Well, I submitted my application on January 5, 2010 and it was just returned (today) for not matching the skilled worker category.
I worked for 2.5 years with the job title "IT Manager". My duties included managing IT operations, hiring, budgets, provisioning, process, policy and security.
The exact wording of the letter I received is:
I didn't really consider that it would even be a risk... The fact that the actual job I performed was an exact match for the required job description, I just didn't spend that much time thinking about how to write down the job duties... Oye!!! I don't recall seeing a "essential duties" list anywhere in the documentation I found when going through the submission.
The other issue I can see is that I also had a previous job of 3 years listed with the job description of "IT specialist (Supervisor)" also under the 0213 category, where I was a supervisor for a section of the IT staff and one of the facilities within the company. I figured the supervisory role may also dictate the 0213 category, but I didn't think it was a big deal because I already listed above it, 2+ years of work with the title of "IT Manager".
Is there any recourse in this issue? I'm not sure if I'm allowed to re-submit the application in order to clarify my job duties, because they ARE exactly in line with the job description see listed for category 0213... Am I totally out of luck? I'd already gone out home shopping in Calgary - I'm starting to wonder if that was premature?
I make a six figure income in the US, I have a clean background, I spend 8-10 weeks per year in Calgary and Vancouver and a number of my close friends live in Calgary. My step-dad, and my brother and sister are all Canadian citizens, but none of those things increase my qualification for immigration. It seems to come down to the semantics of what "supervising staff" is and whether that is actually "management"... perhaps...
Anyone have any suggestions?
I worked for 2.5 years with the job title "IT Manager". My duties included managing IT operations, hiring, budgets, provisioning, process, policy and security.
The exact wording of the letter I received is:
I don't have the exact wording of the application I submitted, but I'll try to dig that up when I get home from this business trip...
I didn't really consider that it would even be a risk... The fact that the actual job I performed was an exact match for the required job description, I just didn't spend that much time thinking about how to write down the job duties... Oye!!! I don't recall seeing a "essential duties" list anywhere in the documentation I found when going through the submission.
The other issue I can see is that I also had a previous job of 3 years listed with the job description of "IT specialist (Supervisor)" also under the 0213 category, where I was a supervisor for a section of the IT staff and one of the facilities within the company. I figured the supervisory role may also dictate the 0213 category, but I didn't think it was a big deal because I already listed above it, 2+ years of work with the title of "IT Manager".
Is there any recourse in this issue? I'm not sure if I'm allowed to re-submit the application in order to clarify my job duties, because they ARE exactly in line with the job description see listed for category 0213... Am I totally out of luck? I'd already gone out home shopping in Calgary - I'm starting to wonder if that was premature?
I make a six figure income in the US, I have a clean background, I spend 8-10 weeks per year in Calgary and Vancouver and a number of my close friends live in Calgary. My step-dad, and my brother and sister are all Canadian citizens, but none of those things increase my qualification for immigration. It seems to come down to the semantics of what "supervising staff" is and whether that is actually "management"... perhaps...
Anyone have any suggestions?
