OWP Employment History

[marissal1219]

Hi everyone! I submitted my application on March 5 (inland). Just overthinking every little detail as usual and had a question.... on the OWP forms it asks for 10 years of employment history. It only gave 3 spaces for this and did not give the option to add more rows, so I filled out the first 3 and wrote the rest of the work history by hand in black ink with the exact format used on the forms. My spouse and I also both added our signature to the paper. Does anyone think this will be a problem?

 

[Jazzercise]

Hi everyone! I submitted my application on March 5 (inland). Just overthinking every little detail as usual and had a question.... on the OWP forms it asks for 10 years of employment history. It only gave 3 spaces for this and did not give the option to add more rows, so I filled out the first 3 and wrote the rest of the work history by hand in black ink with the exact format used on the forms. My spouse and I also both added our signature to the paper. Does anyone think this will be a problem?

What you did might be okay, but I also know that the OWP application specifically instructs the applicant to print out additional copies of that employment history page, and to then fill out those extra pages and place them in order. Here's an example of what I did (I needed more than three spaces too):

Personal Info Page, etc.
Employment History Page
Employment History Page (Copy 1)
Employment History Page (Copy 2)
Employment History Page (Copy 3)
Rest of Application Pages

I hope that made sense. Oh, and before I forget, I didn't fill out the "copy" pages by hand. Instead I opened additional app files and only filled out the applicant info (since this stuff appears at the top of each page) and the employment history boxes. After inputing this information I printed only the page I needed.

Finally, it's been several months, so I don't remember off-hand if my spouse signed the application too. My guess is no, but I could be wrong. I just followed whatever the checklist/directions said. Good luck and remember to pay the full $255!

 

[Mar1219]

What you did might be okay, but I also know that the OWP application specifically instructs the applicant to print out additional copies of that employment history page, and to then fill out those extra pages and place them in order. Here's an example of what I did (I needed more than three spaces too):

Personal Info Page, etc.
Employment History Page
Employment History Page (Copy 1)
Employment History Page (Copy 2)
Employment History Page (Copy 3)
Rest of Application Pages

I hope that made sense. Oh, and before I forget, I didn't fill out the "copy" pages by hand. Instead I opened additional app files and only filled out the applicant info (since this stuff appears at the top of each page) and the employment history boxes. After inputing this information I printed only the page I needed.

Finally, it's been several months, so I don't remember off-hand if my spouse signed the application too. My guess is no, but I could be wrong. I just followed whatever the checklist/directions said. Good luck and remember to pay the full $255!

Thanks for your reply. I’m wondering if anyone else has experience with this? I know that form is validated but if you add extra pages separately then they would not be part of the original form that is validated. So how would this make a difference really? Either way the additional work history does not get validated, whether you hand write it, type it or what have you

 

[Jazzercise]

Thanks for your reply. I’m wondering if anyone else has experience with this? I know that form is validated but if you add extra pages separately then they would not be part of the original form that is validated. So how would this make a difference really? Either way the additional work history does not get validated, whether you hand write it, type it or what have you

Don't worry about the validation process. Validation is there to ensure your history is listed in sequential order and there are no timeline anomalies. What I described works. This is what I did -- and I did it because that's what the instructions told me to do.

 

[Mar1219]

Don't worry about the validation process. Validation is there to ensure your history is listed in sequential order and there are no timeline anomalies. What I described works. This is what I did -- and I did it because that's what the instructions told me to do.

Thank you. I've since confirmed with IRCC that handwritten is perfectly fine as long as all the necessary information is there

 

[Jazzercise]

Thank you. I've since confirmed with IRCC that handwritten is perfectly fine as long as all the necessary information is there

Nice. Best of luck.