Express Entry Canadian Experience Class (CEC) is a category of permanent residence applicable to all those who own skilled work experience in Canada. It is built with the aim of aiding foreign workers and international graduates with a definite qualifying experince to become Canadian Permanent residents. 

IRCC is responsible to set certain guidelines for the aspirants of CEC under the Express Entry domain which are to be fulfilled in order to assess the eligibility and qualifying Canadian Experience. 

This article is broadly intended to surface certain information related to CEC work experince in the broad spectrum. 

How do IRCC Officers assess CEC Work Experince? 

IRCC considers several factors to analyze the application of the aspirants using GCMS aka Global Case Management System information. It concerns about their eligibility as follows:

1. A minimum of 12 months of full-time Canadian skilled or equivalent part-time work experince in one or more NOC 0, A, or B occupations within 36 months before application submission. 

2. During the duration of the employment period, an aspirant must have-

• Performed the required action outlines for the occupations in the NOC’s occupational description. 
• Performed main duties including all essential duties as described in the NOC’s occupational description. 

3. On a specific note, the enrolled full-time work experience as a student will not be counted for CEC if it falls under the employment period. This highly includes any experience gained from co-op, on-campus, or off-campus employment when being a student on an unqualified valid study permit for CEC. 

Dos and Don’ts as a CEC Candidate

As a candidate for CEC, one needs to keep in mind several things to avoid any serious consequences. Those things are: 

1. The employment at the time of the application is considered invalid. Prefer to avoid such practices. 
2. The temporary resident status in Canada is acceptable during the qualifying period of work experience. 
3. IRCC strictly prohibits self-employment or unauthorized work experince and does not count the same in the calculation of the required work experience under the doubt of violation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
4. Under CEC, the work experince while ‘maintained status’ would be applicable under similar conditions to be worked as their original work permit until a decision on their application.
5. The work experience outside Canada is not eligible for the calculation as the applicant had been on a period of vacation as part of the period of in-Canada work experience.
6. Officers consider the reasonable amount of vacation time while calculating the in-Canada work experience. Each applicant is considered with his merits and information is properly analyzed, and reviewed before reaching the final decision. 

How is employment status determined? 

Demonstration of the fulfillment of all the requirements of the CEC applicant is required of the IRCC Officers. 

IRCC strictly prohibits the count of work experince done on the basis of self-employment. And therefore, candidates are required to illustrate that they have in-Canada work experince from an authorized firm. 

T-4 Slip is one of the major documents required to be presented as evidence of the employer-employee relationship along with the demonstration of third-party employment. 

The following documentary is required to be submitted to IRCC Officers in order to present evidence of the fulfillment of all the CEC requirements. 

1. Recent work permits and their copies.
2. Employer Letter of reference for all periods of qualifying work experience. 
3. Most recent T4 tax information slips and NOA aka Notice of Assessment issued by the CRA (Cabada Revenue Agency and its copies.
4. 4, Supportive documents (if needed).

On a major note, CEC applicants are not necessarily required to submit a T4 tax information slip or NOA with their application. In other words, the demonstration of these records are not the single way for an applicant to demonstrate relevant Canadian work experience. 

Without the T4 information slip or NOA, the supportive documents include:

• Pay Stubs
• Record or letter of employment from the Canadian employer.
• Work contracts