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I´m looking at doing an HNC in the UK that would be the equivalent of a 1 year degree at batchelor level. The course is over 2 years at 7 hours per week of tutored study. According to an immigration agent I approached some time ago, the minimum amount of hours of tutored study for a qualification to be counted as full time equivalent is 15 hours per week. Obviously this leaves me 1 hour short of that amount.
If the HNC was accepted as being 1 year´s full time equivalent study, then I would have roughly the amount of points I need to migrate, but if the system is very rigid then I´d be 10 pts short.
So, my question is are the Canadian Immigration officials likely to accept a course that is 1 hour short of the stated full time definition without penalty to my points tally, or will it be inadmissable as an example of full time 1 year equivalent degree study, or at least have several points removed?
Thanks,
JP
[11-02-2004,12:07]
JP Jarvis |
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Predicting the future... (in reply to: Full Time Equivalent Study Leeway)
Hi JP.
Wow! Not only are you asking me to predict what an individual officer will decide in a scenario that is, at this time, poorly understood, but you actually want me to tell you what decision will be made in the future.
Let me put it in practical terms, which many readers may be able to confirm: If you have had the pleasure of calling CIC´s call centre and asked a question outside of the general guidebooks, you may receive a different answer if you talk to a different agent. Why? Because no one knows what all of this legislation truly means; atleast, not yet.
You see, this legislation is in its infancy (implemented in June, 2003 after repealing a 26 year old act). Consequently, it is just beginning to be interpreted by those who cement "parliamentary ideologue" (I´m referring to the Canadian courts, of course). And until most of the necessary issues are appealed and appealed again, and the answers disseminated to all players in this immigration process, it is only a guess as to what will change and develop in these early years.
And so, that leaves you still wondering what a 7 hour per week study tutorial will be worth when all of the dust settles... Well, I won´t even guess, but I hope that good sense will prevail through positive discretion in such narrow deficiencies.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
Dennis Caul
e-canada
immigration advisory service
www.e-ca.ca
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[14-02-2004,16:50]
Dennis Caul |
Tough Decisions (in reply to: Full Time Equivalent Study Leeway)
Thanks for replying. This is a bit of a problem for me then. If I take the HNC I stand the chance of being told after 2 years of 2 evenings a week at degree standard on top of work that my diploma counts for nothing. On the other hand, there is an HND that is 2 full days per week for 2 years that would be around 28 hours per week when combining the 2 years, but that would entail giving up my full time job as a web developer and trying to find a part time one that pays enough to cover the mortgage, bills, etc. - in other words near to impossible.
It´s just a pity that it takes so long for government departments to get their act together. These new rules came into force on June 28th 2002. That´s a year and a half ago. If my workplace took that long to sort things out it would be bankrupt.
[15-02-2004,10:47]
JP Jarvis |
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