Express entry experience question

[pancho9208]

Hello,
I have a question regarding express entry. I am having trouble calculating my experience. I worked 3 summers full time as an architectural intern during my Bachelor and Master's degree, as well as 8 months part-time, also for an architectural firm. Would this mean I have 13 months of total full-time continuous work? Or, does it need to be for the same employer, uninterrupted? I will graduate from my masters in May and would like to apply immediately after. Thank you!
Additionally, I have been a graduate research assistant part-time for the last year. I have had all this experience while in the U.S. under a student visa here. I am a Guatemalan citizen.

 

[Lift48]

Hello,
I have a question regarding express entry. I am having trouble calculating my experience. I worked 3 summers full time as an architectural intern during my Bachelor and Master's degree, as well as 8 months part-time, also for an architectural firm. Would this mean I have 13 months of total full-time continuous work? Or, does it need to be for the same employer, uninterrupted? I will graduate from my masters in May and would like to apply immediately after. Thank you!
Additionally, I have been a graduate research assistant part-time for the last year. I have had all this experience while in the U.S. under a student visa here. I am a Guatemalan citizen.

Considering that you are applying under Federal Skilled Worker program, NO, your 3 summer internships would not be sufficient, as it was not continuous (i.e. uninterrupted) work experience. Read it here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=689&top=29

"Skilled work experience
You must have at least one year, in the last ten years before you submit your electronic application for permanent residence, of continuous full-time work experience (or the equivalent in continuous part-time work) in a skilled occupation listed in Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B of the 2016 version of Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC)."