IMMIGRATION QUERY

[deepaksharmabombay]

Dear All,

My biggest roadblock in applying for express entry visa is i m an undergraduate. Due to some financial issue i had to quit my studies but i have more than 13 years of experience.

Can someone help me or guide me

Regards,
Deep Sharma

 

[TempResident]

Dear All,

My biggest roadblock in applying for express entry visa is i m an undergraduate. Due to some financial issue i had to quit my studies but i have more than 13 years of experience.

Can someone help me or guide me

Regards,
Deep Sharma

You can apply if your work experience is under NOC Codes 0, A or B. This will make you elegible for the Federal Skill Worker stream. You must also list all your education attainments, such as high school and undergrad even if you haven’t completed them.

However I see 3 potential issues here. First, you can’t claim point for undergrad when you only finished high school (assuming you finished it). Secondly, the NOC code you fall under, say A. Sometimes requires that the appplicsnt have at least a bachelors degree. So I’m not sure how this would play out for you. Whether the immigration officer might say, “say, he was not formally educated in this NOC code A” but I doubt that’s a possibility given you have 13 year of work experience. Third, I believe you still need to get you high school diploma assessed by a designated agency even if Express Entry doesn’t award you points for a high school diploma. My logic is that you still must show you finished some sort of education, whether high school or college.

Hope this helps
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