Search results

Unfortunately, CIC officers have been instructed by law to ONLY examine application materials that were sent initially when you submitted the document. They do not necessarily need to consider your extra materials.

I would recommend making sure that your job letter includes both information in the lead statement and the job duties. Paraphase (but do NOT copy) the information on NOC 4011 website. One question for you guys: if I include NOC 4012 (University research and teaching assistant) in my...

My pleasure to help. If you are planning to stay in Canada for long I would recommend PNP. People often get rejected in FSW without reasons fully known. The success rate is around 50%, and the rate does not count the ones which were refused in the initial eligibility screening by CIC.

If I were you, I would apply for both PNP and FSW. (Ask your province's PNP whether it is allowed as this is not allowed in some provinces.) If I am correct, FSW has a much higher rejection rate than PNP, because FSW is picky in their work letters. Even if you have the work letters it does not...

I have a question about job code 4011. I have worked in university and community college before. So for the university experience I can claim it as 4011 (University professors and lecturers). However, for the community college experience I have to claim it as 4021 (College and other vocational...

Check the document checklist -- CIC can regard an application to be incomplete if the checklist asks for original but you do not provide the original. It is bureaucratic and the officers just follow rules. Of course, no one knows what they would exactly do and you cannot e-mail them to ask.

The officer may look at whether your job fits the description of the lead statement. If the lead statement states university then they may reject your application because your job description does not fit the lead statement of NOC 4011. It is a bureaucratic process -- they do not actually care...

Education officially does not matter -- only work experience matters. But based on a court case, the officer has the RIGHT to consider background information (such as the place where you did you work and your education) into consideration.

In Operational Bulletin 6C, it states the following for counting work experience: To be eligible for points, the applicant's work experience must: (1) have occurred during the 10 years immediately preceding the date of application; (2) have been acquired in occupations listed at Skill Type 0...

Thanks, Arcflash. In my general experience with CIC, they used to be reasonable and would request an additional information from you if they are not satisfied that you fulfill their requirements. Nowadays, I imagine that they are simply mechanical workers who just follow instructions and who...

I believe that CIC first charge you money and then will reimburse it. It is a bureaucratic organization - they do things not to enhance efficiency but administrative procedures. By the way, does anyone know if I can put two job codes for a single work experience, on the application?

TO HARRY: (1) I don't think FSW allows you have two primary codes within each application. That does not prevent you, for example, to file two separate applications (with two separate sets of documents and separate fees). (2) I am uncertain if you can have joined NOCs within one letter. Best...

In my experience with the visa officer, they love to do things quick, for example, rejecting a letter because it does not match lead statement and/or main duties. For Research and Teaching Assistant post, they may reject the letter because you do not have things like "assist professors to ..."...

Suggestions + A Question Dear all, As a person who have been rejected twice, my previous experience tells me to be as detailed in your work letters as possible. At least in the PhD FSW category, the visa officers are very careful to ensure that your work experience is (1) continuous and (2)...

Hi there, I have a rather urgent question. Could someone please tell me whether you can combine partial year experiences from multiple NOCs, in order to fulfill one-year continuous work experience requirement under the former FSW system (Aug 2012)? I applied for FSW in Aug last year. I worked...

Hi there, Could someone please tell me whether you can combine partial year experiences from multiple NOCs, in order to fulfill one-year continuous work experience requirement under the former FSW system? I applied for FSW in Aug last year. I worked several months as 4012 (RA/TA), and then...

It seems that they are trying to get rid of the backlog by finding reasons to reject applications. I have been rejected (as shown in the previous few pages) due to job code mismatch. Hai... I am unsure if similar experience is common here. For anything that I send to them, I would usually send...

I applied in Aug 2012 (before the new immigration system), and I am trying to find the RA letter that they reject. In the meanwhile, what I really do not understand is that, from the other positions (Job 1 - 4), they should add up to one-year full time experience, even though they are made up of...

Dear all, Today I got a letter from CPP-O that they reject my application. I apply under PhD stream and the officer rejects my application because he/she does not feel that I fulfill the one-year work experience under Section 75(2). My work experience is as follow: Job 1: Research and...

Hi all, A question. I am currently outside Canada and will not return soon. I have applied for FSW PhD steam and I wonder whether the officer is going to send you all the correspondence in e-mail or by mail. Do they usually use mail? My worry is that I will not be able to receive their...