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Graduate assistant experience for immigration under FSW

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hyunjinc

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Oct 21, 2009
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Hello,
I am a graduate assistant at one of the Canadian universities, and I have been working as a graduate assistant for 5 years, which is equivalent to 1 year of full time work.
I have no problem immigrating to Canada, but there is one thing that I am concerned about:

I have few months of gap between each academic year that I worked for my department, because the university didn't allow me to work as a graduate assistant sometime during the summer breaks.
Will I still be able to immigrate? I am concerned because I know that my work experience has to be 1 year of "continuous" work experience.

I already called the call center but they wouldn't help me with it.

Can somebody here help me?

thank you
 
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googleman

Star Member
Mar 24, 2010
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hyunjinc said:
Hello,
I am a graduate assistant at one of the Canadian universities, and I have been working as a graduate assistant for 5 years, which is equivalent to 1 year of full time work.
I have no problem immigrating to Canada, but there is one thing that I am concerned about:

I have few months of gap between each academic year that I worked for my department, because the university didn't allow me to work as a graduate assistant sometime during the summer breaks.
Will I still be able to immigrate? I am concerned because I know that my work experience has to be 1 year of "continuous" work experience.

I already called the call center but they wouldn't help me with it.

Can somebody here help me? The question is answered somewhere in OP.

thank you
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It's OK. Go ahead and apply.
 
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googleman

Star Member
Mar 24, 2010
120
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hyunjinc said:
thank you very much for your reply; but are you sure though?
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Yeah, you can find the answer somewhere in OP. I saw it months ago. It should be around 1500 hours in total.
 
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hyunjinc

Full Member
Oct 21, 2009
49
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lol I read that document too! but how long of a break do they consider as a "short break"? what if it's a month of break?
 
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googleman

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Mar 24, 2010
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hyunjinc said:
lol I read that document too! but how long of a break do they consider as a "short break"? what if it's a month of break?
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I think it can be even four months. Many Canadian universities run on a three term system.
 
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hyunjinc

Full Member
Oct 21, 2009
49
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so are you saying that even a 4 months of break between each academic term is still okay for the immigration under FSW?
 
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googleman

Star Member
Mar 24, 2010
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hyunjinc said:
so are you saying that even a 4 months of break between each academic term is still okay for the immigration under FSW?
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2 terms per year for 5 years is OK, and you take off a 4 mo spring term each year.
 
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hyunjinc

Full Member
Oct 21, 2009
49
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...I looked through and all it tells me is that short break between employment is acceptable. 4 months is a short break..?
 
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