Graduate Certificate vs Master's Degree

[kmaleka]

Hello all,
Please help. I did a one-year degree at a College in Canada and was awarded a Graduate Certificate. I am now applying for Express Entry and first added my education in Canada as a Master's degree and got a total of 428 (still need to add ECA for previous studies outside Canada). When I thought about it a bit better and changed the education in Canada to a 1-year program of Study, my points dropped to 347. I am devastated and I don't know if I can take the chance and change it again to a Master's Degree. Any recommendations? Thank you so much in advance.

 

[ContactFront]

No, a graduate certificate is not a master's degree

 

[MelanieL]

Absolutely not, they are not the same degree and Masters is usually 2 years, that is misrepresentation and you will for sure get rejected and can get banned from Canada. You will need to keep studying and actually do a Masters if you need the points but 428 is too low for PR anyway