greekhero said:
Has to be one year or more than 1970 hours. don't file it right after one year, as it may not have enough hours. Just to be safe do not count paid vacation. Already wait for a year, can wait for another 2~3 weeks just to be safe.
Buddy, this is misleading....its not 1970 hours but 1560 hours in 12 months time....the extract from CIC says:
'You must have obtained at least 12 months of full-time, or the equivalent in part-time, skilled work experience at NOC Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B. Full-time work means at least 30 hours of paid work per week'
The reason why that person might have been rejected is because if you apply right after completting 1 year there may be chances that you may have taken vacation in between that 1 year which CIC may not have counted towards eligible experience...so he/she might be short of a week of so and since CEC is not point based...its just Pass/fail, he/she got rejected as the requirement was not met may be even by a week...so that's the reason why everyone on this forum suggests that till the time you are 100% sure that you have not taken any leave and completed 12 months of work with 30 hrs minimum per week, you should have a buffer of couple of weeks before you apply.....
