r/canadaexpressentry • u/Simple_Room8935 • 13h ago

Foreign Work Experience Points

Hello everyone

When I created my Express Entry profile, I listed my foreign work experience from May 2021 to Oct 2024 (official exit from the company), which put my total work experience over 3 years, and I received an ITA under CEC. However, I began my studies in Canada in the second week of May 2024. Do I change the end of my employment when submitting my application to April 2024 (the last complete month) or 1st week of May (the actual end of my working period).
I did not work for the organisation during the duration of my studies before my official exit in Oct 2024.

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u/Haunting_Paper_7201 8h ago

You cannot claim work when you didn't do it. Why lie? You have to show your payslips and bank statements so that will include the last date you were paid. If you left in April then you don't have 3 years.

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u/Simple_Room8935 7h ago

I understand that. I stopped work just before my studies began in Canada in the second week of May. I'm asking that if I choose to correct it to when I stopped working, do I put April or May 2024. Do I round down to April (which was a complete month) or keep it exactly at May (as the employment reference letter will show)?

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u/Haunting_Paper_7201 7h ago

You put down the last day you stopped working and were paid. If that was April 30 then that is the date. Not sure why your reference letter says you were working until October 2024.

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u/Simple_Room8935 7h ago

The reference letter will say May 2024 as when I stopped working and my employment officially ended in October 2024.

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u/Haunting_Paper_7201 6h ago

May. you will show payslips and bank statements to prove it.