Ahmed_adel107 said:
I'm a pharmacist in Egypt. I graduated at June 2016, and i have been working as a pharmacist since then.
the problem is when i registered in the syndicate in Egypt, I received a work license on 22 September 2016 and I found out that there's a law in Egypt that I'm only eligible to work after i receive this license, but actually in our real life this law is not followed and i have started working before receiving it.
so, should I apply next June relying on my graduation date and the experience letter i have, or do i have to wait tell next September to be able to apply ?
N.B: I have both my ECA and IELTS and the only thing holding me from applying is completing the one year experience.
Pharmacist here, so listen 8)
When you get to the stage of filling out your Express Entry profile, you will be entering :
1- Date you became qualified to practice your nominated profession (in your case Pharmacist): It must be the month/year when you received your Ministry of Health registration (In your case 09/2016). Do not enter the date of graduation.
2- I assume you have an ECA issued from the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada. If you don't, then you need to have it so you can select "Master or an Entry-to-practice degree" under education; which is advantageous. You SHOULD NOT nominate NOC 3131: Pharmacist as a primary occupation nor select Entry-to-practice degree for extra points with an ECA issued from WES.
3- To qualify for FSW program you need at least one year of full time work experience in your nominated occupation (In your case, you will be achieving that in October 2017 inchallah).
HOWEVER, having said that, that is not the only experience you can list in your Express Entry work history. You can also list all pre-registration work experience you have had for the sake of gathering CRS points only if they will come to the sum of two extra years.
Do not bother if the total sum of your work experience will be under 3 years as it won't make any difference to your CRS score.
Examples:
You can use the title "Intern Pharmacist" for the work period between the date of graduation and the date of registration, Intern Pharmacist falls under the same primary NOC 3131
NOC 3131
[Technically, you can include it in your 1 year work experience for FSW as both titles "Pharmacist" and "Intern Pharmacist" fall under the same NOC, but I wouldn't advise it since it is risky and may cause confusion to the case officer. You better off waiting for a solid one year experience as a registered Pharmacist]
For all other Pharmacy experience you have had during Uni years, you can add them under the title "Pharmacy Assistant" or "Pharmacy Technician"
NOC 3219
Let me know if you have any questions and good luck.
