Inquiry about counting paid vacation followed by remote work

[banyan25]

I am in a tricky situation (deeply regretting some things I did without researching thoroughly).

I started full time work in a Teer 1 (NOC 21232) Job on February 20, 2024 for a local employer in my city in Canada. I have continued working for this same employer until today in a permanent, 40 hour per week role.

Work summary:
February 20 - May 11: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting as Canadian experience
May 13 - June 5: Worked remotely from outside Canada. Not counting these hours as Canadian experience.
June 6 - September 26: Worked normally inside canada. Counting
September 27 - Oct 1: Paid vacation days outside Canada. Unsure to count or not
Oct 2 - November 29: Worked remotely. Not counting
November 30, 2024, to December 4, 2025: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting
December 4, 2025 to December 8, 2025: Paid vacation days outside Canada. Unsure
December 9 to December 11: Worked remotely. Not counting
December 12 to Feb 1, 2026: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting
Feb 2 to Feb 16: Paid leave outside Canada. Counting
Feb 17 to now: Working normally inside canada. Counting

My question here is: can I count those few days of paid vacation as Canadian work experience? The problem is that they are right before the remote work duration.

I am asking this question because I recieved an ITA on March 17 because of my score which includes 2 years of Canadian Experience. If I count those paid vacation days as canadian experience, I will reach the 3,120 hour mark (I calculated week by week with a cap of 30 hours per week) for 2 years of Canadian work experience before my last submission date of May 16. If I don't count all the days I listed above that I am unsure about, I will not cross 3,120 hours before the last date

Is this too risky? Would you suggest I decline the ITA? I would greatly appreciate any help

 

[banyan25]

Please help, I am terrified that I will either get banned for misrepresentation, or that the quota for CEC is over for this year and the score will not drop this low again

 

[canuck78]

You can count 2 weeks of paid vacation per year.

 

[banyan25]

You can count 2 weeks of paid vacation per year.

@canuck78 thank you very much for your response. How should I prove this paid vacation? It does not say I was on vacation in my pay slips, although it shows I was paid for those hours

 

[CanGoldDigger]

2 weeks is a good pointer, you can try more, but you will need a bullet proof explanation.

Also you can't count more than 30 hours a week.

 

[banyan25]

2 weeks is a good pointer, you can try more, but you will need a bullet proof explanation.

Also you can't count more than 30 hours a week.

@CanGoldDigger @canuck78 I will not try for more than 2 weeks of paid vacation. As you can see in my hour calculations, I will only ask for 4 days in 2024, 4 days in 2025, and 2 weeks in 2026.

I am not counting more than 30 hours per week. I am counting 8 hours per day for work inside canada, 8 hours per day for my paid leave days, and 0 hours for my remote work days.

With this type of calculation, and adding a maximum of 30 days per week, I am reaching 3,120 hour threshold. Here are 2 snippets of my hour calculation sheet

https://imgur.com/a/q7xSW8B

https://imgur.com/a/Lva09nR

https://imgur.com/a/Cln9va6

What do you think?

 

[CanGoldDigger]

Then you should be good.

 

[canuck78]

@canuck78 thank you very much for your response. How should I prove this paid vacation? It does not say I was on vacation in my pay slips, although it shows I was paid for those hours

You can include proof of how much paid time off you get per year and specify in your job history when you took paid time off and then unpaid time off.