Work experience Questions

[EdithF86]

Hey guys,

For my Work Experience I currently have 138 weeks of work outside of Canada. This means I still need 18 weeks to get my 3rd year of experience and thus 25 extra points. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this but I'm having a hard time finding the right information on how it all works.

I have worked as a contractor for about 30 weeks in Canada on a Working Holiday Visa. Can I use this experience for the 18 weeks that I need or is this experience useless because it happened to be in Canada and is less than 1 year?
Additionally I should add that I haven't actually got around to filing my taxes for the work I did during my Working Holiday Visa. Would that be an issue?
The work was in 2015 so I think I could still file these taxes if necessary/helpful.

I also have about 30 weeks worth of experience in Belgium for clients but this was under the table so I'm unsure if I should add this experience.
I've registered a company on February 14. If i officially charge a client, does it matter that I did the work while the company wasn't registered yet or should I just work for 18 more weeks officially now. This last option I would rather avoid since I'm hoping to move to Canada as soon as possible but if it needs to be done then so be it.

Do I need to show anything other than a reference letter and payments?

Looking forward to your answers and advice. I realise it's a bit of a messy situation for these 18 weeks :-[

 

[DelPiero07]

You cannot use canadian work experience to get points for foreign work experience.

If you weren't working legally in belgium you should not use this experience either.

Work 18 weeks to get your points.

 

[Aashy09]

Hello can you all please help me? I worked as a student in UK. Mixture of part time and full time work experienxs. Can you please help in calculating? Here goes my timeline

May 13 - aug 13: 37hrs/week
Sept 13 - april 14: 20hrs/week
May 14 - aug 15: 37hrs/wk
Sept 15- jan 16: 20hrs/wk
Feb 16 - may 16: 37hrs/wk

 

[xpressentry]

Hello can you all please help me? I worked as a student in UK. Mixture of part time and full time work experienxs. Can you please help in calculating? Here goes my timeline

May 13 - aug 13: 37hrs/week
Sept 13 - april 14: 20hrs/week
May 14 - aug 15: 37hrs/wk
Sept 15- jan 16: 20hrs/wk
Feb 16 - may 16: 37hrs/wk

You cant take averages. You can use the ones where you have worked 37 hours a week. I dont think you can use the 20 hours a week as it is fewer than what CIC wants of the 30 hours a week. Total of the months you worked 37 hours a week is 9 months.

 

[Aashy09]

You cant take averages. You can use the ones where you have worked 37 hours a week. I dont think you can use the 20 hours a week as it is fewer than what CIC wants of the 30 hours a week. Total of the months you worked 37 hours a week is 9 months.

Are you sure? Paid part time work is counted as low as 15hrs/week

 

[DelPiero07]

You cant take averages. You can use the ones where you have worked 37 hours a week. I dont think you can use the 20 hours a week as it is fewer than what CIC wants of the 30 hours a week. Total of the months you worked 37 hours a week is 9 months.

Of course he/she can, part time experience does count.

 

[DelPiero07]

Are you sure? Paid part time work is counted as low as 15hrs/week

This is not correct either, the number can be lower than 15 hrs/week.

 

[xpressentry]

You can take equivalent of paid part time work. Aashy09 worked part time for 11 months so I think that would be 5 and a half months. So he had over 1 year but less than 2 years of UK experience.

 

[EdithF86]

You cannot use canadian work experience to get points for foreign work experience.

If you weren't working legally in belgium you should not use this experience either.

Work 18 weeks to get your points.

Is it best to remove the Canadian experience from my EE profile?

If I work for 18 more weeks, what documents will I have to show as proof for this self employed work?
Is it okay to have just 1 client as long as I work for 30 hours per week? Is there a minimum pay per week required?
My clients usually make the full payment at the end of the project and not monthly, is 1 payment okay?

Also just to make sure, if I have my client that I worked for the past 20 weeks pay me legally for that project now, are you sure it's necessary to work for another 18 weeks?

 

[DelPiero07]

Is it best to remove the Canadian experience from my EE profile?

If I work for 18 more weeks, what documents will I have to show as proof for this self employed work?
Is it okay to have just 1 client as long as I work for 30 hours per week? Is there a minimum pay per week required?
My clients usually make the full payment at the end of the project and not monthly, is 1 payment okay?

Also just to make sure, if I have my client that I worked for the past 20 weeks pay me legally for that project now, are you sure it's necessary to work for another 18 weeks?

1 - If that's all the canadian work experience that you have then yes, add it to the personal history once you receive your ITA - no proof of employment will be required.

2 - "if the applicant is self-employed, articles of incorporation or other evidence of business ownership, evidence of self-employment income and documentation from third-party individuals indicating the service provided along with payment details (self-declared main duties or affidavits are not acceptable proof of self-employed work experience)."

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/express/intake-complete.asp

3 - It's fine to work for a client as long as you fulfill the duties of your NOC code and the hours of work.

4 - Consult a lawyer for your last question - my answer stays the same, you shouldn't count experience which was obtained on an illegal status.

 

[Aashy09]

Hello can you all please help me? I worked as a student in UK. Mixture of part time and full time work experienxs. Can you please help in calculating? Here goes my timeline

May 13 - aug 13: 37hrs/week
Sept 13 - april 14: 20hrs/week
May 14 - aug 15: 37hrs/wk
Sept 15- jan 16: 20hrs/wk
Feb 16 - may 16: 37hrs/wk

Can anyone please confirm