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Quitting a job while waiting for PR?

ahiney

Full Member
Oct 30, 2019
33
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I need your help guys.
I asked this question to two different IRCC agents and immigrant laywers but no one seems to know the answer.

So brief scenario,
I applied for FSW in dec. and have been working in Canada for mre than 1 yr with LMIA but now I want to quit. At the time of submission, it hadnt been 1 year.

Case 1. - time of submission
Mandatory requirement for FSW is met.
Job offer based on LMIa - claimed 50.points
CRS score - 502
Cut off score of the invitation - 472

Case 2.
Mandatory requirement for FSW is still met (same)
No job - lose 50 pts
1 year of Canadian work experience - gain 47 pts (because my skilled work experience is foreign)
CRS score recalculated - 499; still higher than the cut-off score

If my status changes from case 1 to case 2, could my application be rejected??
 

canuck_in_uk

VIP Member
May 4, 2012
31,548
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App. Filed.......
06/12
I need your help guys.
I asked this question to two different IRCC agents and immigrant laywers but no one seems to know the answer.

So brief scenario,
I applied for FSW in dec. and have been working in Canada for mre than 1 yr with LMIA but now I want to quit. At the time of submission, it hadnt been 1 year.

Case 1. - time of submission
Mandatory requirement for FSW is met.
Job offer based on LMIa - claimed 50.points
CRS score - 502
Cut off score of the invitation - 472

Case 2.
Mandatory requirement for FSW is still met (same)
No job - lose 50 pts
1 year of Canadian work experience - gain 47 pts (because my skilled work experience is foreign)
CRS score recalculated - 499; still higher than the cut-off score

If my status changes from case 1 to case 2, could my application be rejected??
You won't get points for the one year of experience because that happened after you applied for PR. Without the job offer, your score will decrease below the cut-off and you will no longer qualify.

If you want to quit the job and claim the one year of experience, you need to withdraw your current app, submit a new profile, get a new ITA and re-apply.