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  1. J

    Is Unpaid vacation counted in CEC?

    To prevent any unnecessary confusion I personally would. With the current processing times, 2 weeks won't really make a big difference at the end of the day.
  2. J

    CEC PR application: timeline (ITA Sep 22/2016)

    Thanks! yes, it should be any day now! I wasn't complaining, quite the contrary! I find that CIC is becoming more and more efficient! So I guess there's hope for those who are still waiting!
  3. J

    CEC PR application: timeline (ITA Sep 22/2016)

    Congrats to you as well! Really impressed by the delay, it seems to get better and better! (I do have friends with the same profile as we had who had to wait a little less than 6 months for their application to go through in early 2016).
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    CEC PR application: timeline (ITA Sep 22/2016)

    Hi folks! Before going any further, I wanted to give a big thank to everybody here on this forum! I haven't posted much on the board, but I collected precious information for our PR application. I just wanted to share our timeline, as a reference point for other people in the future...
  5. J

    43 Draw// September 21, 2016 // 483 points // 1,288 Invites

    Agreed with all the above. Canadian immigration is very transparent: they're looking for educated (Masters and higher level of education) young couples and individuals with great language skills (possibly bilingual) and who are going to benefit the system (healthy, with money on the side, having...
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    Italian PhD as foreign work experience for PR under CEC

    Hello! I'm in the same boat as you, just got an ITA in the CEC, and indicated my PhD in France as work experience (in the 40XX NOC though, I had a rather significant TA load). The conditions specify that it has to be full time/paid, so that should be ok. I'll let you know how things work out...
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    43 Draw// September 21, 2016 // 483 points // 1,288 Invites

    Hello folks, it's my first message on the board, but I have been lurking here for a while, gathering valuable information for our Express Entry profile. We've both been living in Canada for about 3 years and a half (Work Permit). We've entered the pool on September 11th (I wanted to enter...