Continuous work experience with different contracts and hours

[spanishnick]

Hi,

I worked 28h a week from mid-november 2015 to june 30, then 20h from july 1 to july 22 (Friday), and full-time as of July 24, all with the same employer under the same NOC code.

Would my work experience be considered as continuous, despite the changes in contracts and number of working hours per week? (i.e. will i be able to apply in November? Or Should I wait until July (when my contract was full-time)?

Thank you

 

[jes_ON]

Hi,

I worked 28h a week from mid-november 2015 to june 30, then 20h from july 1 to july 22 (Friday), and full-time as of July 24, all with the same employer under the same NOC code.

Would my work experience be considered as continuous, despite the changes in contracts and number of working hours per week? (i.e. will i be able to apply in November? Or Should I wait until July (when my contract was full-time)?

Part time work is eligible, there is no reason to exclude the part-time work. By my estimates, you have about 31 weeks of full-time equivalent (FTE) work in your part-time hours.

It is continuous, there are no gaps in employment.

However, out of curiosity, is this foreign work experience or Canadian? I ask because the "continuous" requirement only applies to foreign work experience; Canadian experience does not have to be continuous.

 

[spanishnick]

Great, thank you.

I currently have a little over 33 weeks of FTE. That means I would need to wait until end of November to apply. However, because we don't specify the days in the start and end date of contracts, how do they calculate the number of hours?

For example, my contract started mid-November, does CIC assume that is started early November when counting the hours? If so, I could apply by early November as, by the time I (hopefully) get an invitation, I would have easily exceeded the number of hours.

Also, with one of my contracts ending June 30 and the other starting July 1, how can the system know that there are no gaps? I am just worried that I am waiting till November to apply only to be found ineligible.

Finally, when proving that you have worked these hours, do you need to show work contracts? Or are work certificates describing the start and end date, as well as the number of hours sufficient?

Thank you very much