Express Entry Foreign Work Experience
With reference to segments 23 and 24 given above, the authorities have formulated a definition for ‘foreign work experience’. Foreign work experience denotes work experience that:
- A foreign national in Canada acquires in one or more occupations listed in Skill Type 0 Management Occupations or Skill Levels A or B of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) matrix
- Comprises continuous full-time work experience (or the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience) and,
- A foreign national in Canada acquires within the 10-year period preceding the day on which the authorities assign points to the foreign national in this category
To be eligible for receiving points in this category for their Canadian work experience, foreign nationals would need to:
- Specify the four-digit code found in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) matrix that corresponds to each of the occupations they have engaged in while accumulating their Canadian work experience in their expressions of interest and,
- Ensure that they have performed the actions specified in the lead statement for the occupation as described in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) matrix
- This also includes carrying out a substantial number of the main duties, including all the essential duties, as specified in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) matrix
- For the purposes of this segment, the authorities have described full-time employment as employment for at least 30 hours per week
- Similarly, for the purposes of this segment, the authorities have specified that they would consider and evaluate the following as a single period of full-time work experience in a single occupation:
- A period of work experience that exceeds full-time work in one occupation or,
- Simultaneous periods of work experience in more than one full-time occupation
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
