CONFUSION- Foreign Work Experience Calculation

[Sushmil]

Hi Friends,

I would like to know if the foreign work experience must be continuous?

I have a work ex of 2 years and 3 months as Network Engineer from June 2010-Sept 2012
then I studied full-time masters
I worked again in the same field from Feb 2014 - till now (again 2 year and 3 months)

Will my entire exp be counted or just the continuous?

Thanks in advance

 

[defintelyguru]

Foreign work experience can be from different employer. There is no minimum required per experience you declare, nor is there a continuous requirement.
The only requirements are : full-time, within the last 10 years, and in NOC of type 0, A or B.

So in your case, you'd have:
- 2yr + 3 months
- 2yr + 3 months
=> 4 years

To count towards CRS points, you'd have to get reference letters from your employers.

Here's the text:

Foreign work experience

25. (1) For the purposes of sections 23 and 24, foreign work experience is work experience that

(a) is acquired by a foreign national outside Canada in one or more occupations listed in Skill Type 0 Management Occupations or Skill Level A or B of the National Occupational Classification matrix;
(b) consists of full-time work experience, or the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience, with one or more employers; and
(c) is acquired within the 10-year period preceding the day on which points are assigned to the foreign national under section 23 or subsection 24(1).
Requirements

(2) In order to be assigned points under section 23 or 24 for their foreign work experience, a foreign national

(a) must specify in their expression of interest the four-digit code in the National Occupational Classification that corresponds to each of the occupations they have engaged in while accumulating their foreign work experience; and
(b) must have performed the actions described in the lead statement for the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification, as well as a substantial number of the main duties, including all essential duties, as set out in the National Occupational Classification.
Full-time work

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), full-time work consists of at least 30 hours of work per week.

 

[Sushmil]

Thanks a ton!!
relieved, I must say
That work exp adds points in transferability factor!