Any Russians/Ukrainians/Soviets in here?

[IcedCoffee]

Hello everyone,
Accidentally bumped into this thread Glad to see so many of us here! I am from Ukraine.
FSW Outland. Here is my timeline:
06.01.2016 - ITA (CRS 477)
05.02.2016 - PR Application/AOR
10.02.2016 - Medical - Passed
11.02.2016 BG - In Progress
14.02.2016 BG - Not needed at this time

I ordered GCMS notes about 20 days ago, still waiting to get them to have some insight of what is happening with my application.

 

[Antratsit]

Hello, friends!
My name is Alex and my TL is:
08.10.15 - WES Master's Degree / 12.12.15 - IELTS 6.5 / 25.12.15 - EE 357 points
03.01.16 - SINP EE Sub-Category submitted / 25.04.16 - Nomination
06.05.16 - ITA / 08.05.16 - AOR / 11.05.16 - Sch.4 request
I am planning to move to Regina, SK.
Is there any future saskatchewanian here?

 

[IcedCoffee]

Hello, friends!
My name is Alex and my TL is:
I am planning to move to Regina, SK.
Is there any future saskatchewanian here?

Hi Alex, we are planning to live in Toronto so far. Unless we get a job offer from other cities/provinces before we land (which is unlikely to happen I guess )

 

[tatianatiana]

Hello fellow comrades 8)

 

[mashamasha]

Hello All! I am go glad to see that this thread is still active - I have been caught up in many things lately and haven't checked in here as much! How is everyone doing? Any exciting updates?

 

[IcedCoffee]

Hi guys, I have some news.

I received my second GCMS notes about a week ago. They checked my work experience, which I was worried about since I claimed some part-time experience during doing my master degree. Turned out that experience is OK, so I got my 3+ years. My eligibility was "Recommend pass" whatever this means.
And yesterday my BG changed to In Progress. Eagerly waiting for the golden email soon

 

[mashamasha]

Congratulations, IcedCoffee!! Was your part-time experience part of your educational program? I did two paid full-time internships in the U.S., while in grad school, and also worked for my university. I am now wondering whether they will count towards my work experience. Do you have any advice? I haven't put them in MyCIC yet.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Congratulations, IcedCoffee!! Was your part-time experience part of your educational program? I did two paid full-time internships in the U.S., while in grad school, and also worked for my university. I am now wondering whether they will count towards my work experience. Do you have any advice? I haven't put them in MyCIC yet.

No, this wasn't a part of my studies, just a regular job. I continued to work at that company after I graduated.
I guess you can claim this experience if it was a paid job and if you were qualified enough to perform it. They have a question in the application, something like "when did you become qualified for the job?". So in my case I had become qualified after obtaining a bachelor's degree, since it is a requirement for my NOC 2174.
But you better read the official instructions before you rely on your part-time experience http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/express-entry.asp

Do not confuse Canadian work experience with foreign work experience - they have different approaches for part-time work during studies.

 

[mashamasha]

I guess you can claim this experience if it was a paid job and if you were qualified enough to perform it. They have a question in the application, something like "when did you become qualified for the job?".

Thanks. This helps. Nobody was able to clarify it for me so far. Technically, it was an internship and I was performing this job while being a full-time MASTERS student, but on a summer break. Hopefully, a lawyer will be able to give me an answer.

Do you by any chance know what happens once I hit three years of full-time experience? Will the system update my score automatically? I'm about four months short to get extra 25 points for three+ years of experience.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Do you by any chance know what happens once I hit three years of full-time experience? Will the system update my score automatically? I'm about four months short to get extra 25 points for three+ years of experience.

Unfortunately, I can't say for sure. But it usually updates scores automatically after a person's birth day. So possibly it calculates work experience as well. I believe it should.

 

[dyv]

Hello everyone!
I am originally from Russia and I'm desperately waiting for PPR!
SINP Outland. Here is my timeline:
06.01.2016 - ITA
27.01.2016 - AOR
28.01.2016 - Medical passed
28.01.2016 - Schedule 4 request
03.02.2016 - Criminality passed (from GCMS notes)
07.07.2016 - BG - In Progress

 

[IcedCoffee]

Hi dyv,

You should be getting PPR in the next couple of weeks. Or maybe sooner So just hold on there

 

[dyv]

Hi dyv,

You should be getting PPR in the next couple of weeks. Or maybe sooner So just hold on there

Thank you, IcedCoffee! Fingers crossed. I'm pretty sure, I will be in the same batch of PPRs as you

 

[IcedCoffee]

Thank you, IcedCoffee! Fingers crossed. I'm pretty sure, I will be in the same batch of PPRs as you

I hope so too And I want to believe it will be another rain for us at least the next week. It becomes almost impossible to wait when it comes closer to 6 months!

 

[mashamasha]

@IcedCoffee @div almost there! best of luck to you both! the home stretch is always the worst.