VixB1842 said:
Hi guys,
I've just come across something on the CEC site.
It says that if work experience is within the same 12 months, vacation periods will be taken into account but the example is 2 weeks. My job allows me 28 days holiday, which I was saving to go home for Christmas. Does this mean me being out of Canada for 28 days straight will mean I can't count the work experience for that year,
No, it does not mean that at all. I'm going to assume here that by "28 days holiday" you actually mean 4 weeks.
So if you work 48 weeks and then take your PAID vacation of 4 weeks, and then come back to work another month, you're fine.
As for the 4 weeks of vacation -
A - If your letter of employment does not specify the amount of vacation you receive as a benefit, then the VO will only allow 2 weeks.
B - If your letter of employment specifies benefits (along with remuneration), and includes the statement that you are entitled to 4 weeks of paid vacation (28 days, or whatever it really is) - VOs could do one of 2 things -
1) Accept 2 weeks as paid vacation, but disallow the other 2 weeks as "excessive". In this case, you would have to work the extra 2 weeks to qualify.
2) Determine that 4 weeks of paid vacation is normal for your NOC, determine that your letter of employment and other supporting documents attest to the fact that you had 4 weeks of paid vacation, and allow it.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know which way the VO will go with this, so the safest and easiest way to ensure that you meet the 1 year requirement is to only include 2 weeks of vacation (exclude the rest from your work time), and work extra time to make up the difference, before you apply.
