Will Canadian Work Exp. count as Foreign Work Exp.

[nikolain]

Hello All,

I'm already in the pool with 440 CRS.
I had a 1 year PGWP and out of the needed 52 weeks i was able to get only 49 weeks of Canadian Work Experience. So no CEC points for me in Express Entry.
Now i already have 1.5 yr Work Exp from India, can i combine both Work Exp. as 2.5 yr and work another half year in India to get the 3 yr mark so that i get a boost in Express Entry points ?

What i mean to say is, is my 49 week Canadian Work Exp any useful in the Express Entry system ?

 

[RegularGuy]

Will one year Canadian experience in NOC B be counted as exp under FSW if I apply after three years of acquiring this experience ? I have one year experience but I have to go out of Canada for 3 years for some reason. Can this experience be used later after 3 years to apply under FSW? I know for CEC it needs to be within last 3 years, and I know 3 years are long time to speculate about future policy changes, but just want to under existing rules, can it be used for FSW?

 

[cococly]

Hello All,

I'm already in the pool with 440 CRS.
I had a 1 year PGWP and out of the needed 52 weeks i was able to get only 49 weeks of Canadian Work Experience. So no CEC points for me in Express Entry.
Now i already have 1.5 yr Work Exp from India, can i combine both Work Exp. as 2.5 yr and work another half year in India to get the 3 yr mark so that i get a boost in Express Entry points ?

What i mean to say is, is my 49 week Canadian Work Exp any useful in the Express Entry system ?

It has to at least one full Calendar year, you can count by the days, at least 365/366 days. Even if the current EE accept it, IRCC would reject that experience later.

 

[nikolain]

It has to at least one full Calendar year, you can count by the days, at least 365/366 days. Even if the current EE accept it, IRCC would reject that experience later.

Nahh, you are not getting it, i know that 49 week Canadian Exp is not going to be counted for CEC, it needs to be 52 weeks exact, but can i count it as Foreign Work Exp so that i can use it towards the 3 yr. Foreign Work Exp., i will get a boost of 254 points in Express Entry.

 

[neorol]

I'm not an expert on this, but I think you can't count canadian exp. as foreign exp. because it's not foreign experience. If you check CRS calculator, it gives you the options for Canadian exp:

Less than a year
1 year or more
etc...

If you choose less than a year, and it doesn't give you points, I'm pretty sure it tells you the answer. You should call an expert though...

 

[siriusnick]

If you worked in Canada, it was Canadian working experience.
If you worked outside of Canada, it was foreign working experience.
I don't know which part is so confusing for you.

 

[nikolain]

So in short 49 weeks of Canadian work exp. go down the drain :-[

 

[cococly]

So in short 49 weeks of Canadian work exp. go down the drain :-[

Yes. You are around 21 days short of getting points for your Canadian skilled work experience.