Express Entry is pretty accurate when it comes to calculating your points. Once you post your profile you will see if you are accepted into the pool or not. After you register you can go on and see what points you did or did not get.

Part time work doesnt count. Rather your FSW looks at the past 3 years and determines what you did and if that work was related to the skilled profession you are applying through. EG. If you are a doctor and you didnt work for the last 3 years but worked part time in the 7 years prior you wouldnt get any points for that.

If you dont get enough points, you wont get an ITA. Right now applications getting chosen are in the 460 point range and if you dont have the work experience or are over 35 years of age, your points will be lower. You must also have good language abilities of a minimum of 6 per band if you are applying under the FSW program.
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Thanks for explaining this
Sorry, I guess I didn't explain my situation very well. I got an ITA and was wondering how accurate it is when they assess your eligibility for FSW when you fill out your Express Entry profile, whether they calculate your work experience based on assuming you're working full time - since I don't remember having to fill out how many hours per week i work when i completed my Express Entry profile for the pool. It did come back as saying I was eligibly for FSW.
But when I completed my application after I got the ITA they asked for how many hours I worked - and I worked in some jobs part time. So do they re-calculate your work experience points again at this point and see if you're still eligible and have enough points? Just wondered, since one of the stages of the processing for the PR application says 'eligibility - review in progress'.

 

You would have had employment letters from your employers stating the hours and the wages being paid at the time. If you go the ITA they will be looking at all documents including your medicals, evaluating your education and language skills etc. They will also ensure all documents are legitimate and they may check out the employers you had to make sure they are viable and valid references provided.

In process could mean many things and there is no way of knowing what they are looking at until they have made a decision and come back with a letter of cancellation, refusal, or request for fee or COPR

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Yes they will look at everything and ensure that you qualify. This includes the hours you worked who you worked for what you did etc.

You can still get refused after you have received your ITA and submitted and application. This is why I always suggest hiring a professional to work on your applications

Regards


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