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xpress Entry - Calculate work experience inside & outside Canada for CRS points

minimoni

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Nov 12, 2023
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Hi everyone, really hope to receive your help regarding this topic as I have been going thro IRCC guidance and nothing has cleared my confusion so far.

Basically I have 1 year full-time work experience in Canada (TEER 3) and 3 years full-time in my home country (TEER 2), break down as:

1 - in Canada: July 2022 - July 2023, in NOC #1
2 - in home country: Sep 2014 - Dec 2016, in NOC #2
3 - in home country: Jan 2014 - Sep 2014, in NOC #3

As you can see, all these 3 period of work exp are in different NOCs, while I read on IRCC guide that FSW work exp has to be 1-year continuous and in 1 NOC only as my primary occupation in the Express Entry (EE) profile. Also, my #3 work exp is only 9 months.

So presumably I will apply under the EE CEC category (as I already have 1 year work exp in Canada), can I still count my #2 & #3 work exp in home country as a full 3 years work exp for CRS score regardless of the NOC difference, or will I only be eligible for maximum 2 years foreign work exp (as to count #2 work exp and exlcude #3).

Please let me know if you have seen any cases like this before. I will appreciate it a lot if you could provide any excerpt from IRCC regarding this topic as well. Thank you so much and have a great day!