That’s why you get extra points for professional experience in Canada.
That’s the current rule.
What bothers me is the fact that FSW and CECs are not being treated equally under the rules of the EE program.
If the government wants to favor more CECs, then they should add a 50 plus bonus on top of the current CRS criteria for those with 1yr of Canadian Experience. At least, that way everyone will know EXACTLY what to expect.
I spent almost 1 yr of full salary preparing to apply for FSW, and then had to wait 5 months for my opportunity to get the ITA, because IRCC would not disclaim their strategy with the CEC only draws. This is extremely disrespectful with FSW applicants. They open random exceptions, without warnings, clarifications...
I already got my ITA, but I feel deeply the anger FSWs might be feeling right now. It’s just so unfair. All they want is a fair draw where the public rules of the program are applied to everyone.
The thing is, Canada decides the treatment given to CEC. If they decided to go with an exclusive "CEC", then there must be something we don't know that's driving it, COVID or some other reason. But here's the deal, it's never a "fair" judgment, simply because Canada picks who they think would be the best for the job.
Take PNP for example, some PNP applicants only have a score of 690+, so if you do the math, their FSW-only score is likely only to be "90+" and you can imagine they might be old, CLB4 in English, doesn't have any Canadian experience, and maybe doesn't even have bachelor's degree and is very likely to be outside of the country, but why are they given priority over those CEC and FSW applicants with a score of over 500? Because they have been exclusively singled out to be the best person for the "job" by a Canadian province hence were put first in line. The same is true for CEC, there is a driving force which makes Canada feel that the best person for the "job" is a CEC applicant, hence why they do CEC-exclusive.
Long story short, I do not believe that Canada choosing to do an CEC, PNP or FST draw is unfair because in reality, we have not paid anything to the Canadian government until the moment we get the ITA and actually paid the application fees. Sure IELTS and ECA cost money, but those proceeds do not go to the IRCC.
I've been in that road before during the last round of PNP-CEC, so I know it can be frustrating to just waiting for it to unfold. Time is working against you too because of expiring IELTS, age, or other factors, but truthfully, the only thing we can do is to actually find ways to improve our score so that when the FSW-inclusive draws arrive the more likely we get a chance at the ITA, no point in getting anxious of what can or cannot be, or accusing a system unfair when we have no right to judge in the first place. And let's be real here, the reason most of us outland FSWs are applying to Canada and enduring all of this in the first place, is because there is no other country in world that has a first-world status and a system that makes it this reasonable for immigrants.
