Working for an Non profit organisation, one year contract

[hhhhdmt]

I am running out of time on my work permit. I still need about 6 months of experience to qualify under skilled worker program.

I have been offered a full time, paid job on a 1 year contract basis. It is for a not for profit organisation.

Will this count as job experience? I am pretty sure its NOC B, but it is on a contract basis and it will only last a year. My permit will expire before that. I plan to apply by November/December.

The fact that the organisation is not for profit bothers me, i am not sure if it will count as skilled experience. Can anyone please help? I need to accept the offer ASAP

 

[hhhhdmt]

anyone?

 

[DelPiero07]

Being not for profit is irrelevant, what matters is that you get paid and you performed the duties of a skilled NOC.

Your comment that "I still need about 6 months of experience to qualify under skilled worker program" is confusing though. If you're a FSW applicant then you must have a year of continuous work experience under your primary NOC so having 6 months under one NOC and 6 months under another won't help you meet the eligibility criteria.

So I have to ask, did you mean Canadian Experience Class?

 

[hhhhdmt]

Being not for profit is irrelevant, what matters is that you get paid and you performed the duties of a skilled NOC.

Your comment that "I still need about 6 months of experience to qualify under skilled worker program" is confusing though. If you're a FSW applicant then you must have a year of continuous work experience under your primary NOC so having 6 months under one NOC and 6 months under another won't help you meet the eligibility criteria.

So I have to ask, did you mean Canadian Experience Class?

does it have to be continuous? I can't get Canadian experience class. I worked abroad a few years ago. I have heard that it doesn't need to be continuous

 

[hhhhdmt]

My previous work experience was in NOC B as well, it was from May-November 2016.

 

[DelPiero07]

does it have to be continuous? I can't get Canadian experience class. I worked abroad a few years ago. I have heard that it doesn't need to be continuous

For eligibility purposes one year must be continuous under your Primary NOC.

 

[hhhhdmt]

For eligibility purposes one year must be continuous under your Primary NOC.

is there anything i can do now? I remember an immigration lawyer telling me that it needed to be in the last 3 years, not necessarily continuous.

 

[hhhhdmt]

My permit expires end of next Jan. This contract will be for a year starting July. Can i do anything here?

 

[DelPiero07]

is there anything i can do now? I remember an immigration lawyer telling me that it needed to be in the last 3 years, not necessarily continuous.

Those requirements are for the Canadian experience class program not for the Federal skilled program.

 

[hhhhdmt]

Those requirements are for the Canadian experience class program not for the Federal skilled program.

but i won't be able to get Canadian experience class. If its a one year contract, can i get some sort of extension to complete the contract and then apply?

 

[DelPiero07]

I simply do not have enough details about your situation to answer that question.

 

[hhhhdmt]

I simply do not have enough details about your situation to answer that question.

Ok.

I have 6 and a half months of skilled NOC B experience from Dubai obtained in 2016.

My canadian post graduate work permit will expire on January 21st 2019.

I have been offered a one year, paid full time position in an institute starting from July 2018. This is also under NOC B.

Is there anything that can be done here?

 

[DelPiero07]

Then convincing your employer to get LMIA for you would be the only option for you to keep on working in Canada and eventually become a CEC applicant. Being a non-for profit organization I don't know how willing they'd be in regards to spending the time and money to apply for it though.

As it stands you do not have a year of foreign work experience nor will you have a year of Canadian work experience unless you obtain LMIA.

 

[hhhhdmt]

Is applying for a PNP an option?

 

[DelPiero07]

I have no interest in PNP programs that aren't part of EE so I can't help in that department.