Hi,
@legalfalcon Could you please help me with this? I am not sure whether visa officers think I meet the MEC: 1560 working hrs under federal skills worker program when getting the ITA on Feb 7 , 2018.
I have been working at the same job since September 2015 continuously till now. It is contract-based and 4 month is a contract. The current contract is from January 2018 to April 2018.
My employment letter indicates: The hours I have worked, including the current contract, total 1722 hours.
The average was 12 hours a week, however note, for the period Sept-Dec 2017, the average was 14.5 hrs per week.
I have two questions:
(1). Q: Do I need to finish the current contract to meet the MEC since my employment letter mentions the current contract in total hours and just provides the average weekly hours but not weekly hours?
(2). If the above (1) is not a concern, then
I suppose there are two ways to calculate my working hours:
A. i. Sept 2015 to Aug 2017 2 years, 52*2=104 weeks, 104*12=1248 hrs
ii. Sept 2017 to Dec 2017 4 months, 17 weeks 3 days, 17.4 weeks, 17.4*14.5= 252.3 hrs
iii. Jan 2018 to Feb 7, 2018 5 weeks 3 days, 5.4 weeks, 5.4* 12= 64.8 hrs
total: 1248 + 252.3 + 64.8 = 1565.1 hrs
B. i. same as A
ii. 17 weeks, 17*14.5= 246.5
iii. 5 weeks, 5*12= 60
total : 1248+ 246.5 + 60 = 1554.5 hrs
Q:Can I know which way visa officers will adopt or neither?
(Actually, till Jan 28, I have satisfied the MEC if the above (1) is not a issue:
i. Sept 2015 to Aug 2017 6 contracts, 1 contract 210 hours, 6* 210= 1260 hrs
ii. Sept 2017 to Dec 2017 1 contract, 252 hours
iii. Jan 1- 28 2018 4 weeks, 4*12= 48 hrs
total: 1260 + 252 +48= 1560 hrs.
I have already submitted my e-APR and just included employment letter as my working proof. )
Thank you very much!