CEC vs FSW and police check

[victoryincanada]

Since I will be gaining 1 year experience in Canada in Dec 2013, I am thinking that it will be too late to wait until dec to apply under CEC and get BOWP and switch job...so can I apply under Fed Skilled worker category next month itself or will that not be helpful in terms of PR in long term?

Total yrs of exp: 14
Profession: Proj Manager in IT
US Experience is 7 years
Canada Exp is 9 months

Also do i need to get Police verification or FBI verification for all of my family members or only for me as primary applicant? Also how many years of police verification required as i was in US for 7 years and before that all in India, so should i get police check done from both countries?

Thanks!

 

[Leon]

There are no rules that forbid you from applying under two classes at the same time so you can apply under FSW now and still apply under CEC later if you qualify for both. Of course that means double the processing fees.

You need police checks for all family members who are 18 or older from any country they lived in for more than 6 months after the age of 18. You don't need to get police checks from Canada. Immigration can take care of that for you.

 

[victoryincanada]

Thansk Leon, i appreciate your response!

In terms of having PR on hand, is CEC faster than FSW?

regards
VDM

 

[Leon]

CEC takes 12 months, FSW depends on your visa office but in most cases I do not think that FSW is faster than CEC.