Confusion about level of education in CEC final application

[sbliss]

Hi everyone,


I am an inland applicant. I got my ITA through CEC recently and now completing my final application with my spouse as a dependent.

My spouse did her Bachelors and Masters in India. She also did post graduate diploma 2 years in Canada. We did ECA for both of her studies in India and for Bachelors, ECA says its Bachelors 3 years equivalent and for Masters, ECA says its Bachelors 4 year equivalent.

In the initial profile I entered my spouse's education as Masters because that is what she did in India and I entered ECA as Bachelors. But when I try to do same in the final application I can see in the preview option that our overall score goes 1 point up than in profile. Also in her supporting documents section it is asking for education transcripts along with another section education (diplomas/degrees) which I guess because of Masters.

So did I make any mistake with my spouse's information. Are we supposed to enter our level of education as per what ECA says. I know I can change options in final application but I am not sure whether that will considered as misrepresentation. So what I should do now. Should I decline my invitation for this reason. Please guide. Thanks in advance.

 

[jes_ON]

Hi everyone,


I am an inland applicant. I got my ITA through CEC recently and now completing my final application with my spouse as a dependent.

My spouse did her Bachelors and Masters in India. She also did post graduate diploma 2 years in Canada. We did ECA for both of her studies in India and for Bachelors, ECA says its Bachelors 3 years equivalent and for Masters, ECA says its Bachelors 4 year equivalent.

In the initial profile I entered my spouse's education as Masters because that is what she did in India and I entered ECA as Bachelors. But when I try to do same in the final application I can see in the preview option that our overall score goes 1 point up than in profile. Also in her supporting documents section it is asking for education transcripts along with another section education (diplomas/degrees) which I guess because of Masters.

So did I make any mistake with my spouse's information. Are we supposed to enter our level of education as per what ECA says. I know I can change options in final application but I am not sure whether that will considered as misrepresentation. So what I should do now. Should I decline my invitation for this reason. Please guide. Thanks in advance.

Yes, you need to go by what the ECA says for foreign education. I would suggest "two or more degrees/diplomas" as the appropriate category. If you change it and your score remains above the cut-off for your draw, you can proceed.

Diplomas/degrees are asked for all post secondary education, you need to upload them. The transcript is required for Canadian education.

 

[sbliss]

Thanks for your reply. So if I go with what ECA says and in change the level of education as Bachelors instead of Masters in final application (e-APR) then there will be a mismatch with what we entered in profile before ITA. Is that going to create a issue.

I also have a Canadian education (2 year post grad program) but it didn't ask me for transcripts in the my documents section only in my spouse's supporting documents. That is why I am getting confused.