DanielCoutinho said:
But the problem is it is exactly the same employer. There is no other employer. I have been working in this job for 2 years now and I have the same duties a Purchasing manager and a Property administrator have in a daily basis. How am I supposed to separate one from the other or get another employer to sign if they are one and the same? I mean, what I was imagining was that CIC would open one of the applications and figure "Hey this guys does a lot more than a Purchasing manager does" and the same would apply for the other application. Is that a problem?
I don't know if it's a problem or not. I don't know how they would handle such a situation. I am not criticizing the idea. But since you propose to do something nonstandard, I think it's a good idea to find ways to attack it and determine whether you think it's worth the risk.
For example, you say that right now you have 2 years of experience with that company and it is your only experience. Is it a full 2 years? Because suppose CIC sees that your employment is evenly split between 2 NOCs and decides to give you credit for half time at each NOC. If your experience is any less than 2 years, you will get credit for less than 1 year full time in each NOC and thus won't meet the minimum requirement. You say you are over the 2-year mark so that's good, if you split your time 50/50 in those two NOCs you should make the minimum requirement for both. But you should take care to explain this very carefully in both applications. You can't assume that CIC will split it 50/50 for you. Remember also that the two applications are likely to be reviewed by different people. If your duties fall evenly into 2 NOCs, the reviewer may conclude that it cannot be determined whether you meet the minimum of one year full time equivalent in the NOC on the application, and the reviewer on the other application may reach the same conclusion. So you are going to have to be very careful and explicit in how you describe this.
Even though the packages will initially go to 2 different reviewers, I think that after one is entered and receives a UCI, your other one will be matched up using your name to your existing UCI, and the applications may be compared to one another.
Again I don't know if any of the above would happen. But I do know that the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate that he meets the minimum requirements and makes the pass mark, and if he fails to do so the application will be rejected. So I suggest you take time to think through all the things that might go wrong with your plan, before deciding to do it this way.
I commend you for your honesty; you could have just chosen one or the other and declined to put the other duties in your letter, which wouldn't have been accurate. This is the other side of the problem. Your letter should be accurate, and you split time between those 2 NOCs. Getting a letter for only one or the other and leaving off duties that are part of your employment would be dishonest. So I'm at a bit of a loss. I think there are good ways to stress one NOC over the other while remaining honest.
Good luck and keep us posted.
