OCWP experience for 2014 CEC applications

[Ko_ko_Ko]

Hey Guys, is there anyone active on this forum whom received their PR already and had a full year of experience only with their OCWP after graduation and got approved?
I recently got my GCMS notes and seems that the first officer sees this as a concern, indeed I started working on my OCWP after graduation (was waiting for the Post grad at that time).
So my full year of experience is more like 2 months on OCWP (AFTER GRADUATION) and 10 on Post Grad.

I did go through the immigration act to see if the OCWP qualifies or not, but there is no clear interpretation on this topic.

P.S Also I did read a lot of posts on this forum and most of the are 50/50 that it counts/does not count.
P.S2 I am sure they will try to enforce this part and deny the PR as per this section of the immigration act

87.1 (3)
(a) any period of employment during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience;

But it does not state anything about experience gained on an OCWP after graduation :/ Tricky old CIC!


Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

 

[kesavan4321]

Hey Guys, is there anyone active on this forum whom received their PR already and had a full year of experience only with their OCWP after graduation and got approved?
I recently got my GCMS notes and seems that the first officer sees this as a concern, indeed I started working on my OCWP after graduation (was waiting for the Post grad at that time).
So my full year of experience is more like 2 months on OCWP (AFTER GRADUATION) and 10 on Post Grad.

I did go through the immigration act to see if the OCWP qualifies or not, but there is no clear interpretation on this topic.

P.S Also I did read a lot of posts on this forum and most of the are 50/50 that it counts/does not count.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

Which month you got your post grad work permit and which month you start working

 

[Ko_ko_Ko]

Which month you got your post grad work permit and which month you start working

Started in September 2014, got my PGWP on November 2014 (around 55ish days)

I think I will try to use this subsection of the immigration act once sending additional documents

87.1 (3)
(a) any period of employment during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience;

It just states that you must not be a full time student, but that might be the clause that will deny me my PR

 

[Ko_ko_Ko]

Bump! Just send in a bunch of docs to CIC showing that I was not a Full time student when working on my OCWP, and that I graduated before starting work. We'll see how that goes...