Any Question on Express Entry---i will try to answer

[Reginald]

Wow, @Asivad, I like your confidence! I will pluck a leaf from your book and hopefully, the VO likes my borrowed confidence too!. Thanks.

 

[aspireimmi]

Hi every1,


I completed masters 2010 and ECA is access for that. and my experience is relevant to educational degree which started in 2013. please answer of the express entry profile question below.

EE profile- work history-occupation

EE Question : primary occupation (4 digit noc code)
my answer : 2147

EE Question : Date xxxx first became qualified to practice in this occupation.

my answer :


what year should i put for the above question. 2010 or 2013 ?


I appreciate for your expert advise.

br,
H Mir

 

[Asivad Anac]

Hi every1,


I completed masters 2010 and ECA is access for that. and my experience is relevant to educational degree which started in 2013. please answer of the express entry profile question below.

EE profile- work history-occupation

EE Question : primary occupation (4 digit noc code)
my answer : 2147

EE Question : Date xxxx first became qualified to practice in this occupation.

my answer :


what year should i put for the above question. 2010 or 2013 ?


I appreciate for your expert advise.

br,
H Mir

If your Masters degree was relevant to NOC 2147 - Computer Engineers then you should mention 2010. You haven't mentioned what qualification you picked up in 2013 but if that helped you qualify for the work experience under NOC 2147 then you should mention 2013 (or whenever you finished said qualification as you say it only started in 2013).

All the best!

 

[aspireimmi]

thanks ASIVAD ANAC.

one more question please.

Which Provinces or Territories would HAMED ALI MIR consider living in?


should i tick ALL PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES or tick all the boxes . please advise.


br,
H Mir

 

[Asivad Anac]

thanks ASIVAD ANAC.

one more question please.

Which Provinces or Territories would HAMED ALI MIR consider living in?


should i tick ALL PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES or tick all the boxes . please advise.


br,
H Mir

Your choice. Safer to stick with All provinces and territories unless you have very strong reasons to choose a particular province because you might be eligible/want to apply for a provincial nomination at some point in time and all provinces allow you to apply/find you eligible provided you have chosen this option instead of a particular province.

All the best!

 

[haris86]

Asivad - I have another question regarding EE.

What's the difference between PNP and general EE or they are the same?

I see many posts claiming that they managed to get a nomination from one of the province. But when I visit the province immigration sites, most of them require a job offer for me to be eligible for any of their immigration programme.

I guess saskatchewan is the only province that has a EE program without job offer - Correct me if wrong.

Can you throw some light on how to get nomination from province and which other provinces have similar immigration programs?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Asivad - I have another question regarding EE.

What's the difference between PNP and general EE or they are the same?

I see many posts claiming that they managed to get a nomination from one of the province. But when I visit the province immigration sites, most of them require a job offer for me to be eligible for any of their immigration programme.

I guess saskatchewan is the only province that has a EE program without job offer - Correct me if wrong.

Can you throw some light on how to get nomination from province and which other provinces have similar immigration programs?

All provinces have 2 PNP streams at least and 1 of them is exclusively through EE. Even Ontario doesn't have job offer as a precondition but they have other stringent eligibility criteria.

Spend sometime on the early pages of all PNP threads to get a better understanding of the process.

 

[aspireimmi]

Dear Asivad Anac

1-what is the minimum number of months funds should be maintained in the account before reply to ITA.

2- By profession I am engineer and working as an Engineer but my IQAMA ( visa says WELDER ) . what impact will i have on my application ? will there be any problem while filling the application? I am working in KSA and i mentioned 2147 work experience in the EE profile.

thanks, you are always helpful.

br,
H Mir

 

[Asivad Anac]

Dear Asivad Anac

1-what is the minimum number of months funds should be maintained in the account before reply to ITA.

No such minimum criteria established by CIC.

2- By profession I am engineer and working as an Engineer but my IQAMA ( visa says WELDER ) . what impact will i have on my application ? will there be any problem while filling the application? I am working in KSA and i mentioned 2147 work experience in the EE profile.

I believe your work visa status in KSA won't impact your PR application as much as the work reference letters that you can provide in support of choosing a particular NOC to be eligible for FSWP. CRS scores are indifferent to NOC and they max out at 3 years of work experience.

thanks, you are always helpful.

br,
H Mir

 

[Tocanadawego]

Hi! Thanks for starting this thread - so useful!

