Hi Shacon,
I am very sorry to hear this. The wording on the CIC web site is, typically, ambigious and confusing.
It says:
For your application to be eligible for processing, you must:
* include the results of your official language proficiency test, AND
* have a valid offer of arranged employment, OR
* have one year of continuous full-time paid work experience in at least one of the occupations listed here.
Work experience requirements
Your work experience must be:
* for at least one year, continuous, and paid (full-time or the equivalent in part-time), AND
* Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC) list, AND
* within the last 10 years.
Now, the second part must surely refer to FSW1, since FSW2 are not being appraised on having 1 year's work experience. On the http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who-employment.asp link it doesn't mentions that the TWP must have had a positive LMO, and miust be HRSDC approved - but it doesn't specifically mention that the TWP must be in a role which is Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A or B.
I think generally CIC's stance is that they only want immigrants to fill jobs which are Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B because they feel they have enough people for the other skill levels, but admittedly they are very unclear about this on their website when it comes to applying under FSW2 with a TWP/LMO.
I am very sorry to hear your application has been rejected. But there may be other ways to emmigrate to Canada. As Queencougar mentions it may be possible to secure a job in out of the qualifying levels and then apply again?
Best of luck,
Wayne.
