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NEW - CEC Operational Manual

Nikki30588

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Hello Everyone,

The new and updated CEC Operational manual is out.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op25a-eng.pdf
 

iam_toby

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Nikki30588 said:
Hello Everyone,

The new and updated CEC Operational manual is out.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/cec/apply-who.asp
You mean instruction guide??

>> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5609ETOC.asp
 

iam_toby

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Here's an interesting part:

If you are a student and graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution, you can gain the work experience required for CEC through the Post-Graduate Work Permit.
That, now, excludes experience gained on off- or on-campus work permits after graduation before getting the PGWP.
 

Nikki30588

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Note: Any period of employment during which the applicant was engaged in full-time study will not be included in calculating the period of qualifying work experience (e.g., work experience gained through co-op work permits, off-campus work permits while a full-time student, and on-campus work permits).

The key being a full time student while on off-campus work permit. Again, this is a grey area but it's worth a shot because technically while making a transition from off campus to pgwp, you are no longer a full time student (key being, no longer a full time student).

For a student who had graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution, only work experience gained after graduation will count towards meeting the work experience requirement (e.g., post-graduate work permit). Here the pgwp is merely an example.

And it also clears up work experience gained on implied status: Note: Work experience acquired while under implied status will be considered as eligible work experience under the CEC, provided the applicant continued to work in Canada under the same conditions as their original work permit until a decision was made on their application for a work permit extension.

We should also see an updated backgrounder or instructions for BOWP because that too has changed in the manual.

iam_toby said:
Here's an interesting part:

That, now, excludes experience gained on off- or on-campus work permits after graduation before getting the PGWP.