry form, we have to put qualifications individually and choose the exact credential given in the ECA for that particular qualification. As you can see that my diploma of business got Completion of college level certificate (1 year) which falls under 1 year certificate, diploma & degree AND for bachelor degree I choose bachelor and at the end the system does the calculation.

Please Note: I called WES regarding this and they said they only put highest degree achieved most of the time, sometimes they put all.
 

hamgha

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This is not true. Because in the education part of express entry form, we have to put qualifications individually and choose the exact credential given in the ECA for that particular qualification. As you can see that my diploma of business got Completion of college level certificate (1 year) which falls under year certificate, diploma & degree AND for bachelor degree I choose bachelor and at the end the system does the calculation.

Please Note: I called WES regarding this and they said they only put highest degree achieved most of the time, sometimes they put all.
Did crs calculate your score accordingly? As far as i know the certificates in the list are at a post-bachelor level. The thing is the crs calculator sometimes calculates an 11 month job as a year and if you get ITA accordingly your file will be rejected. Have you checked with CIC?
 

md_uddin

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Did crs calculate your score accordingly? As far as i know the certificates in the list are at a post-bachelor level. The thing is the crs calculator sometimes calculates an 11 month job as a year and if you get ITA accordingly your file will be rejected. Have you checked with CIC?
Bro, after i put the credential accordingly what WES gave for my qualifications, the crs score awarded me with Two or more certi, diploma, degree point and I have consulted this with one of the most experienced seniors in this forum "legal falcon" as well.


Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees.
Important notice: One must be for a program of three or more years.
ECA assessment results:

A three-year or more certificate, diploma, or degree

PLUS any of the results in the sections below (not including secondary/high school), or:
  • Post-Bachelor's Certificate
  • Post-undergraduate certificate
  • Post-Bachelor's Diploma
  • Post-undergraduate diploma
  • Graduate Certificate
  • Graduate Certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • Postgraduate certificate
  • Postgraduate Diploma
  • Graduate Diploma with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • Graduate diploma
  • two-year Postgraduate Diploma, specializing in [name of discipline]
  • two-year Bachelor’s after degree with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • one-year Postgraduate Certificate in [name of discipline]
  • Dual Bachelor’s degree (four years)
Note: Sections below refers to "One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute" & "Two-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute"

One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute
ECA assessment results:
  • College Certificate
  • Completion of College-level certificate
  • University Certificate
  • University Diploma
  • One-year certificate in [name of discipline]
  • Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year certificate
My credential is listed in the above section.
 

hamgha

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Bro, after i put the credential accordingly what WES gave for my qualifications, the crs score awarded me with Two or more certi, diploma, degree point and I have consulted this with one of the most experienced seniors in this forum "legal falcon" as well.


Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees.
Important notice: One must be for a program of three or more years.
ECA assessment results:

A three-year or more certificate, diploma, or degree

PLUS any of the results in the sections below (not including secondary/high school), or:
  • Post-Bachelor's Certificate
  • Post-undergraduate certificate
  • Post-Bachelor's Diploma
  • Post-undergraduate diploma
  • Graduate Certificate
  • Graduate Certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • Postgraduate certificate
  • Postgraduate Diploma
  • Graduate Diploma with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • Graduate diploma
  • two-year Postgraduate Diploma, specializing in [name of discipline]
  • two-year Bachelor’s after degree with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • one-year Postgraduate Certificate in [name of discipline]
  • Dual Bachelor’s degree (four years)
Note: Sections below refers to "One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute" & "Two-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute"

One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute
ECA assessment results:
  • College Certificate
  • Completion of College-level certificate
  • University Certificate
  • University Diploma
  • One-year certificate in [name of discipline]
  • Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year Post-secondary certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
  • One-year certificate
My credential is listed in the above section.
good for you I guess :) just saying to be careful and consider all options. For example you said WES puts the highest level in the summary, I had two bachelor degrees but my ECA summary clearly said Two bachelor degrees. If we were to go by what they said to you then they could've just wrote bachelor's degrees.
Good luck anyways!
 

md_uddin

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good for you I guess :) just saying to be careful and consider all options. For example you said WES puts the highest level in the summary, I had two bachelor degrees but my ECA summary clearly said Two bachelor degrees. If we were to go by what they said to you then they could've just wrote bachelor's degrees.
Good luck anyways!
Thanks for your concern bro and trying to aware of getting rejected. Appreciate bro!