ITA Received.. Accept or Decline?

[dum.sonu]

Hi everyone

In the latest draw, I received an ITA. I have 447 points. I am a single 25 year old man (soon to be 26 in two weeks). I have foreign experience and I have never been to Canada. I graduated with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the US in July 2014. I am very confused if I should submit the PR application form or not. This confusion is because of my work experience.

Full time Job 1: This was an electrical design engineering job (NOC: 2133). I had this job from August 5, 2014 to Feb 28, 2015.
Full time Job 2: This was an electrical test engineering job (NOC: 2133). I had this job from March 1, 2015 to August 1, 2015.
Full time Job 3: This is my current job. This is a purchasing manager job (NOC: 0113). I have this job since August 3, 2015.

Would they accept my electrical engineering experience that is less than one year for each position? I have listed my primary occupation as NOC: 2133 electrical engineering.

Another issue with me is that I applied to Canadian universities for MBA. I received an admit from a university and the course will start in the August of 2017. I was planning to apply for a study permit before I received the ITA suddenly.

I am very confused what to do now. Should I decline this golden opportunity of ITA? Should I apply for PR? Can anyone help me out with my situation please? (I really don't want to decline the ITA). What should I do?

 

[Dill_Harris]

I'm sure some seniors will chime in, but my understanding is that the qualifying work experience doesn't have to be consecutive, just cumulative. From what you've shared, you should be fine.

If I were you, I would absolutely accept the ITA. That way, if you do decide to pursue your grad. work, you'll be paying PR fees, not international fees--a huge difference (ask me how I know . . .). Good luck!

 

[dum.sonu]

Thanks for your reply. I am also worried that I might miss the deadline of attending the university if I apply for PR. But Dill Harris, to your point, I agree. I have all my letters in order and I can gather the letters I don't have.

 

[dum.sonu]

I would like to have some more suggestions from some more people though. Anyone? Please..

 

[johnmunch]

I'm sure some seniors will chime in, but my understanding is that the qualifying work experience doesn't have to be consecutive, just cumulative. From what you've shared, you should be fine.

That is incorrect. Foreign work experience needs to be at least 30 hours/week during 52 weeks in order to accumulate the 1-year work experience requirement. It can also be accrued with part-time hours but the then you would need to work longer (FTE period). It also HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS, meaning consecutive. According to immi, short anticipated breaks are acceptable, no further detail is provided. Therefore, from the invitation you gave, you seem to be satifying the work experience requirement.

SO you satisfy the 2 year work experience. Perhaps the continuity clause applies to the first year of experience, so it that sense the previous poster was not completely wrong

 

[thejkhan]

It also HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS, meaning consecutive.

It has to be continues employment in jobs with the same NOC.

He does meet 1 year of experience for NOC 0113, but is short (by about 6 days) of 1 year experience for NOC 2133.

 

[astralsource]

That is incorrect. Foreign work experience needs to be at least 30 hours/week during 52 weeks in order to accumulate the 1-year work experience requirement. It can also be accrued with part-time hours but the then you would need to work longer (FTE period). It also HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS, meaning consecutive. According to immi, short anticipated breaks are acceptable, no further detail is provided. Therefore, from the invitation you gave, you seem to be satifying the work experience requirement.

I agree.. but I think his other NOC satisfies the requirement.. 0113.. is it possible even if he listed his other NOC? Thats why Im not clear on this - how the system accepted the experience if you listed the wrong NOC.. experience has to be the same NOC right?

 

[astralsource]

It has to be continues employment in jobs with the same NOC.

He does meet 1 year of experience for NOC 0113, but is short (by about 6 days) of 1 year experience for NOC 2133.

Exactly but how the system accepted it if he listed wrong NOC. Interesting.

 

[pacificislander]

Exactly but how the system accepted it if he listed wrong NOC. Interesting.

I think there's something wrong with the work experience that he gave because his score is really high to reach 447 and he only have 1 year work experience for the same NOC.

 

[dum.sonu]

That is incorrect. Foreign work experience needs to be at least 30 hours/week during 52 weeks in order to accumulate the 1-year work experience requirement. It can also be accrued with part-time hours but the then you would need to work longer (FTE period). It also HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS, meaning consecutive. According to immi, short anticipated breaks are acceptable, no further detail is provided. Therefore, from the invitation you gave, you seem to be satifying the work experience requirement.

SO you satisfy the 2 year work experience. Perhaps the continuity clause applies to the first year of experience, so it that sense the previous poster was not completely wrong

That's where I'm confused too. The continuous word is confusing. I do have continuous work experience in my current profession. That is also supposed to count, right?

And I don't really understand what you mean by saying that the continuity clause applies to the first year of experience. Do you mean that my first year of experience has to be in the same job?

 

[dum.sonu]

It has to be continues employment in jobs with the same NOC.

He does meet 1 year of experience for NOC 0113, but is short (by about 6 days) of 1 year experience for NOC 2133.

Do you mean that every NOC should have the duration of atleast one year? But on the official website, they mention that atleast one job should be continuous for one year.

By the way, it is short by 6 days because of the weekends.

 

[dum.sonu]

I agree.. but I think his other NOC satisfies the requirement.. 0113.. is it possible even if he listed his other NOC? Thats why Im not clear on this - how the system accepted the experience if you listed the wrong NOC.. experience has to be the same NOC right?

Why is it wrong NOC? :-X

 

[pacificislander]

Do you mean that every NOC should have the duration of atleast one year? But on the official website, they mention that atleast one job should be continuous for one year.

By the way, it is short by 6 days because of the weekends.

It must be 1 year of continuous job under 1 NOC. You can't have different NOC's nominated. Only one must be credited for a minimum of 1 year continuous work experience.

 

[johnmunch]

That's where I'm confused too. The continuous word is confusing. I do have continuous work experience in my current profession. That is also supposed to count, right?

And I don't really understand what you mean by saying that the continuity clause applies to the first year of experience. Do you mean that my first year of experience has to be in the same job?

the first year needs to be in the same NOC (i.e. occuption), not same job. it looks like either the system rounded up the months to have 1 year of experience for your first NOC and hence first job and in that case, there will be an issue with your application. Or the 1 year experience does not need to be the actual 1st year of work and can therefore happen after you have worked in other jobs (same or different NOCs). I hope that clears things out.

 

[dum.sonu]

It must be 1 year of continuous job under 1 NOC. You can't have different NOC's nominated. Only one must be credited for a minimum of 1 year continuous work experience.

In that case, what if I nominate only my current job? My current job is more than one year and continuous. But it's different from electrical engineering, which is what I studied in my university.