Do you really need experience for a work permit approval?

[stopDA]

I've been applying to several restaurants across Canada. Some seem not to mind my lack of work experience, but there are others who keep on saying that my work permit is likely to be rejected because I don't have 2 years experience in fast food. Again, I'm very young and spent a lot of my post-high school years in college, so I don't really have that much work experience in anything. Am I really going to be denied a work permit because of no experience especially when the job advertisement says that no experience is required. It's freaking fast food for crying out loud. I really hope that some of these employers are wrong about what they're saying. If they're right, then that would men that my other committed employers (who are definitely planning to hire me when their LMO comes) are probably wasting their LMO without knowing it. What's the deal here? Is experience really needed?

 

[stopDA]

Bear in mind, I see no such rules stating that 2 years experience is needed for restaurants in any of CIC's written rules.

 

[spidermark]

I've been applying to several restaurants across Canada. Some seem not to mind my lack of work experience, but there are others who keep on saying that my work permit is likely to be rejected because I don't have 2 years experience in fast food. Again, I'm very young and spent a lot of my post-high school years in college, so I don't really have that much work experience in anything. Am I really going to be denied a work permit because of no experience especially when the job advertisement says that no experience is required. It's freaking fast food for crying out loud. I really hope that some of these employers are wrong about what they're saying. If they're right, then that would men that my other committed employers (who are definitely planning to hire me when their LMO comes) are probably wasting their LMO without knowing it. What's the deal here? Is experience really needed?

Are you already in Canada? I am from the Philippines and been having positive responses from employers through email. Some of them were actually impressed with my resume. I only have 9 months experience with Starbucks and that was 2 years ago but I also have years of experience in the field of customer service and sales to back it up.

Like you, I was told by someone reliable (He's working with 2 recruitment agencies) that I need 2 years minimum experience if I'm going to apply as Food Counter Attendant, or else The Canadian embassy will just deny my application.

I wanna know if there are some guys here who were able to get working permits despite the lack of experience in the field...

 

[chief0422]

i am in canada... i applied a job here in Canada thru the website of Jobbank.com, so it is direct hire. I dont have experience in the job i am applying here and my visa is approved. We are a total of 10 applicant at that time, 9 of us is approved and 1 is denied. Me and those that got visa are currently working while we apply a Visa the 1 which got refusal is currently not employed for 3 years ( he is an ex-taiwan, i am ex-saudi ).

Same case in my friend i refer to 3 of my friend in an employer in Alberta under direct hire and they don't have experience in the job offer. Two of them received a visa and they are currently working in the Philippines and one is refused which is not currently working.

 

[stopDA]

i am in canada... i applied a job here in Canada thru the website of Jobbank.com, so it is direct hire. I dont have experience in the job i am applying here and my visa is approved. We are a total of 10 applicant at that time, 9 of us is approved and 1 is denied. Me and those that got visa are currently working while we apply a Visa the 1 which got refusal is currently not employed for 3 years ( he is an ex-taiwan, i am ex-saudi ).

Same case in my friend i refer to 3 of my friend in an employer in Alberta under direct hire and they don't have experience in the job offer. Two of them received a visa and they are currently working in the Philippines and one is refused which is not currently working.

Do you know the exact reason why those people got rejected? Was it because they were currently unemployed or was it because of other reasons?

 

[katerina74]

i am in canada... i applied a job here in Canada thru the website of Jobbank.com, so it is direct hire. I dont have experience in the job i am applying here and my visa is approved. We are a total of 10 applicant at that time, 9 of us is approved and 1 is denied. Me and those that got visa are currently working while we apply a Visa the 1 which got refusal is currently not employed for 3 years ( he is an ex-taiwan, i am ex-saudi ).

Same case in my friend i refer to 3 of my friend in an employer in Alberta under direct hire and they don't have experience in the job offer. Two of them received a visa and they are currently working in the Philippines and one is refused which is not currently working.

i am asking this because i want to know for myself: are you working with just the temporary residence visa while waiting for the working visa to be issued? do the employer in canada do this?

 

[mrFoce]

i am asking this because i want to know for myself: are you working with just the temporary residence visa while waiting for the working visa to be issued? do the employer in canada do this?

Visa is not a permit.

visa = visit
permit = permit(ted) to do something like work\study.

And your answer, no, you cannot work with a visa.

 

[chief0422]

they are currently not employed..

Do you know the exact reason why those people got rejected? Was it because they were currently unemployed or was it because of other reasons?

 

[stopDA]

they are currently not employed..

What kind of work are they supposed to be employed in then? What kind of job were they applying for?