IEC 2014 Instructions
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Hi, sorry for my ignorance on this, but does this mean that we have to ENTER Canada within 3 months of the acceptance letter?
I got to Canada on IEC in June 2013, was going to stay here until May 2014, home to UK for a few months, then back to Canada in November 2014 for a further year.
My plan won't work, will it?
Thanks for any help
I got to Canada on IEC in June 2013, was going to stay here until May 2014, home to UK for a few months, then back to Canada in November 2014 for a further year.
My plan won't work, will it?
Thanks for any help
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Re: IEC 2014 Instructions
Applicants are still required to initiate their participation by submitting the IEC participation eligibility assessment (stage 1) through Kompass. Once clients are conditionally accepted for participation, they will be directed, in the Conditional Acceptance Letter, to submit their work permit application to CIC using MyCIC. The Conditional Acceptance Letter will be valid for three (3) months only.
If no work permit application has been received prior to the expiry of the Conditional Acceptance Letter, the person will no longer hold a place in the IEC country or recognized organization quota. If a work permit application is received after the expiry of the IEC Conditional Acceptance Letter, CIC will refuse the application on the basis of not meeting program requirements (they are no longer conditionally accepted).
Basically if you don't apply to CIC within the 3 months then its not valid. The letters of acceptance will still be valid for 12 months once CIC issue the work permit and activate the TWP at a Port of Entry.
If no work permit application has been received prior to the expiry of the Conditional Acceptance Letter, the person will no longer hold a place in the IEC country or recognized organization quota. If a work permit application is received after the expiry of the IEC Conditional Acceptance Letter, CIC will refuse the application on the basis of not meeting program requirements (they are no longer conditionally accepted).
Basically if you don't apply to CIC within the 3 months then its not valid. The letters of acceptance will still be valid for 12 months once CIC issue the work permit and activate the TWP at a Port of Entry.
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Re: IEC 2014 Instructions
Applicants are still required to initiate their participation by submitting the IEC participation eligibility assessment (stage 1) through Kompass. Once clients are conditionally accepted for participation, they will be directed, in the Conditional Acceptance Letter, to submit their work permit application to CIC using MyCIC. The Conditional Acceptance Letter will be valid for three (3) months only.
If no work permit application has been received prior to the expiry of the Conditional Acceptance Letter, the person will no longer hold a place in the IEC country or recognized organization quota. If a work permit application is received after the expiry of the IEC Conditional Acceptance Letter, CIC will refuse the application on the basis of not meeting program requirements (they are no longer conditionally accepted).
Basically if you don't apply to CIC within the 3 months then its not valid. The letters of acceptance will still be valid for 12 months once CIC issue the work permit and activate the TWP at a Port of Entry.
If no work permit application has been received prior to the expiry of the Conditional Acceptance Letter, the person will no longer hold a place in the IEC country or recognized organization quota. If a work permit application is received after the expiry of the IEC Conditional Acceptance Letter, CIC will refuse the application on the basis of not meeting program requirements (they are no longer conditionally accepted).
Basically if you don't apply to CIC within the 3 months then its not valid. The letters of acceptance will still be valid for 12 months once CIC issue the work permit and activate the TWP at a Port of Entry.
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Re Kompass accounts, do we use the same one that we used for IEC 2013 to apply for IEC 2014? Cheers.
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Also, with criminal background checks, mine was originally issued in the UK in Dec 2012. If I want to reapply to IEC for next year, do I contact the same UK ACPO people and simply request a further check? I know I need to get one from Canada too.
Thanks, apologies if the above questions are daft.
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Sorry to bump, but any ideas on the above?
Also, with criminal background checks, mine was originally issued in the UK in Dec 2012. If I want to reapply to IEC for next year, do I contact the same UK ACPO people and simply request a further check? I know I need to get one from Canada too.
Thanks, apologies if the above questions are daft.
Also, with criminal background checks, mine was originally issued in the UK in Dec 2012. If I want to reapply to IEC for next year, do I contact the same UK ACPO people and simply request a further check? I know I need to get one from Canada too.
Thanks, apologies if the above questions are daft.
For UK Police Certificates
If you live inside or outside the United Kingdom, you must apply through the Criminal Records Office of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
For Canadian ones consult the RCMP website
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cr-cj/fing-empr2-eng.htm
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Re: IEC 2014 Instructions
Sorry to bump, but any ideas on the above?
