Min Hours needed for applying for PR

[fpaikar]

Hello Guys,

My husband is working as a postdoctoral fellow with the University in Ontario.The official working hours per week are 35,can we apply under the Canada Exp class.In the CIC website its mentioned that min hrs per week for full time work exp is 30 but some people say it should be 37.6.I am confused ,can anyone please help .

Regards
Flora

 

[zardoz]

Pretty certain they reduced it to 30... It was more I believe.

 

[fpaikar]

Thank you so much so that means it's 30 HoursThank You

 

[wessless]

For sure its minimum 30 hours per week. Used to be 37.5 but it was reduced. Goodluck!!

 

[fpaikar]

Thank you so much

 

[djvinnakota]

Hi,

Min 30 Hrs, it's 1560 hours AND 1-yr of experience. so you need to wait until you've worked for 12 months to apply.

 

[cee12345]

Hi,

Min 30 Hrs, it's 1560 hours AND 1-yr of experience. so you need to wait until you've worked for 12 months to apply.

I second this.

 

[ethanriar]

Hi, i got a problem regarding the number of hours. I worked for 28 hours/week in 3 weeks. So do i have to work for another three weeks( each 30 hours) or just need to finish the number of hours which i missed in 3 weeks time period for being a full time employee?

 

[zardoz]

I seem to remember that any weeks where the number of hours is less than than the "full time" minimum, are not counted at all. You should probably make up the three full weeks. If I'm wrong, you then have more hours than you need but...

 

[ethanriar]

yes, atleast i'll be on the safer side.
Anyone else want to suggest something??

 

[Goku]

Please read OP25a

 

[jes_ON]

I seem to remember that any weeks where the number of hours is less than than the "full time" minimum, are not counted at all.

No, that's not correct. If you work "part-time" (fewer than 30 hours per week), you can use the experience, but you have to calculate it in terms of full-time equivalence. In this case, 28 hours per week * 3 weeks means you're short only 6 hours of the full-time equivalent. So work an extra week and you'll be OK.

 

[zardoz]

No, that's not correct. If you work "part-time" (fewer than 30 hours per week), you can use the experience, but you have to calculate it in terms of full-time equivalence. In this case, 28 hours per week * 3 weeks means you're short only 6 hours of the full-time equivalent. So work an extra week and you'll be OK.

is that still true if those weeks are part of the mandatory 1 year?

 

[jes_ON]

is that still true if those weeks are part of the mandatory 1 year?

Yes

I should add that, any time you have part time hours, that automatically means you have to work longer than 1 year to meet the 1 year requirement.

 

[zardoz]

Thanks for the info.