should I apply for PR by CEC or FSW which one is more efficient - THAANNKS!!

[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 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,

 

[Leon]

1. CEC is simpler because there is no points system, just full year of skilled work and passing IELTS. You can look up the processing time for each on the CIC website.

2. Clock starts ticking after you land as a PR. Besides, you don't just have to meet the 2/5 years once, you have to meet it for any rolling 5 year period. Hence if you must leave after you get your PR, you can be gone max. 3 years but then you must return for 2 to make up for it. Or you could be gone one year, back for one etc. as long as you always have at least 730 days in Canada in any 5 year period.