Confused about working hours

[soh3il]

Hello all ...

I am confused about counting working hours toward working experience in order to be eligible to apply as a graduate under CEC.
I have worked one fill time year, but for the first 5 months I was not under the payroll and did not get paid (however my employer paid me lump sum for that 5 months after I finished working there). for the remaining 7 months, I was under payroll and my pay stubs indicates 173 hours per week.

in some threats I read you need to be careful toward counting your hours and be exact and you have to be under payroll for each month.
on some other posts I read paystubs are not required and you need to provide T4 and NOA only (which has no indication of hours). a Job letter from your employer supposed to indicate your hours.

my employer would give me a complete letter which will indicate I have worked for 170 hours per week for 1 year. I have T4 and NOA as well.

today I talked to a lawyer, he said that I need to talk to an accountant to make an adjustment to my taxes and bring the lump sum of the money that I got paid after to put it under the first 5 months that I did not get paid. I need to pay a penalty for this. however I would not see this necessarily as apparently your job letter is only supposed to indicate your hours so why I would care when I get that money?

So am I good to apply or CIC may not only rely on job letter?

 

[jes_ON]

Hello all ...

I am confused about counting working hours toward working experience in order to be eligible to apply as a graduate under CEC.
I have worked one fill time year, but for the first 5 months I was not under the payroll and did not get paid (however my employer paid me lump sum for that 5 months after I finished working there). for the remaining 7 months, I was under payroll and my pay stubs indicates 173 hours per week.

in some threats I read you need to be careful toward counting your hours and be exact and you have to be under payroll for each month.
on some other posts I read paystubs are not required and you need to provide T4 and NOA only (which has no indication of hours). a Job letter from your employer supposed to indicate your hours.

my employer would give me a complete letter which will indicate I have worked for 170 hours per week for 1 year. I have T4 and NOA as well.

today I talked to a lawyer, he said that I need to talk to an accountant to make an adjustment to my taxes and bring the lump sum of the money that I got paid after to put it under the first 5 months that I did not get paid. I need to pay a penalty for this. however I would not see this necessarily as apparently your job letter is only supposed to indicate your hours so why I would care when I get that money?

So am I good to apply or CIC may not only rely on job letter?

First - Let's start with some basic math (which I assure you, CIC Visa Officers can do). If there are 24 hours in a day and 7 days per week, there's a maximum of 168 hours in a week. So to say that you work 170 hours per week - that's literally impossible, so your application has no credibility.

Did you mean 173 hours per month? That sounds more reasonable, but you need to convert that to a weekly number.

Second - your T4 and NOA indicate your total annual salary. If you didn't report income, it will not show up on your T4 or NOA and then you cannot claim being paid for that time.

Third - Not to mention, you need to report this income to get up to date on your taxes with the CRA. (And again, I can assure you that CIC does not like tax evaders, so regardless of proving your time worked, it is absolutely necessary).

Fourth - read the document checklist again. The Letter requires a lot more information than hours worked per week. The required information will enable a visa officer to do calculations to make sure that everything "adds up."

Fifth - Why should you care if you lie on an immigration application? Because you can get barred from Canada for misrepresentation.

To me, it sounds like your lawyer gave you very good advice.