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After FA01772 made their final decision on your selection factor assessment, there should be a note on security, which states that there is no A34/35 or 37 concerns. I believe that this corresponded to the time my security background check was concluded (having the security value changed from...

Most TA/RA rejections were due to job description mismatch. Some others were due to not having enough number of hours. I don't think, so far, we have rejections because TA/RA is not considered "real" work within the PhD stream. In fact, several applicants just recently got approved that were...

Thanks for the kind word :) I myself was actually not planning on retiring from the forum, just that I would probably sign up with a different user name :) In this forum, maybe not, but there have been several rejections of late 2012 CEC applicants, where their work experience as TA/RA was not...

One thing that you have to note though, full-time study is usually defined as having 15 hours of 'instructions' per week. And if you check, there is no limit on how many hours per week international students can work on campus. The 20 hour limit is only explicitly there for off-campus work...

I'm in Canada, so I won't need to courier it to my address :) I believe they're sending it to me using regular snail Canada Post mail :) When did you land? I hope you will get your card soon :)

Thanks for the info, bro :) I just called CIC, and they told me they just sent my card this morning, after 70 days :o !!! It usually takes about 6 to 7 calendar days for regular mail, though I'm not sure how long it will take from Sydney :(

It's 71 days now >:( http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-card.asp I landed on May 16, so it's only been 70 days for me :(

I think several members here can confirm, but SL's assessment is usually not the final assessment, and SL usually did not include the updated letter of reference. I think it was beh467 and anjuku who at first got rejected by SL, but actually passed final selection factor assessment (done by...

Do you need to rely on the TA/RA work experience to get above 67 points? If so, then I think you're almost definitely fine, even if worse comes to worst they wouldn't consider the updated letter of reference. You said you got 70 points, this was after they deducted from 3 to 1 year of work...

Based on that definition, if you are paid for the work that you have done, then by definition you have done 'work', thus, gained 'work experience'. Earning wage here basically just means getting paid for what you have done, and so long you can prove you are getting paid to perform work (or unit...

I personally know two people who got their PR based on RA work, which was non-taxable. They applied last year (March and May 2012), and there should not be any difference in CEC rules between early last year and late last year. The definition of 'work', pursuant to IRPR Subsection 2, which...

TRT_Flynn, congratulations, and thanks for sharing :) What was the date on your eCas second line? Did it correspond to the day you got medical? Congrats :)

I know several people who got DM way before PPR. We're talking about getting DM two or three months before PPR, so it's normal in a lot of cases. I got DM about 2 days before I got PPR myself. So don't worry. The key here is the medical received line. If you got the third line as well (either...

Just to confirm what I said before in a more explicit manner : I think that should clear up all doubts :)

The problem will not be to enter Canada, but rather, to board commercial carriers. If you somehow make it to the port of entry, and establish that you are a permanent resident, then you may enter Canada by rights. This can be accomplished by presenting the landing paper and your passport...

Hi Msafiri, I understand that CBSa entries alone won't be enough, but even one-off activities should be enough to prove continuous residence, provided that CBSA had not recorded any entry in-between (as I mentioned). Let's say the last time I entered Canada was on January 1, and I had a doctor...

Lately, with the ever-increasing number of RQ issuances, I've been thinking a bit of a sure-fire way to prove residency, especially for those with not too many absences from Canada. Since the CBSA records every entry, if I'm currently in Canada, and the my last entry to Canada was, say, 100...

Hi pari_p, you can start by checking the previous versions of IRPR, specifically the subsection 87 as it pertains to the Canadian Experience Class. If you check R87(3)a, you'll find the provision that excludes work experience gained during full-time study There was no such provision before...

The thing is, while security and criminality are indeed different, RCMP screening seems to correspond more to background check and security rather than criminality (for some reason, under 'criminality', there are only the police certificates that I have ever submitted from the countries that I...

As far as calculating the number of hours is concerned, it will not matter. Any work experience in excess of 30 hours per week (or 37.5 hours per week under the old rule) would be truncated down, so it won't add or subtract from the total number of years for your work experience. You won't...