Is it True

[AjBuck]

When filing for CEC, you only need 1560 hours within NOC A,B,O group under your PGWP? Do you have to have one year FULL-Time Experience?

So once you have the hours you can apply for CEC? or Do you have to have 1 year?

 

[MenicMonday]

Not either/or, you need BOTH!

 

[Johnny31]

When filing for CEC, you only need 1560 hours within NOC A,B,O group under your PGWP? Do you have to have one year FULL-Time Experience?

So once you have the hours you can apply for CEC? or Do you have to have 1 year?

You need to have both the required hours PLUS one year equivlant of full time experience

 

[tiffany123]

When filing for CEC, you only need 1560 hours within NOC A,B,O group under your PGWP? Do you have to have one year FULL-Time Experience?

So once you have the hours you can apply for CEC? or Do you have to have 1 year?

Hi there,

Here are the qualifications under CEC category

You need to meet these requirements to apply under the Canadian Experience Class. You must:

plan to live outside the province of Quebec,
have at least 12 months of full-time (or an equal amount in part-time) skilled work experience in Canada in the three years before you apply,
have gained your experience in Canada with the proper authorization,
meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability (speaking, reading, writing, and listening).

and by 12 months of full-time, the website say that the equivalent total time is ~1560 hours. So technically, 1 year and 1560 hours are basically the same thing

 

[MenicMonday]

Hi there,

Here are the qualifications under CEC category
and by 12 months of full-time, the website say that the equivalent total time is ~1560 hours. So technically, 1 year and 1560 hours are basically the same thing

I think 12 month

You're right, it's the same thing if we only count 30 hours/week x 52 weeks (which is the correct way of doing it).
It's confusing to some because they happen to work more than 30 hours per week and end-up with 1560 total hours in less than 12 months.

 

[AjBuck]

So if you work 37.5 hours you will be able to apply earlier then? or even more hours?

 

[jes_ON]

So if you work 37.5 hours you will be able to apply earlier then? or even more hours?

No, no, and again, no.

If you work 37.5 hours, you are simply full-time, you do not add up hours, only need 1 year of employment (full-time). You cannot apply with less than 1 year, regardless of whether you work 30 or 40 or 80 hours per week - it is just one week.

If you work 15 hours per week, it will take you 2 years to meet the full-time equivalent of 1560 hours. That is the only reason CIC gives the equivalent in terms of hours, so you can calculate how long you need to work. If you work 20 hours per week, you can calculate that you need to work for 78 weeks to meet the 1 year requirement.

 

[maxloner]

Jes_on is right.

to keep things simple lets say 1 year rule applies if you work @ rate of 30hr/week or more. If less, then 1560 total hours' rule apply.

 

[AjBuck]

Suppose you only have a one year permit?

 

[maxloner]

In case you have 1 year permit (read as have worked for 1 year), but the work hours per week during that time is less than 30 --> not OK for CIC CEC.

In case you have 1 year permit (read as have worked for 1 year), but the work hours per week during that time is equal to or more than 30 --> OK for CIC CEC.


Man you have me writing code for CIC's systems. ;D

 

[AjBuck]

Am lost with all your codes... .I work 37.5 per week with a one year pgwp started working full time in may but received pgwp september....when can I apply?

 

[thisisauser]

Am lost with all your codes... .I work 37.5 per week with a one year pgwp started working full time in may but received pgwp september....when can I apply?

So you were working without a work permit from May to September?

Also as others have said, even if you work 168 hours a week (no sleep, no food, just work every single second), you still need a minimum of 1 year (52 complete weeks) of valid work experience to qualify.

 

[jes_ON]

So you were working without a work permit from May to September?

He was still on his off-campus work permit, during the allowed transition period. The rule is that no employment while a full-time student can be accepted, but if you can prove when you stopped being a full-time student (e.g. your graduation date), and your work is authorized (which it was), then the experience should count. You may need to write a letter of explanation so that the VO understands.

 

[AjBuck]

working on off campus from May till September....Received my PGWP in September...I have a valid work permit....Yes I do work 37.5 per week...Right after my last exam

 

[maniac2403]

working on off campus from May till September....Received my PGWP in September...I have a valid work permit....Yes I do work 37.5 per week...Right after my last exam

To make things simple,

If you graduated in April 2014 and have your degree by April 2014, and worked from May 2014 to September 2014 on your Off Campus work permit, then you will be eligible to apply May 2015.

If you did not graduate until August 2014, then you are eligible to apply October 2015.