Question about PR
Sep 7th 2016, 5:35 am
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Question about PR
Hi,
I'm currently living in Vancouver on a two year WHV (I've been here for six months) and working as a bookkeeper for a tech-company. My experience is in law so I'm in a totally new field.
I'm considering applying for PR in the next six months or so and am keen to obtain 12 months of Canadian work experience first (in order to get the additional points). I know that 'bookkeeper' is qualifying employment but my question is this - in order to qualify for the additional points, does the work experience need to relate to my education and experience in the UK? I can't find anything on the CIC website and people locally have told me conflicting things.
Does anyone know for sure? Thanks!
I'm currently living in Vancouver on a two year WHV (I've been here for six months) and working as a bookkeeper for a tech-company. My experience is in law so I'm in a totally new field.
I'm considering applying for PR in the next six months or so and am keen to obtain 12 months of Canadian work experience first (in order to get the additional points). I know that 'bookkeeper' is qualifying employment but my question is this - in order to qualify for the additional points, does the work experience need to relate to my education and experience in the UK? I can't find anything on the CIC website and people locally have told me conflicting things.
Does anyone know for sure? Thanks!
Sep 7th 2016, 9:06 am
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Re: Question about PR
Skilled work experience
To be considered for the Canadian Experience Class, you need to have Canadian skilled work experience within three years of applying. According to the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC), skilled work experience means:
Managerial jobs (NOC skill level 0)
Professional jobs (NOC skill type A)
Technical jobs and skilled trades (NOC skill type B)
Your experience must be at least 12 months of full-time (30 hours of paid work per week or more) or an equal amount in part-time hours.
Determine your eligibility – Canadian Experience Class
To be considered for the Canadian Experience Class, you need to have Canadian skilled work experience within three years of applying. According to the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC), skilled work experience means:
Managerial jobs (NOC skill level 0)
Professional jobs (NOC skill type A)
Technical jobs and skilled trades (NOC skill type B)
Your experience must be at least 12 months of full-time (30 hours of paid work per week or more) or an equal amount in part-time hours.
Determine your eligibility – Canadian Experience Class
Oct 27th 2016, 10:04 pm
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Re: Question about PR
So now I'm pretty confident that to get the points on offer, the 1 year of work experience need not be relevant to my prior work experience.
However, my next question is this - is it possible to obtain the one year of work experience via two NOC classifications? I'm no longer working as a bookkeeper and now interviewing for sales positions in tech companies. If I manage to secure such a position, would I be able to rely on the classifications of both jobs (i.e. 1) 1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers; and 2) 6221 Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade).
If it isn't possible to rely on two NOC classifications I guess that my best shot at PR would be BC PNP under the Skilled Worker stream and to secure a paralegal job (which I would have two years direct experience in as per the requirement).
As an aside it seems crazy to me that you can work as a bartender for 9 months and get a PNP nomination but if you're a skilled worker you need a job offer with two years of direct work experience.
As a further aside, I've calculated that I'd get around 470 points (476 according to the CIC tool) towards PR without relying on Canadian work experience or a PNP nomination.
However, my next question is this - is it possible to obtain the one year of work experience via two NOC classifications? I'm no longer working as a bookkeeper and now interviewing for sales positions in tech companies. If I manage to secure such a position, would I be able to rely on the classifications of both jobs (i.e. 1) 1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers; and 2) 6221 Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade).
If it isn't possible to rely on two NOC classifications I guess that my best shot at PR would be BC PNP under the Skilled Worker stream and to secure a paralegal job (which I would have two years direct experience in as per the requirement).
As an aside it seems crazy to me that you can work as a bartender for 9 months and get a PNP nomination but if you're a skilled worker you need a job offer with two years of direct work experience.
As a further aside, I've calculated that I'd get around 470 points (476 according to the CIC tool) towards PR without relying on Canadian work experience or a PNP nomination.
Last edited by El Supremo; Oct 27th 2016 at 10:21 pm.
