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FSW - Canadian co-op work points (CRS calculator)

nizamikn

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Sep 21, 2021
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Hi everyone - I am a recent international student, graduated with a bachelor's in Software engineering from Calgary. I have paid 16-month continuous Co-Op experience in Alberta

I am planning to apply for PR under the FSW program. From what I understand (see the link below), my co-op work experience will count towards my express entry eligibility score (min score of 67 required) but it may not count towards the score used to rank my profile. Does this mean I wouldn't get the credit towards my CRS score?

https://www.ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=394&top=29

It's strange when I used the official IRCC calculator below, I answered 1 year for the question below and I get the points. Should I exclude this co-op work experience or do you think I'd be eligible to include it? I'd love to understand my CRS score and figure out a way to increase it

i. In the last ten years, how many years of skilled work experience in Canada do you have?

https://ircc.canada.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

Thank you for your help!!!