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Does foreign internship experience for studies outside Canada count for CEC?

JohnWick07

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Feb 22, 2020
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I have 1 year paid internship experience outside Canada after completing my studies in India followed by 2 year full time experience. I was in the FSW pool and I just completed 1 year work experience in Canada on PGWP and now eligible for CEC as well. I am wondering if I should remove my internship experience and just keep my 2 years foreign work experience and 1 year Canadian work experience or keep that 1 year internship experience as is? If I remove the internship, I do lose 24 points but still over 500 in CRS score.

Just to clarify: 1 year internship was done after completing my 4 year dental degree but it was also a mandatory rotatory internship, paid, full-time and after completing my studies and final exams.