CEC eligibility and gap year eligiility for 3 year work permit - Georgian College

Canadian Experience Class Eligibility Criteria

The good news with the recent change in CEC is that students with just ONE year work experience would be eligible to apply. There are certain conditions of course. Please go through the links below to understand the change clearly.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/cec/apply-who.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op25A-eng.pdf

A. Couple of things to remember:

Work experience obtained while studying does not count (this includes coop work experience). As such, students who have done 3 coop work terms (totalling to one year of coop work experience) are NOT eligible for CEC.
Although students are eligible to apply for CEC after one year of experience, they would need extra time to remain in Canada to apply for immigration and hence, two years of study is still the best option (any single 2-year program or any two 1-year program)

B. Eligibility of gap year between two 1-year programs for the 3-year work permit

As most of you already know, students who complete two separate 1-year post graduate programs are eligible to apply for a 3-year work permit. The clarification on this states that even students who have a gap of less than one year between the two program are eligible. The time between the two programs will not count towards the 3 year work permit.
For more information, visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2010/ob194A.asp

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