CEC rejected

[toddmeng]

Same to you. Let me know when you get updates.

Hi there Toddmeng! Glad to see a fellow NOC 2121 ... So many Biologists on this thread 8)
Yes you are right, I think we are good, I freaked out when I wrote this message last month, now a few fellows got PR despite a NOC 4012 WP (in FSW though) so I feel more confident!

Good luck with your application, you got your AOR in a decent time, let's hope it is a good sign!

 

[toddmeng]

The first one is talking about his role as a research student. second one is for TA. I think they dont count the student research work as yourexperience. Correct me if im wrong.

"as a full time research student, he is required to work 8hrs a day 5 days a week. "
"as a teaching assistant , he should not work over 10hrs a week."


Those statements together make NO SENSE. The first one implies you are required to work 40hrs a week, and the second one implies you MUST NOT work more than 10 hours a week. Which is it? Or were you working two different jobs?

 

[SUVSUV22]

Arash, I am applying under CEC with a very similar situation as you. I was wondering if I should include my T4A slips or not?

Hey
Sorry to hear you are Rejected

I am a PhD student too and applied under CEC with RA/TA experience.
We are both 100% eligible to apply under CEC if we meet the requirements of CEC i.e. (a Canadian degree + equivalent of 1 year full time work experience, or equivalent of 2 years full-time work experience).
However, the reference letter is tricky. It must include periods of employment, salary, weekly hours and duties for both RA and /or TA.
I think you should have indicated Periods of employment, your RA and TA income as well. In addition, mention 3 or 4 duties in nice sentences
and provide them with a more detailed reference letter. Include a copy of your TA contracts if you can. And do separate letters for RA and TA as they are separate jobs.
The other issue that you be aware is your RA income must be higher than minimum wage. I mean you RA income must be higher than the total of hours you have mentioned * minimum wage (which is around 11$/hour). If your RA is less than that you should try to reduce the number of hours in the reference letter to meet the minimum wage. I am saying this because most RAs fall within the 10,000-20,000 $ range so we should be carefull.
Besides that,I guess if you have all the document you should be fine

I am also a little worried about my case since I have only mentioned my duties as: "Conducting research on ......"
and writing "Scientific articles". So try to be a little more detailed than I was.


Best of Luck
Arash