Also, with criminal background checks, mine was originally issued in the UK in Dec 2012. If I want to reapply to IEC for next year, do I contact the same UK ACPO people and simply request a further check? I know I need to get one from Canada too.
Thanks, apologies if the above questions are daft.
Also, with criminal background checks, mine was originally issued in the UK in Dec 2012. If I want to reapply to IEC for next year, do I contact the same UK ACPO people and simply request a further check? I know I need to get one from Canada too.
Thanks, apologies if the above questions are daft.
You said you know you need to get a Canadian police cert to reapply for IEC? Why is that?
I think I asked if we need one a while back on this forum and was told that we don't need to get a Canadian one but need to for all other countries that we have lived in for other 6 months.
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Hey
You said you know you need to get a Canadian police cert to reapply for IEC? Why is that?
I think I asked if we need one a while back on this forum and was told that we don't need to get a Canadian one but need to for all other countries that we have lived in for other 6 months.
You said you know you need to get a Canadian police cert to reapply for IEC? Why is that?
I think I asked if we need one a while back on this forum and was told that we don't need to get a Canadian one but need to for all other countries that we have lived in for other 6 months.
Anyone else view this differently? I've just come back from the local cop shop (in Vancouver) and they've advised me that it will cost $60 for the fingerprinting services which form part of the Canadian police check. Plus, the cost for the UK police check (£45).
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Yeah it's super expensive - I live in New Zealand and have to hire a canadian company to digitise my fingerprints (my partner did this recently and it costed a lot!)
Anyway, I asked the question on the forum a while ago and was advised by someone else who had been in this situation in the past and was told that it's every country we have lived in for 6 months or more excluding Canada. I'll see if I can find the post.
I looked up the CIC website and all I can find is an FAQ that says for PR you will be advised if you need a Canada one. I am going to assume that if they don't want police certs from Canada for people going for PR, then they won't want it from IEC applicants who are only staying for a year. So at this stage, I am not going to submit a Canadian Police Cert (if I make it through the first stage and even get to CIC) unless I am told otherwise by CIC.
Anyway, I asked the question on the forum a while ago and was advised by someone else who had been in this situation in the past and was told that it's every country we have lived in for 6 months or more excluding Canada. I'll see if I can find the post.
I looked up the CIC website and all I can find is an FAQ that says for PR you will be advised if you need a Canada one. I am going to assume that if they don't want police certs from Canada for people going for PR, then they won't want it from IEC applicants who are only staying for a year. So at this stage, I am not going to submit a Canadian Police Cert (if I make it through the first stage and even get to CIC) unless I am told otherwise by CIC.
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Yeah it's super expensive - I live in New Zealand and have to hire a canadian company to digitise my fingerprints (my partner did this recently and it costed a lot!)
Anyway, I asked the question on the forum a while ago and was advised by someone else who had been in this situation in the past and was told that it's every country we have lived in for 6 months or more excluding Canada. I'll see if I can find the post.
I looked up the CIC website and all I can find is an FAQ that says for PR you will be advised if you need a Canada one. I am going to assume that if they don't want police certs from Canada for people going for PR, then they won't want it from IEC applicants who are only staying for a year. So at this stage, I am not going to submit a Canadian Police Cert (if I make it through the first stage and even get to CIC) unless I am told otherwise by CIC.
Anyway, I asked the question on the forum a while ago and was advised by someone else who had been in this situation in the past and was told that it's every country we have lived in for 6 months or more excluding Canada. I'll see if I can find the post.
I looked up the CIC website and all I can find is an FAQ that says for PR you will be advised if you need a Canada one. I am going to assume that if they don't want police certs from Canada for people going for PR, then they won't want it from IEC applicants who are only staying for a year. So at this stage, I am not going to submit a Canadian Police Cert (if I make it through the first stage and even get to CIC) unless I am told otherwise by CIC.
Thanks for the link. I'm inclined to do what you're doing actually and wait for CIC to prompt me (if I need a Canadian one). I'll just work on the UK one for the time being.
Thanks
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All good. I think that's best as they will see that you have lived in Canada because of your CV that you submit also.
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You don't need to submit a Canadian one unless they explicitly ask for one.
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Regarding the criminal record checks from other countries - does anyone know if they need to be translated into English?
I've been living in the UK for five years but am a German citizen. The German office where I get the criminal records doesn't offer them in English and translating them would just add on even more money.
I've been living in the UK for five years but am a German citizen. The German office where I get the criminal records doesn't offer them in English and translating them would just add on even more money.