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European PhD - 6 years TA/RA - ineligible

ImmiToCanada said:
The language results are very good. I suspect that somewhere you have to indicate that your NOC4012 experience were gained while you were NOT doing full time studies. I remember there is some questions like "did you do full time studies while working"? You need to check NO.

CIC define full time studies as having classes >=12 hours per week. As PhD students you can easily shown that you were not taking that many classes per week with your transcript.
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I didn't see any such question. It only asks if the studies were full-time. I could try with saying that my PhD is part-time, since we are not supposed to take any coursework. It's pure research and working as a Teaching Assistant.
 
ddlykitten said:
Did you get your education assessed?
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No, I haven't yet. From what I read, you don't have to do that right? Is it mandatory to get them assessed beforehand? The problem is, by the time I get my degrees assessed, I'll have a break between Jobs. I'm finishing up my PhD and there might be break of a month or two till I find another job.
 
Yes. You need to check it as NO. Buddy.

In my first EE profile, I answered YES then my TA/RA experience at UBC does not count, although my number of hours are sufficient. After I re-create a profile and check that silly questions as NO, my TA/RA experience received the points.

ifkay said:
I didn't see any such question. It only asks if the studies were full-time. I could try with saying that my PhD is part-time, since we are not supposed to take any coursework. It's pure research and working as a Teaching Assistant.
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Hey ifkay,

Unfortunately all Non-Canadian degrees have to be verified. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp

The ECA assessment may take several months, so it's a good idea to start very soon

ifkay said:
No, I haven't yet. From what I read, you don't have to do that right? Is it mandatory to get them assessed beforehand? The problem is, by the time I get my degrees assessed, I'll have a break between Jobs. I'm finishing up my PhD and there might be break of a month or two till I find another job.
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ifkay said:
No, I haven't yet. From what I read, you don't have to do that right? Is it mandatory to get them assessed beforehand? The problem is, by the time I get my degrees assessed, I'll have a break between Jobs. I'm finishing up my PhD and there might be break of a month or two till I find another job.
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It is mandatory to have ECA. You have to do ECA before applying to EE. Otherwise, it will show ineligible.
 
ifkay said:
No, I haven't yet. From what I read, you don't have to do that right? Is it mandatory to get them assessed beforehand? The problem is, by the time I get my degrees assessed, I'll have a break between Jobs. I'm finishing up my PhD and there might be break of a month or two till I find another job.
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You might need one to be eligible since you didn't have any Canadian experience so you were only considered as FSW

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp
 
Ah damn! So, I need the assessment beforehand? Well, that's not good because then I'll probably have a break between jobs so then I have to apply next year after working 12 more months.
 
You just need to send some documents or ask your previous colleges to send your transcript to the designated institutes for the assessment. This is no necessary need for you to break between jobs to finish that assessment

ifkay said:
Ah damn! So, I need the assessment beforehand? Well, that's not good because then I'll probably have a break between jobs so then I have to apply next year after working 12 more months.
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ImmiToCanada said:
You just need to send some documents or ask your previous colleges to send your transcript to the designated institutes for the assessment. This is no necessary need for you to break between jobs to finish that assessment
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Thank you very much for all the help. The break is because I'm finishing up PhD this month, and I am taking a 2 month break before I start a new job.
 
ifkay said:
Thank you very much for all the help. The break is because I'm finishing up PhD this month, and I am taking a 2 month break before I start a new job.
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It does not matter if you have a break, your experience as a TA will still be valid.

And the reason why your profile was ineligible is because you don't have the ECA. Wait for your PhD to be over and then you will be able to claim the points for your doctorate with WES.
 
ifkay said:
Ah damn! So, I need the assessment beforehand? Well, that's not good because then I'll probably have a break between jobs so then I have to apply next year after working 12 more months.
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I didn't do assessment beforehand. I did it after creating EE profile, but before entering the EE pool. That shouldn't be the cause of you being ineligible.
 
res1 said:
I didn't do assessment beforehand. I did it after creating EE profile, but before entering the EE pool. That shouldn't be the cause of you being ineligible.
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For me it put me as eniligible when I said that I did not do the ECA. As soon as I got my ECA and did the exact same profile again I was eligible. So I don't know.
 
You should do it fast because when you reach 35, your point will be decreased due to age.
 
oh, you're not applying to live in Quebec, are you?
 
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