Is 1560 hrs = 1 year for CEC only?

[mukulabd]

Hi,

I read that 30 hrs/week (1560 hours) accounts to 1 year of Canadian work experience. But does this rule apply to FSW as well? In one of the companies I have 2 years 8 months of documented foreign work experience. But since it was more than 40 hrs/week my total goes above 4680 hours (1560×3). So can I consider it as more than 3 years and claim points for it?

Thanks.

 

[DelPiero07]

No.

You also have to work for a 3 year period, since you fall short by 4 months so can only count 2 years.

 

[Pat180715]

No.

You also have to work for a 3 year period, since you fall short by 4 months so can only count 2 years.

DelPiero07, could you please help me clarify the following situation:

For fsw we need 1 year of continuous work experience (1560 hours a year/30 hours a week), right? I worked for a company for 1 year 2 months 11 days continuously. But i took a vacation of five weeks (that's the usual length of vacation in my home country) during the year of continuous employment. Will this be a problem? My workweek length was 40 hrs/a week, so 1560 hours of employment were reached before calendar year of employment.

Thanks in advance!

 

[DelPiero07]

DelPiero07, could you please help me clarify the following situation:

For fsw we need 1 year of continuous work experience (1560 hours a year/30 hours a week), right? I worked for a company for 1 year 2 months 11 days continuously. But i took a vacation of five weeks (that's the usual length of vacation in my home country) during the year of continuous employment. Will this be a problem? My workweek length was 40 hrs/a week, so 1560 hours of employment were reached before calendar year of employment.

Thanks in advance!

If this vacation was paid then you'll be fine.

Btw this statement is incorrect "My workweek length was 40 hrs/a week, so 1560 hours of employment were reached before calendar year of employment." - For full-time experience CIC does not count any hours of work above 30 per week.

 

[mukulabd]

No.

You also have to work for a 3 year period, since you fall short by 4 months so can only count 2 years.

Ok thanks.

 

[Pat180715]

If this vacation was paid then you'll be fine.

Btw this statement is incorrect "My workweek length was 40 hrs/a week, so 1560 hours of employment were reached before calendar year of employment." - For full-time experience CIC does not count any hours of work above 30 per week.

Ok, thanks! Yes, the vacation was paid.