I have two questions:

1. Work experience: I have one year and 5 months at one job, 1 year 2 months at the other job, and essentially 10 months in the third job. I am assuming this would come down to 2 years only. However, my last (10-month) position was from mid-January to mid-December. My question is: does CIC ask for specific dates or just a range because in that case, if I say January-December, it would make it one full year and would increase my points by 25? All of these are in the same NOC.

2. General points accumulation: My English is at an advanced level, all sections above 8. I have a masters degree and 2 (or 3) years of experience. My husband has language scores in 7 range, a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience. Yet, we only manage to accumulate 407 points. How do we get this to go up?

Thanks for your help!

 

[kn2172]

Hi All,

I got a PNP nomination on June 29. Now My score is 935 , so I am expecting a ITA in next draw.

I have question regarding my cash that I have used to show as POF.

I have maintained a cash balance of 15000 CAD since Jan 01 till now.

Can I transfer this money into fixed deposit in the same bank now ?

Will that Fixed Deposit be considered a valid proof of funds to apply after getting ITA ?

Will the Age of the fixed deposit be a problem in that case ? Will it be considered too young ?

Please advise.

 

[Asivad Anac]

Hi! Thanks for starting this thread - so useful!

I have two questions:

1. Work experience: I have one year and 5 months at one job, 1 year 2 months at the other job, and essentially 10 months in the third job. I am assuming this would come down to 2 years only. However, my last (10-month) position was from mid-January to mid-December. My question is: does CIC ask for specific dates or just a range because in that case, if I say January-December, it would make it one full year and would increase my points by 25? All of these are in the same NOC.

If it is in the same NOC, you can add them up even if they are discontinuous and get 11 points on the FSWP 100 points grid.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp

If all this experience was gained in the last 10 years, you can add them up to get 3 years and max out on the work experience bit of CRS points. EE calculates work history on MM-YYYY format so the actual dates don't matter. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp

2. General points accumulation: My English is at an advanced level, all sections above 8. I have a masters degree and 2 (or 3) years of experience. My husband has language scores in 7 range, a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience. Yet, we only manage to accumulate 407 points. How do we get this to go up?

Is that CLB 8 or IELTS 8? You appear to have 2 years and 17 months (3 years and 5 months) across jobs. Is that NOC 0/A/B?

I'm assuming that you're applying under FSWP. Have you created your EE profile already? Your overall CRS score seems lower than it should be in your case.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Tocanadawego]

This is great news about the experience. I thought that it needed to be continuous, in other words, at least one year for each position. It is NOC A (1123). All of them have been in the past 10 years. I also have some other work experience that is in a different NOC, and I won't be able to claim it. Also, for one reason or the other, I am fairly certain I will not be able to get a letter for those particular positions, but will certainly do my best.

As far as English goes, it's IELTS 8.

And yes, applying under FSWP. Haven't created a profile yet as I'm waiting for my ECA.

Thanks for your help!

 

[krystlebustle]

There are 2 reasons for getting an ECA done - To gain CRS points by demonstrating Canadian equivalency for educational qualification AND to be allowed to practice regulated professions such as yours but that may require additional licensing formalities as well.

In your case, if you don't want to be a practitioner, you'll still have to get an ECA done to gain points and be eligible for EE in the first place. You can choose not to get an ECA done for your pharmacy degree and just get an ECA done for your post secondary education. But that is likely to get you far lesser CRS score than is required to get an ITA.

Hope that clarifies. All the best!

Thank you for your reply! Getting an ECA done by the PEBC is quite expensive and time consuming though. I don't know yet if I would get a PR.

 

[OLLYBOLLY]

Hi all, I officially decided to give this express entry thing a shot last month. I am a Financial Analyst while my wife is a Marketing Manager. We are both doing the English Test this month, I have sent our documents to WES, the transcripts also got there this morning. I have read about New Brunswick monthly draw, and also Saskatchewan Profile still Opened. My question is as follows:
1. Is Nova Scotia still opened? (My occupation is on the demand list).
2. Can i apply separately and my wife separately our codes are both on the list and our occupations isn't regulated.
3. My wife has a cousin in Manitoba, and a friend in Saskatchewan, so she wants to apply to the two provinces while i apply to New Brunswick and nova Scotia.
4. We are both less than 35 years and have 7 years work experience each?
5. I have Bsc in Finance and also a one off certificate in ifrs by acca, but i sent only my transcript for bsc, do i need to send the certificate in ifrs to get more points. My wife hasnot finished her masters but she has a certificate of achievement in one of the courses by a university in france(online module), can she get more points too for that?
5. Is our profile viable?.

Thank you all, God bless you as u answer me in advance (lol)