Hi everyone,
I just submitted my EE profile. I had a couple of questions that perhaps you guys can help me to solve. First, I would like to share with you a little bit about my status/experience in Canada.
I came to Canada almost 7 years ago. I did a Bachelor of Commerce at UVIC and graduated in 2012. That year, I got the Post-graduate-work permit (PGWP) for three years which will expire in August of 2015. I moved to Toronto since I got a job offer from a multinational (where I had previously done an co-op/internship). I worked at that company for 2 years and 2 months (up to October 2014). I started at a new role in a different multinational that same month and it is my current employer.
I am sure that many of you are in a similar situation. PGWP holders who already have the required experience, but that time is running out since the new EE system requires you to get an invitation. I am somewhat concern about not getting an ITA before my work permit expires. However, I am a little optimistic since I know that the second draw dropped the minimum points a little bit.
Anyway, I just submitted the profile under the EE and have 463 points. Hopefully that will help. My questions are the following ones:
1) Country of residence: I heard the definition of residence is over 6 months living in a country, so I put Canada. Can someone please confirm if that was the correct answer? Or should I change it to my country of residence since I am under a PGWP status?
2) Intended Work in Canada: Under this forum, they ask - "Does X has a job offer in Canada?". I was very confused with this question since CIC usually refers to "job offer" as a qualified (LMIA based) job. So in the meantime I put no. However, and as I said before, I am currently working at a job which has a qualified NOC. Should I change my answer to "Yes"?
3) After completing the questionnaire and getting my score, I noted that I was qualified under CEC. However, I also noted that I did not qualify under Federal Skilled Worker. I thought that since I have 2 years of work experience (all in Canada) I should be able to qualify for CEC AND Federal Skilled Worker. Not like I care that much since I am focusing in applying under the CEC, but I was just curious. Any thoughts?
4) Does anyone know if any points are added for.. lets say.. I put 2 years (old job) and 4 months (and counting - from my current job).. do I get points only on a BY YEAR basis or do months also add some points?
I just submitted my EE profile. I had a couple of questions that perhaps you guys can help me to solve. First, I would like to share with you a little bit about my status/experience in Canada.
I came to Canada almost 7 years ago. I did a Bachelor of Commerce at UVIC and graduated in 2012. That year, I got the Post-graduate-work permit (PGWP) for three years which will expire in August of 2015. I moved to Toronto since I got a job offer from a multinational (where I had previously done an co-op/internship). I worked at that company for 2 years and 2 months (up to October 2014). I started at a new role in a different multinational that same month and it is my current employer.
I am sure that many of you are in a similar situation. PGWP holders who already have the required experience, but that time is running out since the new EE system requires you to get an invitation. I am somewhat concern about not getting an ITA before my work permit expires. However, I am a little optimistic since I know that the second draw dropped the minimum points a little bit.
Anyway, I just submitted the profile under the EE and have 463 points. Hopefully that will help. My questions are the following ones:
1) Country of residence: I heard the definition of residence is over 6 months living in a country, so I put Canada. Can someone please confirm if that was the correct answer? Or should I change it to my country of residence since I am under a PGWP status?
2) Intended Work in Canada: Under this forum, they ask - "Does X has a job offer in Canada?". I was very confused with this question since CIC usually refers to "job offer" as a qualified (LMIA based) job. So in the meantime I put no. However, and as I said before, I am currently working at a job which has a qualified NOC. Should I change my answer to "Yes"?
3) After completing the questionnaire and getting my score, I noted that I was qualified under CEC. However, I also noted that I did not qualify under Federal Skilled Worker. I thought that since I have 2 years of work experience (all in Canada) I should be able to qualify for CEC AND Federal Skilled Worker. Not like I care that much since I am focusing in applying under the CEC, but I was just curious. Any thoughts?
4) Does anyone know if any points are added for.. lets say.. I put 2 years (old job) and 4 months (and counting - from my current job).. do I get points only on a BY YEAR basis or do months also add some points?
