Hey everyone,
I applied for PR through Express Entry in November 2015, and everything was going really well according to the timelines I've seen here. I was even asked to pay the RFPR fee just last week which got my hopes up, then 2 days ago my application gets "Refused" (huge bummer), and the refusal letter mentions the following reason: I included 2 co-op work terms in my work history, which apparently I shouldn't have done because they don't count coops (they consider them part of my education). Without those 8 months of coop, I had less than 1 year of experience in Canada according to the agent.
However, this was only true 6 months ago when I first applied. By now, I already accumulated a full year of post-graduate work (full-time), so that's no issue anymore. I created a new Express Entry profile, and by only including work I've done post-graduation, I have a total of 441 points. Obviously that's not enough. Although, I have a chance to increase those points above 500 (I used the calculator CIC provides) if I add a one year long -paid- internship I did in the U.S. after my third year of university. Given that the U.S. technically doesn't have "co-op", and the agent didn't mention it in the refusal letter (he/she only mentioned my 2 Canadian co-ops), do you guys think I should add it? It will definitely boost my points to help me make the next draw if I do that. At the same time, I'm not sure if they count paid internships abroad as work experience (in comparison with co-op in Canada). I'm assuming the agent based his/her decision on the employment letters I got from my previous employers: the Canadian letters clearly said I was a "co-op", while the U.S. letter said I was an "intern in an International Internship Program".
Any help/advice from someone who dealt with that before, or knows anything about it would be great! Thanks.
I applied for PR through Express Entry in November 2015, and everything was going really well according to the timelines I've seen here. I was even asked to pay the RFPR fee just last week which got my hopes up, then 2 days ago my application gets "Refused" (huge bummer), and the refusal letter mentions the following reason: I included 2 co-op work terms in my work history, which apparently I shouldn't have done because they don't count coops (they consider them part of my education). Without those 8 months of coop, I had less than 1 year of experience in Canada according to the agent.
However, this was only true 6 months ago when I first applied. By now, I already accumulated a full year of post-graduate work (full-time), so that's no issue anymore. I created a new Express Entry profile, and by only including work I've done post-graduation, I have a total of 441 points. Obviously that's not enough. Although, I have a chance to increase those points above 500 (I used the calculator CIC provides) if I add a one year long -paid- internship I did in the U.S. after my third year of university. Given that the U.S. technically doesn't have "co-op", and the agent didn't mention it in the refusal letter (he/she only mentioned my 2 Canadian co-ops), do you guys think I should add it? It will definitely boost my points to help me make the next draw if I do that. At the same time, I'm not sure if they count paid internships abroad as work experience (in comparison with co-op in Canada). I'm assuming the agent based his/her decision on the employment letters I got from my previous employers: the Canadian letters clearly said I was a "co-op", while the U.S. letter said I was an "intern in an International Internship Program".
Any help/advice from someone who dealt with that before, or knows anything about it would be great! Thanks.
