Does Remote work on vacation counts for CEC?

[username87]

I am working for a firm from this Jan in Canada. I was away for 2 months (trip to India, but continued work from home).

Can I submit CEC this january or i have to reduce those 2 months where I worked from India (it was just WFH so no paper change etc).
Asking this so that I can give ielts/celpip by sep or oct and have things ready by the time im completing 1 year.

 

[scylla]

I am working for a firm from this Jan in Canada. I was away for 2 months (trip to India, but continued work from home).

Can I submit CEC this january or i have to reduce those 2 months where I worked from India (it was just WFH so no paper change etc).
Asking this so that I can give ielts/celpip by sep or oct and have things ready by the time im completing 1 year.

The 2 months will be counted as foreign work experience, not Canadian work experience. So you need to reduce your Canadian work experience by those 2 months.

 

[username87]

Thank you for clarifying. I was confused because I couldn't correctly interpret it on the CEC webpage. It has two pieces of information :

Principal applicants are requested to provide documentary evidence of their work experience in Canada through a combination of: a copy of their most recent work permit (unless they are work-permit exempt), copies of their most recent T4 tax information slips and Notice of Assessment (NOA) issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or a sufficient combination of other supporting documentation, and employer letters of reference for all periods of qualifying work experience claimed in the application.

--> I will have these because I continued to receive CAD salary.

An allowance for a reasonable period of vacation time will generally be made in calculating the period of qualifying work experience (for example, a 2-week period of paid vacation leave within a given 52-week period in which the applicant was engaged in qualifying work experience). An allowance for normal vacation time during a period of qualifying work experience cannot be used as a substitute or proxy for meeting the in-Canada element of the work experience requirement (that is, work experience obtained outside Canada will not be considered as though the applicant had been on a period of vacation in order to be counted as part of the period of in-Canada work experience). While officers will account for a reasonable period of vacation time in calculating the period of qualifying work experience in Canada, each application is considered on its own merits with a final decision based on a review of all the information available to the officer at the time of decision.

-->This was the confusing part.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/economic-classes/experience/qualifying-work-experience.html#toc2

 

[scylla]

Thank you for clarifying. I was confused because I couldn't correctly interpret it on the CEC webpage. It has two pieces of information :

--> I will have these because I continued to receive CAD salary.

-->This was the confusing part.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/economic-classes/experience/qualifying-work-experience.html#toc2

Exactly. Two months out of 12 months is not a reasonable length of time for a paid vacation. It's working outside of Canada which is foreign work experience. Make up the extra two months working in Canada to qualify for CEC fully rather than creating complexities for your application.

 

[Sarishty17]

Hi guys
My 1 year experience is going to complete in April 2023. Before that I am planning to visit India for 1 month (3 week paid vacation rest days unpaid). Would it gonna affect my one year experience for PR? Do I need to work 1 month extra to make up this 12 month experience?