1560 hours OUTSIDE canada as a student

[French1]

Hi guys,

I know you can't count your work experience if you are a student in Canada, but I am in the CEC and I got points for my work experience in my my own country (1560 hours), however, I was a student back then. Are my hours still valid towards EE?

I can't find any info on this and the IRCC agent was not able to help me either.

Thank you very much for your insight !

Cheers

 

[jes_ON]

I know you can't count your work experience if you are a student in Canada, but I am in the CEC and I got points for my work experience in my my own country (1560 hours), however, I was a student back then. Are my hours still valid towards EE?

Amazingly, you google it, you get this:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=855&top=6

Doesn't matter if you're talking about a different kind of work than an RA/TA, either. As long as the work experience is SKILLED, it will count.

However, about the "1560 hours" thing - you only count hours for part-time work (defined as less than 30 hours per week). If it was full-time work (defined as 30 or more hours per week), you do not count hours, just weeks.

 

[French1]

Hmm thank you but I was not a teaching assistant.
I was a student but working full-time as well in a Skilled occupation (which was not teaching assistant).
Cheers

 

[Bs65]

Hmm thank you but I was not a teaching assistant.
I was a student but working full-time as well in a Skilled occupation (which was not teaching assistant).
Cheers

but did you actually work for 52 weeks/1year not just 1560 hours, its the 52 weeks that is important not fact you may have accumulated 1560 hours in less than 52 weeks.

 

[jes_ON]

Hmm thank you but I was not a teaching assistant.
I was a student but working full-time as well in a Skilled occupation (which was not teaching assistant).
Cheers

Cheers, as already stated, that applies to any skilled occupation, it matters not that you were not a teaching assistant.

 

[aircanada]

Amazingly, you google it, you get this:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=855&top=6

Doesn't matter if you're talking about a different kind of work than an RA/TA, either. As long as the work experience is SKILLED, it will count.

However, about the "1560 hours" thing - you only count hours for part-time work (defined as less than 30 hours per week). If it was full-time work (defined as 30 or more hours per week), you do not count hours, just weeks.

Yeah that's what I discovered as well. You need to work at least 52 30+ weeks or if you're working less than 30 hours a week, the weeks you should be working goes up by 30/yourweeklyworkhours times. In other words working excess of 30 hours does not make up for your part time weeks.