Hours worked for CEC

[1a2b3c]

Hi Everyone. I have a question about the hours requirement for CEC. It says in the website that you need to have 1 year of experience working 30 hours/week and have 1560 hours of experience. When I calculate this 30 hours/week x 4 weeks/month x 12 months = 1440 hours. Meaning that 1560 hours criteria is 1 year and 1 month (or 13 months) of full time work not 12 months.

Does this mean when I open the express entry profile I have to have 1560 hours worked or when I receive an ITA and decide to apply for the PR, I need to have 1560 hours worked?

I had 1 year of fulltime experience when I openned my EE profile (I started working in July of 2021 and opened my profile in July 2022). However, when I count the hours from my pay stub, it only adds up to 1432 hours from july 2021 to July 2022. However, when I received my ITA, about 3 months later, I had already fulfilled my 1560 hours/week.

I am now doubting whether or not I actually meet the criteria for CEC. Could you let me know if you think I qualify or not?

 

[dennajort]

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Hi Everyone. I have a question about the hours requirement for CEC. It says in the website that you need to have 1 year of experience working 30 hours/week and have 1560 hours of experience. When I calculate this 30 hours/week x 4 weeks/month x 12 months = 1440 hours. Meaning that 1560 hours criteria is 1 year and 1 month (or 13 months) of full time work not 12 months.

there is 52 weeks in a year, so 52*30 = 1560 hours.

Does this mean when I open the express entry profile I have to have 1560 hours worked or when I receive an ITA and decide to apply for the PR, I need to have 1560 hours worked?

you can open your profile before, if you receive an ITA it is better to wait to have the full year experience before answering to the ITA (AOR).

I had 1 year of fulltime experience when I openned my EE profile (I started working in July of 2021 and opened my profile in July 2022). However, when I count the hours from my pay stub, it only adds up to 1432 hours from july 2021 to July 2022. However, when I received my ITA, about 3 months later, I had already fulfilled my 1560 hours/week.

I would receommend to re-count. is your job fulltime with 30 or more hours per week ? if so, you should normally have enough hours at your work anniversary + 1 day I think.

 

[1a2b3c]

Hi, I really appreciate your reply. I recounted the hours but the number stays the same on my first day of work anniversary. However, I have passed the 1560 hours about a month before I received the PNP nomination and my ITA and I continue to work full time so I suppose it will be fine. Thank you!