ravenous071 said:
I am new to the forum. I am a 3rd year Phd student applying under FSW after 2 yrs Phd. I am claiming TA/RA as my work experience. I have been at the university 4 yrs now, as I also did my masters there under the same supervisor. The university pays me $25000 per yr. However on my T4 it is $8000 (where only TA money is accounted for) and the rest (such as RA, scholarships,grants,etc) which is $17000 goes to the T4A form. My supervisor's reference letter will state my RA duties and mention my annual payment on $25000 so its not a problem. And he put 20 hrs of work pr week. But I am worried about the different info on the T4 and my Reference letter. Any advice?
Just make sure you make it clear that parts of your funding would show up on T4 and others on T4A. If possible, also include copies of your T4A forms, and try to ensure that every number checks out with whatever your supervisor or HR has written on the letters of reference.
mab20202 said:
I am a 3rd year phd student in Canada, and going to apply under phd stream. I am hoping that I get minimum 9 points out of 1 year work experience to reach the pass mark 67. Since I dont have 1 year work experience in other occupations, do you think I will get those 9 points for my Research & Teaching assitantships in Canada during the last 2 years? Thanks for your feedback!
That's how I got my PR, and I applied on February 2012. I did not include any other work experience than TA/RA (US + Canada), and I already got my PR. However, there does seem to be some conflicting information regarding on whether TA/RA is still accepted as work experience. My position is that, it is still accepted as work experience for FSWP, but not for CEC. This is, of course, if your letter of reference matches the prescribed duties and lead statement for NOC 4012.
Some CIC officers came to our school (University of Waterloo) last week, and they said TA/RA was no longer accepted, but I really doubt that it is the case (again, if anyone can show me parts of IRPR/A that states TA/RA is not accepted anymore, they are welcomed to share it with the forum; it is very explicit and clear for CEC, but not for FSWP, so I think the officers were getting it confused; again, just my opinion). We need more data on people that applied under the new rules, and none of us here has reached the stage where we can definitely confirm whether TA/RA work experience is still accepted. TA/RA definitely classifies as skill level A work experience though, so it should, in theory, be accepted, unless if anyone can point me to the part of the law that states otherwise.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-2002-227/index.html
Hint: it's NOT subsection 87.1(3), since it pertains only to the previous subsection (87.2), which defines how a person belongs to the Canadian Experience Class.
