mazamilam said:
I had the exact same issue. I did my Bachelors first and then completed a year here in Canada and was awarded a Graduate Certificate.
What I did was, for the Graduate certificate I choose "Two or more certificates, diplomas or degrees, one must be for a program of at least three years"
I got points for "Two or more certificates, diplomas or degrees, one must be for a program of at least three years"
Hope this helps.
Thanks, this is very confusing and stressful considering there's a risk of being banned for 5 years. I made the change and it bumped up my score from 399 to 431.
There's another thing that's bothering me a lot lately; (posted also on another thread but can't link it here because I'm a new member)
It's a bit tricky. So I'm eligible through the FSW program with NOC 2174. The work experience I have is 1 year as a software developer. But here's the catch; I got my degree
after my 1 year of work experience:
Before I got the job, I went to a private IT academy (no transcripts, just a certificate of attendance) which is a certified Microsoft partner. The certificate of attendance in combination with the references from the trainers in the academy made me qualified for the position. After working there for a year I quit the position and enrolled in University where I got my computer science degree. Now under "Work History" in my express entry profile, I had listed my "Date gmduncanidaho first became qualified to practice in this occupation" as the date I got the certificate from the academy. I started getting second thoughts and now changed it to the date I got my degree. Do you think the qualification date being later than my work experience date would cause a problem? I have the original certificates from the academy but they cannot be accredited by wes/icas because it's not a university or a college. Should I change the date back to the date I got my certificate? What do you think?
Also, I have additional international work experience (part time + freelance work during my university education) which I haven't listed in my EE profile considering they wouldn't be accounted for (because one is freelance and the other is part time). I can get proof of employment letter from both companies (but one of them paid me in cash only while the other made bank transfers so I can prove payment for only one of them) and was debating whether I should include them too or not.