Internships to be included or not in the work history (Express Entry)

[BertoMaple]

Hi guys!
I know that these questions are probably quite common, but since I've started reading through the old posts, I've found different answers.

1) I have a Leonardo da Vinci certificate which I believe is rather qualifying for my specific NOC. It proved that I worked in another country for a few months gaining new skills. It was a sort of scholarship, though. I didn't get paid except for pocket money. But accomodation, bills, and language course were provided for free. At WES they told me they do not asses occupational or trade qualifications. What do I have to do? Does it count something for EE, being a valid and european-wide recognized certificate?

2) I also have a lot of professional internships, all unpaid except one, and all completed AFTER my graduation within big institutions. Are they useful or not? I was hoping that I could use at least the paid one to get some extra points. The thing is, all of these internships gave me the qualifications I have now. It's seems kinda unfair to me that I have to discard them just because they were not paid (besides, this is pretty common here in Italy).

Thanks for your time!

 

[Asivad Anac]

Hi guys!
I know that these questions are probably quite common, but since I've started reading through the old posts, I've found different answers.

1) I have a Leonardo da Vinci certificate which I believe is rather qualifying for my specific NOC. It proved that I worked in another country for a few months gaining new skills. It was a sort of scholarship, though. I didn't get paid except for pocket money. But accomodation, bills, and language course were provided for free. At WES they told me they do not asses occupational or trade qualifications. What do I have to do? Does it count something for EE, being a valid and european-wide recognized certificate?

Unfortunately, this won't get you any points under EE.

2) I also have a lot of professional internships, all unpaid except one, and all completed AFTER my graduation within big institutions. Are they useful or not? I was hoping that I could use at least the paid one to get some extra points. The thing is, all of these internships gave me the qualifications I have now. It's seems kinda unfair to me that I have to discard them just because they were not paid (besides, this is pretty common here in Italy).

You can only claim points for the paid internship provided you have a valid reference letter and the experience was under NOC 0/A/B within the last 10 years.

Thanks for your time!

 

[BertoMaple]

Thank you so much, I'll just claim the paid one then. Happy New Year!