cheepnis

hi.

i found a thread by the long since departed A miller saying that hours overtime did not count towards the 3900 total hours needed to qualify for CEC.

can anyone else confirm or deny this?

thanks

AmyDavid

What is CEC?

Aviator

Canadian Experience Class

AmyDavid

Thank you! I just could not work that one out!

cheepnis

sorry amy for being vague.

this forum in particular is always chock-full of TLAs (three-letter-acronyms!) that i thought it was obvious!

here is the post that mentioned that overtime want valid:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...6&postcount=29

but as it came from someone who's since been discredited i was wondering if anyone else could clarify?

Aviator

This is where it came from, which I believe is a credible source.
http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/reg...-2002-227.html

PMM

Hi

So you don't have to search, Section 80

(4) A period of work experience that exceeds full-time work in one occupation, or simultaneous periods of work experience in more than one full-time occupation, shall be evaluated as a single period of full-time work experience in a single occupation.

cheepnis

thanks PMM.

that section 80 is apparently talking about federal skilled workers.

There is a dedicated section 87.1, about the Canadian Experience Class further down in the document which does not repeat that information. It lists criteria in 3a-g but nothing about overtime.

i went through the latest 5609e CEC guide, but again nothing explicit there beyond the 37.5 h/week explanation.

since being here, the OT i have clocked up is equivalent to 3 months so it would be fantastic to get a concrete answer (ideally without spending the day on hold to CIC hotline!)

cheepnis

...So i listened to that tasteful but bland music they play while keeping you hold for a long while waiting to chat to CIC to clarify the overtime issue.

Not once, but twice.

I wanted to see if there was a definitive answer regarding overtime and CEC requirements. The 1st time i got through, one agent said that OT does not count and I should look at it from a full-time-days-worked perspective (if it == 24 months). The 2nd time, another agent said overtime does count and that i should look at it from an hours-worked perspective.

About as conclusive as "The Sopranos"...

CanadaJimmy

How I imagine they do it is if you've been working or studying in Canada for 2 years, but don't really have 3900 full-time hours, you can probably apply for CEC claiming that you do (using overtime etc.), however if you have over 3900 hours, but have not been in Canada for 2 years, I expect there's no way you can apply for CEC "early" so to speak.