Seniors/All - Help on completing Study History Help Needed!

[devnill]

Again, what matters is the equivalency. I don't even understand why there's any debate about it.

You get an ECA so CIC can understand the Canadian equivalent of your degrees. It clearly says that it is equivalent to a four year degree and a 2 year degree. That's the reason why they append the number of years to the equivalent degree, and your actual academic years were already taken into account for this assessment.

If WES thinks your 10 week summer course is equivalent to a Canadian PhD, then that's what you can claim points for. End of story.

I don't think it matters about the equivalency for the "two or more post-secondary credentials" - I do think they care about the length in terms of academic years.

Otherwise I could do 2 1-year courses and that would get more points than if I completed a 4 year degree, which does not make any sense.

And CIC doesn't attach any restriction for length to PhD, so not quite the same thing.

 

[devnill]

I see what you mean. So, they accepted your former studies as two years and you had to do only 1 year. I think if you explain this well and ECA already says you have 2 diplomas and 1 bachelor (4 years) equivalent, you should definitely go with it. That's why ECA exists, officers just accept it, and they don't care about the original county's rules. The decision is yours of course...

Nothing to do with the countries rules, it's pretty easy to see that no individual program was three years long.

 

[neorol]

Nothing to do with the countries rules, it's pretty easy to see that no individual program was three years long.

Well, according to ECA report it's been accepted as 4 years equivalent degree, and OP explained why it took only 1 year. Nobody should be really certain about a thing like this and discourage others because this case is not that black or white. In my opinion there is a reason why he earned that bachelor degree (he explained it) and there is nothing more important than ECA report.

 

[Slowdocky]

Hi All, f

have requested help on this before, but with no response. I am trying to complete my Study history and have a ECA. I have been told i can claim two or more, but not sure what to select where, this is what i have so far:

ECA REPORT: I
CANADIAN EQUIVALENCY SUMMARY
Two diplomas (two years) and bachelor's degree (four years)

CREDENTIAL ANALYSIS

1. Credential Authentication: Official transcripts were sent directly by the institution
Country: United Kingdom
Credential: Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education
Year: 2005
Awarded by: Edexcel Limited
Institution Status: Recognized
Major/Specialization: Information and Communication Technology
Canadian Equivalency: Diploma (two years)

2. Credential Authentication: Official transcripts were sent directly by the institution
Country: United Kingdom
Credential: Higher National Diploma
Year: 2007
Awarded by: Business and Technician Education Council
Institution Status: Recognized
Major/Specialization: Computing
Canadian Equivalency: Diploma (two years)

3. Credential Authentication: Official transcripts were sent directly by the institution
Country: United Kingdom
Credential: Bachelor of Science
Year: 2008
Awarded by: University of the West of England, Bristol
Institution Status: Recognized
Major/Specialization: Information Technology
Canadian Equivalency: Bachelor's degree (four years)

Now i have populated the above 3 into the study section as below, should i be selecting two or more for any of them and if so where?
1.
Start - 2003/09
To - 2005/06
Complete/Full Academic years - 2
full time/part time - FT
standing at the end of study - awarded
country - Eng
institution - Bridgwater College
level of eduction - Two year program at a university...
**ECA Details Here**
Level of education show on ECA report your ECA report will tell you.... - Two year program at a university...

2.
Start - 2005/09
To - 2007/06
Complete/Full Academic years - 2
full time/part time - FT
standing at the end of study - awarded
country - Eng
institution - Bridgwater College
level of eduction - Two year program at a university...
**ECA Details Here**
Level of education show on ECA report your ECA report will tell you.... - Two year program at a university...

3.
Start - 2007/09
To - 2008/06
Complete/Full Academic years - 1
full time/part time - FT
standing at the end of study - awarded
country - Eng
institution - Bristol
level of eduction - Bachelors Degree, 3 or more
**ECA Details Here**
Level of education show on ECA report your ECA report will tell you.... - Bachelors Degree, 3 or more

please help and advice! thanks

 

[Slowdocky]

Hi I applied for a Canadian visa that is permanent resident so during the process I was ask to provide additional information so I went for a letter of recommendation from my employer and was given to me where I was currently working the salary was not that good so I got an offer some where else and I was supposed to start work immediately so I resigned with immediate effect but my employer got angry and wrote a letter to the immigration to retract the letter of recommendation they gave me please can it affect my application I need help with this thanks

 

[neorol]

Hi I applied for a Canadian visa that is permanent resident so during the process I was ask to provide additional information so I went for a letter of recommendation from my employer and was given to me where I was currently working the salary was not that good so I got an offer some where else and I was supposed to start work immediately so I resigned with immediate effect but my employer got angry and wrote a letter to the immigration to retract the letter of recommendation they gave me please can it affect my application I need help with this thanks

I'm sorry Slowdocky, but your post is really not clear nor understandable. Also it shoudn't be in this thread. Please post it somewhere else (or open a new thread) and make it clear what you need. Otherwise it will be really hard to help

 

[neorol]

No, they don't. This section on CIC's website is very clear:

"Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees.

ECA assessment results:

A three-year or more certificate, diploma, or degree

PLUS any of the results in the sections below (not including secondary/high school), or:

Post-Bachelor's Certificate
Post-undergraduate certificate
Post-Bachelor's Diploma
Post-undergraduate diploma
Graduate Certificate
Graduate Certificate with a focus in [area of concentration]
Postgraduate certificate
Postgraduate Diploma
Graduate Diploma with a focus in [area of concentration]
Graduate diploma
two-year Postgraduate Diploma, specializing in [name of discipline]
two-year Bachelor’s after degree with a focus in [area of concentration]
one-year Postgraduate Certificate in [name of discipline]
one-year of graduate study with a focus in [area of concentration]
Dual Bachelor’s degree (four years)"


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp

See how I underlined "assessment results" there for you?

Yes, you could provided WES or another assessment agency considered this equivalent to a 4 year degree. They also take into account number of credits, so the pure length of the studies is irrelevant.

+1

 

[olipearce1987]

Thanks all, your thoughts are much appreciated either way. Hope I grt the final selection on the profile correct!