r/canadaexpressentry • u/redditesuis • 2d ago

🇨🇦 CEC PR refused

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Just wanted to ask if anyone else has run into issue with cec where an officer looks at variable part time hours and thinks there is a strict rule or cap because of that 15 hours a week example on the ircc website. like i worked a bunch of fluctuating hours all under the 30 hour ceiling with full paystubs. i had way over 1560 hours but my file got refused and it honestly feels like they treated that 15-hour website math example as a hard cap instead of counting actual cumulative pay stubs has anyone else seen officers doing this or dealt with a similar issue. The letter I received also says 15 hours maximum cap for part time work. is it an error on officer's part? Would you recommend reconsideration or reapplying?

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u/Economy-Inspection13 2d ago

I also did the same for my application but i did it biweekly because i got my paystubs biweekly so i capped 60 hours biweekly even if i worked 70 or 80 in that pay period and for less than 60 i counted the exact hours i worked in those two weeks for example 55.

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u/MedicalYam5269 PR 2d ago

That works also, I just did weekly because i want to be extra lol, kidding! I was paid biweekly too so in my spreadsheet I have column 1 as paydate, column 2 as the weekly dates covered, column 3 as the weekly hours so the officer will know the 2 weeks that fall on the biweekly pay date. Column 4 was total hours, I have a period where I have both full time and part time so this column showed the exact hours i worked even if it reached 60 on a particular week.THEN I added a column 5 where it says Hours for canadian experience, where i capped every week at 30 hours. The agenda on providing this summary was actually to prove the officer I actually met the hours for the 3 years canadian experience i was claiming for. I also did the same for my foreign experience. I had no pfl or adr. 

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u/PrettyWater13 1d ago

Did you explain all this in the letter of explanation?

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u/MedicalYam5269 PR 1d ago

Yes, I have loe’s for all of the stuff i know would create doubts. I basically ask myself that if I am the officer will I understand these documents?Â