Please help me calculate my work experience. It's making all the difference.

[sorkin24]

Hi everyone,

I’ll get straight to it, here’s what I have:

The work experience gained as a full-time student outside Canada counts towards the score used to rank your profile

The above text is from: https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=394&top=29

BUT THEN THERE'S THIS:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1067853592592351232

What does "part of your education" mean?

I am giving IELTS end of August, by the time i am done with application etc. it’ll be mid September so say the profile starts counting work experience until then. I’m trying to determine what my CRS score will be so I can manage expectations. Work experience (the difference between 2 years and 3 years is making all the difference between a near guaranteed ITA and shaky prospect)

Been working on STEM OPT in the U.S. since April 2018 ( counting till September it’ll be 2 years and 5 months)

WHILE DOING M.A. in the U.S., graduated end of 2017 (it was a three semester course)

• 2 month summer internship (unpaid full time at NGO - claimed a credit)
• 4 month fall internship (during my final semester - paid part time, claimed a credit)

WHILE DOING Bachelor’s in India (4 year university)

• 4 month final semester internship (during my final semester - paid full time, claimed credits)
• 1 month summer internship (paid full time - did NOT claim credit)

Do any of these above internships count? Can I put in 3 years of work experience? Please please help so i can figure out my future.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone,

I’ll get straight to it, here’s what I have:


BUT THEN THERE'S THIS:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1067853592592351232

What does "part of your education" mean?

I am giving IELTS end of August, by the time i am done with application etc. it’ll be mid September so say the profile starts counting work experience until then. I’m trying to determine what my CRS score will be so I can manage expectations. Work experience (the difference between 2 years and 3 years is making all the difference between a near guaranteed ITA and shaky prospect)

Been working on STEM OPT in the U.S. since April 2018 ( counting till September it’ll be 2 years and 5 months)

WHILE DOING M.A. in the U.S., graduated end of 2017 (it was a three semester course)

• 2 month summer internship (unpaid full time at NGO - claimed a credit)
• 4 month fall internship (during my final semester - paid part time, claimed a credit)

WHILE DOING Bachelor’s in India (4 year university)

• 4 month final semester internship (during my final semester - paid full time, claimed credits)
• 1 month summer internship (paid full time - did NOT claim credit)

Do any of these above internships count? Can I put in 3 years of work experience? Please please help so i can figure out my future.

I don't see how you can have 3 years. Based on the information you've provided, you have 2 years of work experience.

You definitely cannot count the unpaid NGO summer internship. Work experience must be paid in order to be counted.

The 4 month fall internship as part of your MA was only paid part time. So you cannot claim 4 months of full time work experience. You can only claim a part of this time depending on the number of hours you worked and were paid.

 

[sorkin24]

I don't see how you can have 3 years. Based on the information you've provided, you have 2 years of work experience.

You definitely cannot count the unpaid NGO summer internship. Work experience must be paid in order to be counted.

The 4 month fall internship as part of your MA was only paid part time. So you cannot claim 4 months of full time work experience. You can only claim a part of this time depending on the number of hours you worked and were paid.

Thank you for your reply! What about the full time 4 month paid one during my undergrad. Does that count?

 

[sorkin24]

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=393&top=29

There is also this post which says I can count part time work experience for my "requirement" if i wasn't a full time student.
The question I then have is, since the requirement is just 1 year, and I already have that, can i count that part time experience towards extra work experience?