Number of hours for express entry

[barrychan0402]

Here is the background information:
I worked in a part-time position which is NOC B for 1 year and 8 months. That's my only job.
My shift was pretty flexible and it changed every week. In summer, I worked more than 40 hours per week. However, sometime I only worked 15 hours a week.
I understand CIC doesn't count more than 30 hours per week and it requires 1560 hours in total.
My questions are:

1. Do that 15 hours count toward the 1560 hours? or it only counts the week that I worked 30 hours?
2. I started doing this job when I was a student. After I graduated, I keep working in the same company. Does it also count for the 1-year work experience? (I got paid even I was using my student permit)
3. My workplace is using ADP to calculate our hours, but it's based on every two weeks. How does the government check the exact number of hours I work?
   

Thank you in advance for any information you can give

 

[primaprime]

1. All hours count.
2. Assuming you mean as a student in Canada, no. You can only count work experience after you applied for a PGWP. (And if you worked in between finishing your program and applying for a PGWP, that was illegal and might cause problems.)

 

[barrychan0402]

1. All hours count.
2. Assuming you mean as a student in Canada, no. You can only count work experience after you applied for a PGWP. (And if you worked in between finishing your program and applying for a PGWP, that was illegal and might cause problems.)

Thanks for the information. Yes, I was an international student in Canada. What if I apply for FSW? Does that work experience count? Do I get 40 points from it?

 

[primaprime]

Thanks for the information. Yes, I was an international student in Canada. What if I apply for FSW? Does that work experience count? Do I get 40 points from it?

No, you can't count work experience as a student in Canada for any program, and you can't choose to apply for FSW if you're eligible for CEC. If you're not eligible for CEC because you don't have at least a year of work experience in Canada post-graduation, you could be eligible for FSW if you have the requisite amount of foreign work experience.

 

[barrychan0402]

No, you can't count work experience as a student in Canada for any program, and you can't choose to apply for FSW if you're eligible for CEC. If you're not eligible for CEC because you don't have at least a year of work experience in Canada post-graduation, you could be eligible for FSW if you have the requisite amount of foreign work experience.

Sorry, I'm very confused. On their website, it shows student work experience count in FSW...

Student work experience
Work experience gained while you were studying may count towards your minimum requirements if the work:

• was paid by wages or commissions
• was continuous (no gaps in employment), and
• meets all the other requirements of the Program

 

[primaprime]

Sorry, I'm very confused. On their website, it shows student work experience count in FSW...

Student work experience
Work experience gained while you were studying may count towards your minimum requirements if the work:

• was paid by wages or commissions
• was continuous (no gaps in employment), and
• meets all the other requirements of the Program

Okay, I see you're referring to meeting the minimum eligibility requirements. Apologies for not being clearer in my last post; you had asked "Do I get 40 points from it?" so I assumed you were referring to your CRS score.

There appears to be a distinction between these two, which is that work experience as a student in Canada may count toward your minimum requirements for FSW, but you don't get any CRS points for it.

Furthermore, as noted the work needs to have been continuous. This means either:

• You accumulated the one year of work before completing your program, or
• You applied for a PGWP on the same day you completed your program.

If you worked in between completing your program and applying for a PGWP, that was illegal and cannot be counted, potentially creating a gap in employment.

If that's not an issue, you may be able to enter the pool for FSW, but if you need the 40 CRS points for Canadian work experience to make the cutoff, you may as well wait until you have a year of work post-graduation and enter as a CEC (which automatically takes priority over FSW).

 

[barrychan0402]

Okay, I see you're referring to meeting the minimum eligibility requirements. Apologies for not being clearer in my last post; you had asked "Do I get 40 points from it?" so I assumed you were referring to your CRS score.

There appears to be a distinction between these two, which is that work experience as a student in Canada may count toward your minimum requirements for FSW, but you don't get any CRS points for it.

Furthermore, as noted the work needs to have been continuous. This means either:

• You accumulated the one year of work before completing your program, or
• You applied for a PGWP on the same day you completed your program.

If you worked in between completing your program and applying for a PGWP, that was illegal and cannot be counted, potentially creating a gap in employment.

If that's not an issue, you may be able to enter the pool for FSW, but if you need the 40 CRS points for Canadian work experience to make the cutoff, you may as well wait until you have a year of work post-graduation and enter as a CEC (which automatically takes priority over FSW).

I got laid off due to covid19, even if I go back to work, it won't count as continuous work. is that correct?