1 year of work experience or 1560 hours?

[raven00090]

Hello friends, I am confused about this one thing. I have 40 hours per week job. I got employed on July 27th, 2015. So do I have to reach July 27th 2016 for myself to be eligible for CEC or do I need 1560 hours? Because by 40 hours a week, I will have 1560 hours two months short of one full year. Which one is counted in case of 40 hours per week? Because as we know, they define 'full-time' by 30 hours a week. Thanks.

 

[mf4361]

you will need 1 calendar year AND 1560 hrs work

if you have 10 months and 1560 hrs, you are still not eligible until you reach 365 days mark.

 

[Dexmoody]

Hello friends, I am confused about this one thing. I have 40 hours per week job. I got employed on July 27th, 2015. So do I have to reach July 27th 2016 for myself to be eligible for CEC or do I need 1560 hours? Because by 40 hours a week, I will have 1560 hours two months short of one full year. Which one is counted in case of 40 hours per week? Because as we know, they define 'full-time' by 30 hours a week. Thanks.

You must meet both criteria. This means you can't count anything above 30 hours per week. You must wait until you have 12 months of experience.

 

[raven00090]

Thank you very much for your answers. I am in a pickle here. I am on implied status to complete a year in work experience because I missed PNP due to a lawyer saying my program of study was not eligible under international stream (I know, my mistake too as I should have gone further in depth to research this matter). But it is eligible as it turns out. Now I am on implied status, with no LMIA or PNP, just hoping to make it to July. I am terrified and sad because I have done well here. I got a job in under two months of work permit application, got an 8 out of 9 bands in IELTS and have 420 points without any work experience already in the system. I don't know what to do now.

 

[Andre_Smol]

You mentioned you are on implied status. Do you mean that your work visa expired and you applied for an extension, which is still being processed?

 

[raven00090]

Yes. It expired on April 19th. I applied a week before as I had no other option and it was quite late to do any other application. I have been stressed ever since. Plus now, they closed the PNP streams for Ontario for students as well.

 

[Andre_Smol]

I dont think that there is much else you can do but wait for the decision on the extension.

Hopefully, it will be granted and you can finish your 1 year of experience in Canada.

That should give your score a good boost and improve your chances to receive ITA in the future.

Have you already calculated what your CRS score will be once you finish 1 year in Canada?