Hey all

So i'm in a bit of a panic as I've only just realised that my other half might not meet the 12yr education requirements of the BC PNP. Can anyone give some advise please

My boyfriend has
Normal Uk schooling so 7 years at primary and 5 years at Secondary. He has GCSE'S (not good grades but has them)

As his GCSE'S where not too good he then went on to 6th form to study an intermediate GNVQ for 1 year which is the equivalent to 4 GCSE'S at A-C.

He then completed 1 year at tertiary college and left. He has a certificate for the first certificate but did not pass.

TBH I didn't give this much thought until I asked what school qualifications he actually has and read up some more. It seems that only 6 years is given by CIC for primary schooling? and I'm concerned that as both my boyfriends GCSE's and GNVQ are at the same academic level he won't be viewed as having 12 years of education even though back in the day his GNVQ could only be took at 6th form or college. GNVQ and GCSE'S are two completely different qualification's though I guess

Any thoughts would be really appreciated.
Its not like we're trying to get more points for skilled worker, we just need to prove 12 years of secondary education. If we document it sufficiently could we count first year primary?

Thanks

Hi ya i no they dont count 6th form as part of your school years,but if your boyfriend can get a letter from the college to show his attendance then this will help to prove the 12 years required

hope this helps

Hey Thanks

So his year at college would count towards formal education? I'm not bothered how cic classify it; secondary schooling or not. All i'm concerned with is proving he has 12 years of formal education

Hi



If he didn't pass or complete the course, then nope.

Opps I mean his year at sixth form and he did pass the course, Just worried as both his GCSE's and his GNVQ are at the same level?

Thanks in advance for any help

Hi


Here is what the Federal Court has said in regards to education.

Even if it had been before the Officer, the extra year of A Level study would not be relevant to the assessment of education credentials. In Bhuiya v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 878, [2008] F.C.J. No. 1110, Justice Anne Mactavish explained that “the years of education requirement is clearly intended to establish minimum standards for each type of degree” and the fact that an applicant may have spent one additional year in school after obtaining their degree “does not turn a 16 year Master's degree into a 17 year Master's degree”. That same logic applies here: the fact that the Applicant spent an extra year in school after obtaining her O Levels does not turn an 11-year diploma into a 12-year one.

Thankyou, I had read this before and another case which was very similar and made me think about the other halfs schooling or lack of it should I say His 2 qualifications are different though, It not that he repeated another year of GCSE'S but did a completely qualification . Does this make a difference? Just trying to exhaust all options before I tell him he's going back to school lol

On another note if my boyfriend has 7 years at primary school as is normally the case in the UK are we OK to claim that so to speak if we document it?
I read that only 6 years is given for primary presumably as this is the norm in Canada (i think).

Thankyou