Getting points for part time employment for 20 hours/week

[hmanso02]

Hi All.

I am a PhD student in USA. I have about 20 months of Graduate Teaching experience. I saw that Graduate Teaching Assistant is considered an NOC A profession. I work 20 hours per week. I wanted to know if I can count his experience since I don't exactly have 1 year of 30 hours/week experience or 2 years of 15 hours/week experience. I am somewhere is the middle but my cumulative hours are definitely more that 1560. I can prove all this with pay stubs and and my acceptance letters etc. Please let me know if you know of a similar case. Thanks!

 

[DelPiero07]

For part-time experience you can claim any number of hours per week, for some odd reason plently of applicants believe they can only claim 15 hrs per week.

 

[Bobbieleigh]

Hi All.

I am a PhD student in USA. I have about 20 months of Graduate Teaching experience. I saw that Graduate Teaching Assistant is considered an NOC A profession. I work 20 hours per week. I wanted to know if I can count his experience since I don't exactly have 1 year of 30 hours/week experience or 2 years of 15 hours/week experience. I am somewhere is the middle but my cumulative hours are definitely more that 1560. I can prove all this with pay stubs and and my acceptance letters etc. Please let me know if you know of a similar case. Thanks!

If it's part time you can claim only 6 months for one year. It doesn't matter how many cumulative hours you have. Same with full time, it always has to be a full 52 weeks.

 

[noscaf2014]

If it's part time you can claim only 6 months for one year. It doesn't matter how many cumulative hours you have. Same with full time, it always has to be a full 52 weeks.

This is not true. Good luck!

 

[Bobbieleigh]

This is not true. Good luck!

Skilled work experience
Your work experience must be:

• in the same type of job as your primary NOC
• within the last 10 years
• paid work (volunteer work, unpaid internships don’t count)
• at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2016 National Occupational Classification (NOC)
• at least 1 year (1,560 hours total / 30 hours per week), continuous:
  • full-time at 1 job: 30 hours/week for 12 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)
  • equal amount in part-time: 15 hours/week for 24 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)
  • full-time at more than 1 job: 30 hours/week for 12 months at more than 1 job = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)

You must show that you did the duties set out in the occupational description in the NOC. This includes most of the main duties listed.

If you can’t show that your work experience meets the description in the NOC, you aren’t eligible under this program.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp

 

[DelPiero07]

If it's part time you can claim only 6 months for one year. It doesn't matter how many cumulative hours you have. Same with full time, it always has to be a full 52 weeks.

This is absolutely incorrect, please ignore this post OP.

 

[Bobbieleigh]

This is absolutely incorrect, please ignore this post OP.

You are the second person who states my post is incorrect but non of you explains why. It's quiet clear on CIC website I posted.
Can you or @noscaf2014 explain so at least I know the answer?

 

[DelPiero07]

Your link simply gives an example on how an applicant can meet the requirement of a year of full-time work experience with part-time work experience using 15hrs/week for simplicity. It DOES NOT constrain an applicant to be able to only claim 15hrs/week.

I can tell you for a fact based on the people I have helped obtain permanent residency that an applicant can claim ANY number of hours for part-time work experience (5hrs/week, 10hrs/week, etc). Since OP works 20hrs/week he is free to claim those hours and to meet a year of full-time work experience in LESS than 24 months.
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[noscaf2014]

Agree with the above, these are just examples. The previous answer(s) are based on CIC's definition of the "equivalent in part-time work". In fact, you also can claim work experience from two part-time jobs at the same time that add up to 30 hours per week and you will be eligible in only 1 year.
The rule for part-time work calculation is that, x hours/week = x/30 full-time week. That is, 20 hours/week = 2/3 full-time week and the OP only needs 78 part-time weeks (= 78x20/30 = 52 full-time weeks) to be eligible.

 

[Bobbieleigh]

Ok, it explains the situation. I thought that part time is anything between 15 and 29 hours a week and that the "number of weeks" requirement must be met as in full time job.
One learns something new all the time.
Thanks for clarifying @noscaf2014 and @DelPiero07

 

[hmanso02]

Thanks for the great discussion everyone. It was helpful!

 

[jes_ON]

Hi All.
I am a PhD student in USA. I have about 20 months of Graduate Teaching experience. I saw that Graduate Teaching Assistant is considered an NOC A profession. I work 20 hours per week. I wanted to know if I can count his experience since I don't exactly have 1 year of 30 hours/week experience or 2 years of 15 hours/week experience. I am somewhere is the middle but my cumulative hours are definitely more that 1560. I can prove all this with pay stubs and and my acceptance letters etc. Please let me know if you know of a similar case. Thanks!

It does not have to be exactly 15 hours per week, that number is just given as an example of how part-time work is pro-rated.

If you can document a cumulative total of 1560 hours of part-time work (defined as fewer than 30 hours per week), then you may be eligible to apply. Note that in the FSW class, there is a requirement that one year of employment is "continuous." If your GTA experience had typical semester breaks, then I think you can still argue that it is continuous based on the academic calendar...

Note that you will also have to get a letter of reference attesting to your dates of employment, salary/wages/benefits, hours worked per week, and job duties and responsibilities.

 

[jes_ON]

for some odd reason plently of applicants believe they can only claim 15 hrs per week.

With the latest update on the IRCC website, IRCC did the opposite of clarifying the issue. SIGH. Sometimes I think they have writers who specialize in obfuscation to confuse and discourage applicants. So I do understand the confusion, we just have the benefit of historical knowledge...

 

[ariajoker]

Hi Everyone, I have a question regarding the work experience.
I've worked part-time (20 hours per week) from Jan 2015 to September 2016. Does it count as one year work experience? Since it equals to around 1600 hours continues work experience. Or because it's less than 24 months, I won't be eligible?