Next Step afte WP --> PR, apply for PR by CEC or FWS, which one better-thanks!!

[arlesoma]

Hi All,
Hope that some of you experts and non-experts can help me out with the following questions:

1- I am right now working in Canada with a work permit (9month in) and I am trying to decide if I should apply for a PR (in May which is when I will have one year of experience in Canada) through the CEC (Class experience) or the FSW, I will meet the requirements for both but I am trying to see which timeline would be shorter and which one is more efficient

2- By the time I get the PR I could well have already 2 years leaving in Canada, would those 2 years count as the requirement requested by the CIC that in order to maintain the residency you need to leave in canada a total of 2 years or does the 2 years start running after (and not before) they give you the PR?

Really thank you for your answer in advance,

 

[scylla]

2- By the time I get the PR I could well have already 2 years leaving in Canada, would those 2 years count as the requirement requested by the CIC that in order to maintain the residency you need to leave in canada a total of 2 years or does the 2 years start running after (and not before) they give you the PR?

No - this time will not count towards residency. Only the time after you have become a PR.

 

[crama123]

1) I too qualify for both FSW and CEC. My friends are advising me to go with CEC because the processing time is only 13 months. And I think FSW processing is longer than CEC. Atleast this is what I was told by my friends who are suggesting me to go with CEC

2) Only the time after you attain PR is counted.