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[arian_arian]

I remember you were rejected before. Do you have any update. It seems that your case is in process.

I took my case to the "Federal Court" and I won the battle.

I got a settlement offer and now my case is back to CIC for re-determination by a different visa officer.

 

[arian_arian]

Are you guys getting an automatic reply when you send an email!?

 

[rogelio]

I have the same question.

Guys, I need your opinion.

CIC has updated the schedule 3 form. In this form, as you may know, we put our work experience(s). In the new version, there are gaps between years as follows:
1 year
2 to 3 years
4 to 5 years
6 or more.

Now, if we have a work experience of 3 years and 6 months, then, which box should be checked?
Or, for instance, if we have a work experience of less than a year, how should it be addressed?

The previous version was more straightforward than this.

 

[sia_kb8]

Are you guys getting an automatic reply when you send an email!?

No I did not get any auto-replies, but they did receive and replied to my emails.

 

[albaik]

Hi Viva,

The new version is more consistent with the CIC system to calculate the eligibility points, which also has gaps. The points are granted as follows:

Work Experience Points
1 year 9
2 – 3 years 11
4 – 5 years 13
6 or more years 15

In my personal opinion and if I were you, I'd report the 3 years and 6 months as 2-3 years, as I don't want to give the CIC officer a reason to accuse me of presenting non-genuine responses. I'm sure that CIC can grant 10, 12, and 14 points for the missing levels of experiences in the point system.

For your question of working less than a year, it automatically disqualify the applicant and makes him/her not eligible to apply, as one year of experience is the minimum requirement of work experience to qualify under the FSW.

Hope this helps, and wish you the best of luck,

Guys, I need your opinion.

CIC has updated the schedule 3 form. In this form, as you may know, we put our work experience(s). In the new version, there are gaps between years as follows:
1 year
2 to 3 years
4 to 5 years
6 or more.

Now, if we have a work experience of 3 years and 6 months, then, which box should be checked?
Or, for instance, if we have a work experience of less than a year, how should it be addressed?

The previous version was more straightforward than this.

 

[rogelio]

Suppose someone has 900+2100+400 (hours) work experience . Will he/she get points for only year? I thought that if you have at least one year of experience you can add up your hours ( in this case, 2100+900+400=3400 hours, which is equivalent to two years). Am I right?

 

[yahia.eldemerdash]

I have sent my application on Aug. 15, and I did not recognize that there is updated forms in August. The changes in the updated forms are very small and do not affect my case.

Do you think that the officer will return my application, and if they will do this when I expect to receive the application?

 

[rogelio]

For your question of working less than a year, it automatically disqualify the applicant and makes him/her not eligible to apply, as one year of experience is the minimum requirement of work experience to qualify under the FSW.

I don't think you are right, albaik. This form serves two purposes: to determine a number of points for work experience and to provide CIC with details about this experience.

The instruction on how to fill out Schedule 3 says: " Starting with your current occupation, list ALL of the occupations that you have had in the 10 years preceding the date of your application." It does NOT say "list all list ALL of the occupations that you have had in the 10 years preceding the date of your application FOR MORE THAN A YEAR". So, the updated form is controversial. Now, with the "less than 1 year" option removed, you will not be able to report some of your experience. I have no idea how to deal with it.

 

[Viva2014]

Are you guys getting an automatic reply when you send an email!?

Good to hear that. Good luck

 

[Viva2014]

Hi Viva,

The new version is more consistent with the CIC system to calculate the eligibility points, which also has gaps. The points are granted as follows:

Work Experience Points
1 year 9
2 – 3 years 11
4 – 5 years 13
6 or more years 15

In my personal opinion and if I were you, I'd report the 3 years and 6 months as 2-3 years, as I don't want to give the CIC officer a reason to accuse me of presenting non-genuine responses. I'm sure that CIC can grant 10, 12, and 14 points for the missing levels of experiences in the point system.

Thank you albaik. If we have less than a year of work experience a long with other ones, then, we have to report that one. Right? so, how can it be mentioned in the form when there is no place for less than a year?

For your question of working less than a year, it automatically disqualify the applicant and makes him/her not eligible to apply, as one year of experience is the minimum requirement of work experience to qualify under the FSW.

Hope this helps, and wish you the best of luck,

 

[Viva2014]

I have sent my application on Aug. 15, and I did not recognize that there is updated forms in August. The changes in the updated forms are very small and do not affect my case.

Do you think that the officer will return my application, and if they will do this when I expect to receive the application?

This form was updated in 2 or 3 days ago. So, if you applied before that, there shouldn't be any problem

 

[vivi]

No I did not get any auto-replies, but they did receive and replied to my emails.

How long does it take to get a reply email from Ottawa? I sent my updated reference letter by email yesterday and asked them for acknowledge.

 

[sia_kb8]

How long does it take to get a reply email from Ottawa? I sent my updated reference letter by email yesterday and asked them for acknowledge.

The one time that I did that, they replied on the next business day.

 

[yahia.eldemerdash]

This form was updated in 2 or 3 days ago. So, if you applied before that, there shouldn't be any problem

Thank you for your reply...I am worried as they take a lot of time to send PER. Is there any contact email/ number that I can check if my file goes into processing or not? Also if I want to update those forms how can I do that???

 

[karanoha]

Are you guys getting an automatic reply when you send an email!?

No, I haven't got any auto-reply emails recently. I dunno what's going on.