GO83
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« on: October 19, 2009, 06:38:35 pm » |
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I'm confused if I need to have $10,000 in savings to apply for the Canadian Experience Class?
On the application it states you do, as far as I can see but then I see this now and again too on info sites:
Financial requirements (available funds) of Federal Skilled Workers should not apply to CEC as the program is limited to ready-to-work skilled persons who will have been in Canada for at least two to three years.
I am currently working for a non profit in Vancouver, it counts as a skilled labor job but it pays *censored word*. I have to coordinate getting funds transferred from the USA to cover this requirement but as my parents have been laid off I don't want to burden them with this if I don't need to. Can someone please clarify?
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GO83
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 02:10:14 pm » |
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Thanks for the clarification that I don't need to have $10,000. FEW. Do I need to show available funds at all?
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Leon
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 02:15:18 pm » |
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If you have a job already, you don't have to show funds at all, not even for skilled worker.
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PR=Permanent resident - TFW=temporary foreign worker
FSW=federal skilled worker - QSW=Quebec skilled worker
AEO=arranged employment offer - LMO=labour market opinion
CEC=Canadian experience class - PNP=provincial nominee program
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jes_ON
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 01:19:44 pm » |
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Just a clarification to what Leon said - it is true that if you qualify for CEC you also qualify under Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class. It's not just as simple as "having a job" tho, to qualify as FSW Category 2, "arranged employment" (funds requirement waived). To qualify as "arranged employment" the job has to meet the CIC's definition of "permanent" ...
I have a job too but it does not qualify as "arranged employment" because it is a contract position - fixed term, renewable, but not "permanent". I would only qualify under FSW Category 3, where proof of funds are required for some inexplicable reason. Since that was not possible for me, I had to withdraw my FSW application and I will apply under the CEC in a couple of months...
...and since you, GO83, also work for a non-profit, it is likely that you are also on a fixed term contract...
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GO83
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 01:47:27 pm » |
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Oh man. Confused. I have a job. I've worked at it for a year and a month. I don't have a contract of time I need to be hired for or work for. Just a general employment contact (there is no end date). They asked me to please consider staying for two years or more from when I started.
Would that cancel me out of having to show funds?
Thanks for any responses.
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Leon
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 02:45:59 pm » |
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If you have a job offer for a permanent job (no end date) and a letter saying they will keep you after you get your PR, then you wont have to show funds.
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PR=Permanent resident - TFW=temporary foreign worker
FSW=federal skilled worker - QSW=Quebec skilled worker
AEO=arranged employment offer - LMO=labour market opinion
CEC=Canadian experience class - PNP=provincial nominee program
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jes_ON
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2009, 03:32:01 pm » |
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Then it sounds like you have "permanent" employment, congratulations.
But now I am confused. You posted in the "Canadian Experience Class" (CEC) forum. Are you actually wanting to apply under the FSW Program? If so, you should be posting in the "Skilled Worker / Professional Immigration" forum. If you're not sure what the difference is, you could spend a little more time on the CIC website :)
If you've only worked for one year, you are not yet eligible under the CEC class. (Unless you also got some education/degree in Canada?)
You are (probably) eligible under the FSW Program Category 2, and do not need to show proof of funds - on the FSW application form, you can write "N/A" where it asks about funds (you have to use the IMM 0008 SCHEDULE 3 above for that class).
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GO83
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2009, 03:42:37 pm » |
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Hi,
I'm applying under the CEC program because I completed a Canadian Degree at a University. To my knowledge I can apply after 1 year of skilled labor. I just hop ethey accept it as skilled labor!
- Gretch
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jes_ON
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2009, 01:55:56 pm » |
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If you are applying under CEC, then rules about arranged employment are irrelevant - different program!
You are concerned about your 1 year employment being accepted as skilled labor - ? Why? What is your NOC?
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GO83
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2009, 03:21:32 pm » |
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Well I'm an Administrator at a non profit (122 i guess) not an Administrative Assistant (144 Administrative Support). But with the NOC they can accept a title as being NOC but then sometimes it sounds like the job description is what decides things.
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jes_ON
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2009, 04:40:44 pm » |
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well, yes, the job description and qualifications (not the title) is what counts for the NOC. So... which one matches?
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canadiancoops
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2009, 05:17:44 pm » |
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What is the NOC on your work permit? or do you have an open one?
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GO83
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2009, 05:55:46 pm » |
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its open
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