Do I qualify with my work hours? Please help! :(

[Misscupcake]

So I got nearly all my documents ready, I am just now waiting for my police certificate.

My job is a cook which I have been for the last 18 months and have attained around the 2200 hour mark. I was glad to find out the requirements have been lowered to one year or equivalent in part time which I was relieved, now I'm having doubts about it :'(

I'm considered fulltime work however my hours really varies due to it being a seasonal job at a ski location. I get paid bi weekly, it ranges from 70-80 hours to 50 hours every two weeks (so really 20-40 hours a week). What do I put in the application, full time or part time? I was in tears when I found out I may not be eligible as VO may think I do not reach 37.5 hours a week as I'm fulltime though I would of reached the hours if I were just to work part time!

Is it possible to put part time in the application but having worked over the number of part time hours some weeks? I can't believe it, I have my ielts score which cost me $300, all documents done seen and double checked by a lawyer. Any guidance or have been in a similar situation?

 

[jes_ON]

I'm considered fulltime work however my hours really varies due to it being a seasonal job at a ski location. I get paid bi weekly, it ranges from 70-80 hours to 50 hours every two weeks (so really 20-40 hours a week). What do I put in the application, full time or part time? I was in tears when I found out I may not be eligible as VO may think I do not reach 37.5 hours a week as I'm fulltime though I would of reached the hours if I were just to work part time!

First - when the requirements changed to one year of full-time work, the definition of full-time also changed to 30 hours per week (reduced from 37.5 hours per week).


Is it possible to put part time in the application but having worked over the number of part time hours some weeks?

Yes, part-time equivalent is clearly acceptable. However, there is no such "over" that can be counted. If you work more than 30 hours per week, it is just "full-time," or the equivalent of 30 hours.

So you have to count the weeks where you worked at least 30 hours per week - those are full-time. Subtract that from 52 weeks, that gives you the number of "equivalent weeks" you need, multiply by 30, that's the number of part-time hours you would need to meet the requirement.

 

[Misscupcake]

Ok just one thing though. I am paid by weekly so there is no telling how many hours I worked per week, just how many hours I worked every 2 weeks. I could of worked 20 one week but then 40 the 2nd week equaling to 60 hours.

I added up my total hours, including the 2 weeks I worked only 50 hours along with the 70+ hours in the past 20 months. The total comes to just over 2200 so I'm eligible right?

 

[jes_ON]

Ok just one thing though. I am paid by weekly so there is no telling how many hours I worked per week, just how many hours I worked every 2 weeks. I could of worked 20 one week but then 40 the 2nd week equaling to 60 hours.

I added up my total hours, including the 2 weeks I worked only 50 hours along with the 70+ hours in the past 20 months. The total comes to just over 2200 so I'm eligible right?

I understand it would be difficult to reconstruct your weekly hours, but I would guess you could get this info from your employer. If not, then you can only go with what you have, the bi-weekly paystub.

Total hours are not really the way to think about this.

If all of your paystubs are over 60 hours biweekly, except for 2 (2 weeks, or 2 paystubs, which would be 4 weeks?), then it looks like you have worked 19 months full-time. So yes, I'd say you clearly qualify.

 

[Misscupcake]

I understand it would be difficult to reconstruct your weekly hours, but I would guess you could get this info from your employer. If not, then you can only go with what you have, the bi-weekly paystub.

Total hours are not really the way to think about this.

If all of your paystubs are over 60 hours biweekly, except for 2 (2 weeks, or 2 paystubs, which would be 4 weeks?), then it looks like you have worked 19 months full-time. So yes, I'd say you clearly qualify.

Looking at my pay stubs there are only 22 over 60+ hours which would be about 44 weeks with 30 hours.

So would the other paystubs with less than 30 hours a week (since they are about 45 hours bi weekly) be deemed pointless and of no use? I really thought part time hours would count but I guess the biweekly pays less than 60 hours are of no use now?

 

[Winterfox]

HI cupcake
you definitely qualify but make sure ur NOC code qualifies under CEC.

 

[jes_ON]

Looking at my pay stubs there are only 22 over 60+ hours which would be about 44 weeks with 30 hours.

So would the other paystubs with less than 30 hours a week (since they are about 45 hours bi weekly) be deemed pointless and of no use? I really thought part time hours would count but I guess the biweekly pays less than 60 hours are of no use now?

No, of course that's not true! One year is 52 weeks; since you have 44 weeks "full time," then you'd need another 8 weeks in "full-time equivalent," or 240 part-time hours (8 weeks * 30 hours per week = 240 hours). As long as you have an additional 240 hours from your "part-time" pay periods (fewer than 60 hours), then you're OK.

And yes, cook is considered a skilled occupation.

 

[Misscupcake]

No, of course that's not true! One year is 52 weeks; since you have 44 weeks "full time," then you'd need another 8 weeks in "full-time equivalent," or 240 part-time hours (8 weeks * 30 hours per week = 240 hours). As long as you have an additional 240 hours from your "part-time" pay periods (fewer than 60 hours), then you're OK.

And yes, cook is considered a skilled occupation.

Ok, that's kinda put a bit off my chest.

So really all I would have to do in theory is add up all my hours I did part time and convert into weeks? It's just frustrating when I'm so close but then theres other threads stating that they only look at weeks you work 30+ hours (such as whymeee who apparently got the equivalent in part time but got rejected) and worried I will be rejected cause of the weeks I did not reach 30 hours. It kinda sucks when the job I love is seasonal... Makes it more complicated *sigh* lol

 

[jes_ON]

So really all I would have to do in theory is add up all my hours I did part time and convert into weeks?

yes, into the equivalent of a full-time week.

It's just frustrating when I'm so close but then theres other threads stating that they only look at weeks you work 30+ hours (such as whymeee who apparently got the equivalent in part time but got rejected) and worried I will be rejected cause of the weeks I did not reach 30 hours. It kinda sucks when the job I love is seasonal... Makes it more complicated *sigh* lol

CIC clearly states that you can use part-time experience.

We're still not sure why Whymee was refused - it sounds like he added all the FT and PT hours together and you can't do that. s that you can use part-time work experience. Alternatively, the VO made an error, it happens.