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    EAC submission process to WES very unclear.. Can anyone help or advise me?

    I have been looking at the WES website and the threads about submission of documents and the process is not very clear, and seems rather vaguely explained. Can anyone that has actually done this please explain briefly what the actual process involves, step by step? Like... from step 1 until the...
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    quick questions about the new FSW..?? Help!

    Thanks guys! Also, is there any way to find out whether the 1 -year of skilled work in Canada for adaptability points can be in the form of 2-years part-time (full time equivalent)? - Because I worked in Canada for 20 months doing approx 15-20 hours per week in a part-time, yet NOC level A...
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    quick questions about the new FSW..?? Help!

    Does anyone have any answers??? :-X
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    quick questions about the new FSW..?? Help!

    Hi everyone, nervous times, as I have been waiting 2 years to become eligible for Canada immigration again. So just a couple of quick questions I have for anyone who knows: 1) re: The Education points, it states that it is 23 POINTS for a masters or professional degree, and 21 POINTS for a...
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    HELP! What are my options now? 67+ points but don't qualify under the 24 NOCs!

    Thanks scylla! I wouldn't be looking at anything less than a 2 year course then... And I'm assuming that will give me a 2-year work permit upon graduating? Also, does it have to be any specific type of course (ie. skilled vs unskilled, or degree vs. diploma?)? Or does it just need to be...
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    HELP! What are my options now? 67+ points but don't qualify under the 24 NOCs!

    man, this is so difficult. Why did I not become an engineer ?? Or a physiotherapist? WHYYY??!?! ok, so I can either come on a student visa, graduate, get a temporary/bridging work visa, and work for 1 year in a skilled position (level A,B OR 0), and then apply for CEC ? or. Brush up on my...
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    HELP! What are my options now? 67+ points but don't qualify under the 24 NOCs!

    Or to come as a student ( albeit a very old one)... study a 2/3 year course, and then apply through the CEC program, right?
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    HELP! What are my options now? 67+ points but don't qualify under the 24 NOCs!

    Can anyone offer me any advice here or assistance in any way.? So I don't have any work history/experience - not even remotely - in any of the recent 24 NOC occupations that were listed as the sole occupational experience in order to apply for the new FSW program in 2013.... I know that the...
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    IELTS req. for May 2013

    So, essentially, the listening component - the shortest of all the sections (30min - half the length of the other sections) - is the most important of all sections to do really well in?
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    Native speakers takiNG IELTS test - what are things to be weary of?

    Lol! I hope that elementary error is not a sign of things to come!
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    Native speakers takiNG IELTS test - what are things to be weary of?

    Hi, I'm a native Eng speaker taking my IELTS this weekend (obviously I need to have it for my FSW VISA). All booked and paid so I can't change it now. I told the guy at the application centre that I would just turn up to the test and ace it, and he laughed and said that a lot of native...
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    Can anyone answer these Qs I have about applying to the new FSW program??

    Thanks for the great info Namaste! Much appreciated mate! And 3 more quickies... 1. so, I'm assuming if full-time is 30hours p/week, then equivalent part-time will be 15 hours x 52 x 2years ?? And is it based on 52 weeks or 48 or 50? Because no-one works every week of the year... And would...
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    Can anyone answer these Qs I have about applying to the new FSW program??

    Thanks for all the great answers Barney! Just 2 further points I have to a couple of those questions: re: q.3) >>> I assumed that with all CIC requirements in all programs (from what I have seen and read) that anywhere where there is a pre-requisite for X-amount of years full-time...
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    Can anyone answer these Qs I have about applying to the new FSW program??

    Hey guys, thanks so much for the info. Another few questions I have... 1) Do my General IELTS test results need to be transmitted to CIC from the testing centre here in Australia, or do I just get the certificate and results and submit a copy of it along with my FSW visa app? 2) When is the...
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    Can anyone answer these Qs I have about applying to the new FSW program??

    Hello, I am trying to get myself into position to submit an application to the FSW program when it re-opens on May 4, but am having some difficulty finding answers to the main questions I have right now. Can anyone here answer these for me? OR point be in the right direction to find some...
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    International Experience Canada (IEC) Initiative - Application Process Times?!!

    Processing times will depend on the visa office you apply at, as well as the volume of applications they have piled up at any given time. Ie. Jan/Feb - beginning of a new year = heavy volume. What Visa office (city) have you applied at?
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    Second International Experience Canada (IEC) visa - Application question!

    Thanks for your reply mate. Was just wanting to make sure that it was possible to get a new visitor's visa after a 6-month one is up, if one can prove they have funds to support themselves. I'm sure the person you mentioned (who stayed for 15 yrs) obviously had to have been working (?) during...
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    Second International Experience Canada (IEC) visa - Application question!

    Question for all of you: How can one of you be staying in Canada on a Visitor Visa for 18 months and another for 1 year or whatever each of you has been doing? I thought a vistor visa (as in my case: Aus passport-holder) was valid up to 6 months? If you are living in the country from August...