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Primary NOC, Canadian Work Experience, and Foreign Work Experience

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DreamingMan

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My friend has 3+ years of foreign work experience as a software developer and 1+ year as a developer Canada, but with with duties that are close to DevOps engineer for the latter. He started working in Canada after he had earned his master's degree at a Canadian university. Speaking of which, he earned his bachelor's degree in his home country.

In his case, what should be his primary NOC, software developer or software engineer? Other than that, what should be the date he became qualified to work in the primary NOC, the day he earned his master's degree in Canada, or the day he earned his bachelor's degree in his home country?

Update: Correction on his Canadian work experience: his job title is Developer, but his actual duties are close to DevOps engineer.
 
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Naturgrl

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DreamingMan said:
My friend has 3+ years of foreign work experience as a software developer and 1+ year as a software engineer in Canada. He started working in Canada after he had earned his master's degree at a Canadian university. Speaking of which, he earned his bachelor's degree in his home country.

In his case, what should be his primary NOC, software developer or software engineer? Other than that, what should be the date he became qualified to work in the primary NOC, the day he earned his master's degree in Canada or his bachelor's degree in his home country?
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His choice what NOC he wants to use. He was qualified with completion of bachelor degree.
 
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DreamingMan

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Naturgrl said:
His choice what NOC he wants to use. He was qualified with completion of bachelor degree.
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Would it affect the decision if he applied under CEC?

Also, a slight correction on his Canadian work experience, his job title is Developer, but his duties lean towards DevOps, which falls under NOC 21231
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getAllExample&TVD=1322554&CVD=1322870&CPV=21231&CST=01052021&CLV=5&MLV=5&V=403056&VST=01052021

But the problem is, would he need to be licensed for this job? He said that his employer didn't ask for it.

@legalfalcon, could you also help in answering these questions?
 
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Naturgrl

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DreamingMan said:
Would it affect the decision if he applied under CEC?

Also, a slight correction on his Canadian work experience, his job title is Developer, but his duties lean towards DevOps, which falls under NOC 21231
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getAllExample&TVD=1322554&CVD=1322870&CPV=21231&CST=01052021&CLV=5&MLV=5&V=403056&VST=01052021

But the problem is, would he need to be licensed for this job? He said that his employer didn't ask for it.

@legalfalcon, could you also help in answering these questions?
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Doesn’t need a license.
 
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DreamingMan

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Naturgrl said:
First line…you might need to. It does not say mandatory.
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It's kinda like a slippery slope.

The person on the linked thread below got into trouble for choosing software engineer NOC despite having software developer title.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ontario-nominee-is-very-sensitive-to-noc-code.350235/

I would like to know if there is anyone here who chose software engineer NOC despite not having the word 'engineer' in their job titles and not having the license.
 
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