CEC ITA Before One Year Confusion

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Hi everyone,

I received an ITA for CEC fifteen days before I complete my one-year Canadian work experience like many others on this forum. I read a lot of threads about the issue and majority of the forum members advise declining the ITA and waiting for the next round. Some members advise waiting a few days/weeks until one-year is completed and applying afterwards.

On the related page of CIC, it clearly states that "at the time of the ITA or e-APR" twice as:

Under section A11.2, an officer may not issue a visa to an applicant who did not or does not meet the Express Entry minimum entry criteria (MEC) or did not or does not possess the qualifications for which they received their CRS score at the time when

• the invitation to apply (ITA) was issued; or
• the e-APR was received by IRCC.

and

Accordingly, officers should refuse an application under section A11.2 if it is determined that

• at the time of the ITA or e-APR, the applicant did not or does not meet the MEC, which includes the requirements of the program to which they were invited to apply; or
• the applicant’s recalculated CRS score has fallen below that of the lowest-ranked candidate invited to apply in that round of invitations.

So I far as understand if I wait 15 days and then apply, it won't be a problem. Can somebody make the issue clear?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/express/refuse.asp

Please reply only if you are certain about the issue by providing some solid resource or by your very own experience. There is already a lot of confusion about this.

Thanks