When will CEC requirement change from 2 years to 1 years

[prapplicant]

When will CEC requirement change from 2 years to 1 years

 

[cathlyn7]

I heard rumours about this too - does anyone know???

 

[prapplicant]

It has been proposed. I just want to know typically when do they accept these regulartory proposals

 

[jasmine kaur-22]

guys they already changed the rules from two to one year experience...

check this link- http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/cec/apply-who.asp

 

[Daniel_Daniel]

no, they have still not amended this page..it still says the below:

a temporary foreign worker with at least two years of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada

 

[prapplicant]

no, they have still not amended this page..it still says the below:

a temporary foreign worker with at least two years of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada

right. any idea when is this rule likely to change?

 

[jes_ON]

It seems that many changes are implemented around July 1. No guarantees...

 

[cathlyn7]

my husband will be the applicant for the cec and we think he has two years but will be cutting it v fine - can someone advise applying now but maybe being turned down because of lack of hours or waiting till July - our current open work permits expire feb 2013
thanks so much

 

[jes_ON]

my husband will be the applicant for the cec and we think he has two years but will be cutting it v fine - can someone advise applying now but maybe being turned down because of lack of hours or waiting till July - our current open work permits expire feb 2013

Do not apply until you are 100% sure you have meet the work requirements. The application will be refused if you apply before you qualify.

If you are not sure whether he has 2 years, you can ask here -

 

[cathlyn7]

I am still a little unsure how we will know for sure if he has enough hours. He has had three employers since being here and has requested the letters from them - they will state how many hours he has worked for them but how can we distinguish how many hours are regular time, as he has done a bit of overtime from time to time. also some weeks he didn't have 37.5 and others he had more than 37.5 - do they count each week individually or can you pool your hours. we would like to be definite before we send in the application. also does the time we send it in matter i.e. if we arrived in april 09 and dont send our application in until june 2012 can we only include the period from march 09 till mar 2012 or does it have to be up to and including the current date?

Thanks again for your help - sorry if I am unclear about the process

 

[jes_ON]

I am still a little unsure how we will know for sure if he has enough hours. He has had three employers since being here and has requested the letters from them - they will state how many hours he has worked for them but how can we distinguish how many hours are regular time, as he has done a bit of overtime from time to time. also some weeks he didn't have 37.5 and others he had more than 37.5 - do they count each week individually or can you pool your hours. we would like to be definite before we send in the application.

It is true that CEC really has the salaried employee in mind and doesn't provide too much guidance for hourly employees. But what is clear is that one week of full-time employment is defined as "at least 37.5 hours." Doesn't matter how your employer defines it. A week of full time employment can be 37.5 hours, 40 hours, 80 hours - it's all just 1 week of full-time employment. Overtime is irrelevant. Any full-time week simply counts as 1 week. Count the weeks of full-time employment.

A week that is less than 37.5 hours is technically "part-time." For part-time work, you need to add up your part-time hours and divide by 37.5 to come up with the "full-time equivalent" number of weeks (You'll need a combined total 104 weeks within 3 years of the application date).

It'll depend on the Visa Officer whether or not you can get away with "pooling" your hours, it'll probably depend on what is stated in your Letters of Reference, etc. Others on here will have differences of opinion about this, because it is not explicit.


also does the time we send it in matter i.e.

Yes, it matters. You can only count employment experience acquired within 3 years of the application date.

So if you apply on June 1, 2012 (lock-in date is the date the application is RECEIVED at CIO-Sydney), you can only include experience back to June 1, 2009.

 

[cathlyn7]

Thanks but I still don't know which weeks were full weeks and which were only 35 hours for example. Where can I get this information - do I need to get all payslips for the last 3 years?

Thank you

 

[jes_ON]

payslips will have that info. Another (easier, perhaps) way of getting the info is to get the Record of Employment. An ROE will exist only if your husband no longer works for that employer.

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/employers/roew.shtml

 

[sorrymontana]

If the rule changes from 2 years to 1 year, will that mean that those planning to use the other stream (2 years of Canadian university + 1 year of full-time equivalent work experience) be able to to use the CEC work experience stream? I'm interested because during two years of grad school I worked part-time at the university as a Teaching Assistant (12 h/week), then a Lecturer (12 h/week) and worked 2010, 2011 summers full-time on off-campus work permit (37 hours/week for 4 months plus 4 months).

I'm still trying to accumulate that one year of full-time employment on post-graduation work permit (hopefully will be done by September/October due to multiple part-time jobs/periods of unemployment). If the rule changes from 2 years to 1 year, I'll be eligible right away, considering I could use my TAs/off-campus WP experience.

Thanks.

 

[nevenj]

If the rule changes from 2 years to 1 year, will that mean that those planning to use the other stream (2 years of Canadian university + 1 year of full-time equivalent work experience) be able to to use the CEC work experience stream? I'm interested because during two years of grad school I worked part-time at the university as a Teaching Assistant (12 h/week), then a Lecturer (12 h/week) and worked 2010, 2011 summers full-time on off-campus work permit (37 hours/week for 4 months plus 4 months).

I'm still trying to accumulate that one year of full-time employment on post-graduation work permit (hopefully will be done by September/October due to multiple part-time jobs/periods of unemployment). If the rule changes from 2 years to 1 year, I'll be eligible right away, considering I could use my TAs/off-campus WP experience.

Thanks.

Only work experience accumulated after graduation is counted.