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Work experience hours Calculation for CEC

tomtom104

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No this is not correct. You can submit your profiile after 11 months and IRCC will count you as CEC eligible. You have 45 days to submit the documents. so you can submit once your 1 year is complete
many ppl have done this.
But when proceeding the application, they will check the hours and days, so the officer has a very right to refuse as the applicant was ineligible when creating his or her profile. If they accept it, we know that by law they don't need to. Many doesn't mean all, I guess.
 

neo69

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But when proceeding the application, they will check the hours and days, so the officer has a very right to refuse as the applicant was ineligible when creating his or her profile. If they accept it, we know that by law they don't need to. Many doesn't mean all, I guess.
When you create the application- the applicant doesn’t choose if he /she is cec eligible
The tool calculates that based on the job start dates
So if u create ur profile on the 11th month the tool itself shows u cec eligible
The documentation is only provided once u accept the ITA - so yes then u provide the docs it should be 1 year of experience

but this does not mean you need to create a profile only after completing 1 year
 

tomtom104

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I understood what you were saying. I mean that the officer still have a right to refuse even tho at the point they are working our application we have more than a year. The reason would be the lack of hours when creating express entry profile as the law requires to have enough 12 months, 52 weeks, 1560 hours to be eligible to open a profile. The 11 months thing on the system is just the technology thing that we usually take advantage.
But you are right, USUALLY the officer would accept that deal, but not always you know. I would wait a couple days for my own safety :D
 

neo69

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I understood what you were saying. I mean that the officer still have a right to refuse even tho at the point they are working our application we have more than a year. The reason would be the lack of hours when creating express entry profile as the law requires to have enough 12 months, 52 weeks, 1560 hours to be eligible to open a profile. The 11 months thing on the system is just the technology thing that we usually take advantage.
But you are right, USUALLY the officer would accept that deal, but not always you know. I would wait a couple days for my own safety :D
Hmm I don’t agree
The law doesnt say not to create a profile before one year
Well if you prior exp you can still create a profile - correct
You don’t decide if it’s cec eligible or not the portal decides if you are eligible for fsw / cec
 

tomtom104

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Hmm I don’t agree
The law doesnt say not to create a profile before one year
Well if you prior exp you can still create a profile - correct
You don’t decide if it’s cec eligible or not the portal decides if you are eligible for fsw / cec
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=675&top=29
The eligibility after just 11 months is more like a bug of the automatic system, idk. When a real person (officer) looks into that, they may question, and there is still 0.1% they won't accept. That all what I meant.
Because if the officer consider that it is unfair for a person who got 1 year or more and didn't get the ITA due to one with a higher score in the pool with just 11 months (given both opened the profile at the same time), they may think about declining the 11-month profile. But again, very low percentage that would happen cuz, like you, I know there are many opened profile after 11 months of work
 

neo69

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https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=675&top=29
The eligibility after just 11 months is more like a bug of the automatic system, idk. When a real person (officer) looks into that, they may question, and there is still 0.1% they won't accept. That all what I meant.
Because if the officer consider that it is unfair for a person who got 1 year or more and didn't get the ITA due to one with a higher score in the pool with just 11 months (given both opened the profile at the same time), they may think about declining the 11-month profile. But again, very low percentage that would happen cuz, like you, I know there are many opened profile after 11 months of work
Well you can be right if the person does not have any outside canada experience- then yes the profile should not be created

If you have outside canada experience you are eligible for fsw and that’s what you are doing
The profile is not created for cec alone - you may be eligible for cec if you have work exp in canada

also the officer Will look in your docs when you submit them so at the time of doc submission you should have 1 year of canada exp if you got the ita in cec class
 
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tomtom104

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Well you can be right if the person does not have any outside canada experience- then yes the profile should not be created

If you have outside canada experience you are eligible for fsw and that’s what you are doing
The profile is not created for cec alone - you may be eligible for cec if you have work exp in canada

also the officer Will look in your docs when you submit them so at the time of doc submission you should have 1 year of canada exp if you got the ita in cec class
Absolutely agree
 

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Hello Guys, I have two questions regarding Work experience calculation for CEC file.
1. I took one scheduled break during my studies, Can I count those four months of break towards my experience in CEC?,
2. Can I count part-time work experience gained during my full time studies in CEC?. by halving it

I know some guys who claimed both of these in CEC file last year and got clear with it.

So if anyone know about this, it would be really helpful.

I worked on NOC B job for whole time .
 

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Hello Guys, I have two questions regarding Work experience calculation for CEC file.
1. I took one scheduled break during my studies, Can I count those four months of break towards my experience in CEC?,
2. Can I count part-time work experience gained during my full time studies in CEC?. by halving it

I know some guys who claimed both of these in CEC file last year and got clear with it.

So if anyone know about this, it would be really helpful.

I worked on NOC B job for whole time .
Neither can be counted per IRCC's rules. You can only count the time worked from the date you submitted your PGWP towards the one year Canadian work experience requirement. It's very surprising that you know several people who did this and were approved. Are you 100 percent sure of these details?
 
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Larming fee

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Good evening,
I've read quite a few threads on here regarding the CEC hour calculation. My case, however, is somewhat different.
1)
I work in Oil and Gas, on a rotation, that is 7 days on and 7 days and off 12 hour shifts.
As per the stated rule on CIC website for CEC, only 30hrs/week are considered valid. If that's the case, I'll have to work 2 years to get 1 year experience and that just doesn't sound right to me. Any intake on this matter?

2)
I got my work permit on May 10th, 2018. I had started working with a company in April, 2018 and I worked with that company till June 22, 2018. Do the hours I worked with that company before getting my work permit also count towards 1 year experience?

3)
After working with that company, I got laid off on June 22nd. I found another job and started on July 25th, 2018. I've been working with this company since and so far i've worked 6 months for this company.
I will have the required hours if i count 84hrs/2 weeks on April 25th, 2019. If I take unpaid vacation after April 25th, 2019 and will i still be eligible apply for CEC after May 10th?
Hello how did it go?
I have the same issue, I work FIFO . 2 weeks on and two weeks off. Did you state in your letter of explanation? And was your pr approved