I am currently working full-time in a remote role for a large company in Canada and am looking to improve my CRS score to apply for permanent residence through Express Entry (CEC). After evaluating my options, the most effective path appears to be gaining one year of foreign work experience in my home country.
My current role is business-critical, and my team would strongly prefer that I remain in my position. I also hope to retain my role given the difficulty of securing employment in Canada. I invested HUGE effort to obtain this opportunity and would prefer not to restart the job search process upon returning next year. Therefore, I am exploring an alternative approach but am uncertain whether IRCC would recognize it.
Specifically, I would continue in the same role, on the same team, and within the same company, but I would physically relocate to my home country. Because my employer has an office/branch there, my employment would be formally transferred from XYZ Company (Canada) to XYZ Company (home country), meaning my salary and taxes would be paid by the foreign entity rather than the Canadian one. To put it simply, that means I will have no legal ties with Canada after the transfer.
Under this arrangement, I would be working physically outside Canada, on foreign payroll, and paying taxes in my home country instead of Canada, while maintaining the same job title, responsibilities, and team.
Would this setup be considered valid foreign work experience for Express Entry purposes? My concern is whether IRCC would recognize this as valid foreign work experience, or whether they might refuse it simply because my role and team remain unchanged while my payroll and tax jurisdiction move to a foreign entity.
My current role is business-critical, and my team would strongly prefer that I remain in my position. I also hope to retain my role given the difficulty of securing employment in Canada. I invested HUGE effort to obtain this opportunity and would prefer not to restart the job search process upon returning next year. Therefore, I am exploring an alternative approach but am uncertain whether IRCC would recognize it.
Specifically, I would continue in the same role, on the same team, and within the same company, but I would physically relocate to my home country. Because my employer has an office/branch there, my employment would be formally transferred from XYZ Company (Canada) to XYZ Company (home country), meaning my salary and taxes would be paid by the foreign entity rather than the Canadian one. To put it simply, that means I will have no legal ties with Canada after the transfer.
Under this arrangement, I would be working physically outside Canada, on foreign payroll, and paying taxes in my home country instead of Canada, while maintaining the same job title, responsibilities, and team.
Would this setup be considered valid foreign work experience for Express Entry purposes? My concern is whether IRCC would recognize this as valid foreign work experience, or whether they might refuse it simply because my role and team remain unchanged while my payroll and tax jurisdiction move to a foreign entity.