Non-Canadian Bachelor's Degree (No ECA) — Do I Declare It or Not?

[sam.devilz19]

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone can clarify this for me — I’ve been getting mixed advice!

I hold a Master’s degree from Canada, so I meet the education requirement for Express Entry without needing an ECA. However, I also have a non-Canadian Bachelor’s degree, but no ECA for it.

My questions are:

1. Since I’m claiming CRS points only for my Canadian Master’s, do I still need to get an ECA for the Bachelor’s?
2. If I don’t get an ECA for the Bachelor’s, do I still need to declare it in my Express Entry profile?
3. On the IMM forms (specifically the Education History and Personal History sections), do I still have to list my non-Canadian Bachelor’s, even without an ECA?

Thanks in advance!

 

[abff08f4813c]

1. No as per https://www.cicnews.com/2020/12/can...to-submit-highest-degree-for-eca-1216558.html - only the highest degree (your Masters) matters. And since it's Canadian it is counted without an ECA, so none is needed at all. (Note though that in some cases you need to send in all your degrees to get assessed for an ECA - so a foreign PhD or a foreign Masters getting an ECA might require that your foreign bachelors also get sent to the assessing body. But that's not applicable here.)

2. See 3 - you do have to mention it but what matters is where you do and where you don't

3. You should at least mention it in your personal history. Since you aren't counting on the bachelors for points I don't think it needs to be in the educational history section though.

 

[sam.devilz19]

1. No as per https://www.cicnews.com/2020/12/can...to-submit-highest-degree-for-eca-1216558.html - only the highest degree (your Masters) matters. And since it's Canadian it is counted without an ECA, so none is needed at all. (Note though that in some cases you need to send in all your degrees to get assessed for an ECA - so a foreign PhD or a foreign Masters getting an ECA might require that your foreign bachelors also get sent to the assessing body. But that's not applicable here.)

2. See 3 - you do have to mention it but what matters is where you do and where you don't

3. You should at least mention it in your personal history. Since you aren't counting on the bachelors for points I don't think it needs to be in the educational history section though.

Thanks buddy, I'm thinking about mentioning the non-Canadian bachelors in personal history and only mention the Canadian masters in Education history. Just wondering, does that mean I have to only attach documents/proofs for Canadian masters and not for non-Canadian bachelors?

 

[abff08f4813c]

Thanks buddy, I'm thinking about mentioning the non-Canadian bachelors in personal history and only mention the Canadian masters in Education history. Just wondering, does that mean I have to only attach documents/proofs for Canadian masters and not for non-Canadian bachelors?

Yes, for personal history section no proofs are required, so the non Canadian bachelors shouldn't require any documents/proofs. You should only need to provide proof for the Canadian masters.