Proof of working

[Francesco77]

Hi.
I worked for one and a half year as a carpenter in Toronto, but I didn’t have work permit. I know I couldn’t but I needed.
I’m out of Canada for 2 years and I have a job offer from a Canadian company who wants to hire me as a carpenter.
How can I proof my experience if I was working illegally?
Another thing.
CBSA knows that I worked illegally as didn’t lie when asked by the officer when flagpoling in order to get a WP back in september 2019. They refused to give me the WP and told me that I had to leave Canada in 7 days and I had a six months ban to apply again. Now I have this new job offer two year after that.

Any advice helps.
Thanks

 

[scylla]

Hi.
I worked for one and a half year as a carpenter in Toronto, but I didn’t have work permit. I know I couldn’t but I needed.
I’m out of Canada for 2 years and I have a job offer from a Canadian company who wants to hire me as a carpenter.
How can I proof my experience if I was working illegally?
Another thing.
CBSA knows that I worked illegally as didn’t lie when asked by the officer when flagpoling in order to get a WP back in september 2019. They refused to give me the WP and told me that I had to leave Canada in 7 days and I had a six months ban to apply again. Now I have this new job offer two year after that.

Any advice helps.
Thanks

Is the illegal work experience in Canada the only work experience you have as a carpenter? Or have you also worked as a carpenter outside of Canada?

If you want to try to prove your work experience in Canada, you would at a minimum need a letter from your employer. However I expect it might be quite difficult to get such a letter from your employer given your employer had you working illegally. Even with the letter and other proof, I don't know if IRCC will consider this work experience seriously since it was obtained without being allowed to legally work.

Ideally you have work experience as a carpenter from outside of Canada that you can use to prove you have the experience necessary to apply for this work permit. You will still need to mention your illegal work in Canada. However I'm not sure you're going to be able to rely on your Canadian work experience as proof you have carpenter skills.

 

[Blah!]

Hello,

As an entreprenuer in a foreign country, when post immigration to canada, what kind of documented proof is requested by firms as work experience ?