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Can paid internship be a work experience??

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nilnitesh

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Hi There,

Back home, I did my undergrad in Veterinary medicine.
As part of my program, I did internship for one year with monthly salary.
That internship was around 30 hours/week. Currently I am doing masters at Canada.
Now, I wanna apply in express entry program.

Can I use my internship hours as work experience???

Thanks
 
nilnitesh said:
Hi There,

Back home, I did my undergrad in Veterinary medicine.
As part of my program, I did internship for one year with monthly salary.
That internship was around 30 hours/week. Currently I am doing masters at Canada.
Now, I wanna apply in express entry program.

Can I use my internship hours as work experience???

Thanks
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Yes, you can.
 
Goku said:
No you can't.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=394&top=29
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As far as I know the experience gained in Canada under a study permit will not be considered as work experience. But the case mentioned by nilnitesh, refers to the work experience gained in his home country.
 
Stanlee said:
As far as I know the experience gained in Canada under a study permit will not be considered as work experience. But the case mentioned by nilnitesh, refers to the work experience gained in his home country.
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Doesn't matter, if your work experience was part of your education if won't be considered.
 
Goku said:
Doesn't matter, if your work experience was part of your education if won't be considered.
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Not true. This applies only to experience acquired while being a full time student inside Canada.
 
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Can someone please clarify this for me. If I worked full-time right after high-school for 4 years, then studied for 4 years to get a bachelors degree while continuing to work 30 hours per week full time, can I use 0, 4 or 8 years of work experience for EE program? Everything happened outside of Canada if that matters.

Thanks in advance.
 
quarko said:
Can someone please clarify this for me. If I worked full-time right after high-school for 4 years, then studied for 4 years to get a bachelors degree while continuing to work 30 hours per week full time, can I use 0, 4 or 8 years of work experience for EE program? Everything happened outside of Canada if that matters.

Thanks in advance.
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It matters if it happened within or outside Canada.

In this case, you can claim years of experience assuming all of this was paid work experience under NOC 0/A/B acquired within the last 10 years.
 
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Asivad Anac said:
Not true. This applies only to experience acquired while being a full time student inside Canada.
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Are you sure about that? That if outside canada it can be counted as experience?
 
sutyfornow said:
Are you sure about that? That if outside canada it can be counted as experience?
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Asivad Anac is 100% correct. If it was gained outside Canada you can claim it towards you work experience!

Thanks
 
omarimam said:
Asivad Anac is 100% correct. If it was gained outside Canada you can claim it towards you work experience!

Thanks
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Even if it was part of a study outside canada?
Thanks in advance :)
 
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