ifechukwukamso:

Just to inform you that U need not waste time with WES by tryin to evaluate any certicertificate obtained in 9ja. Just use ur highest one from sweden where confirmation is lightening fast. Just wondering what your primary qialification. Have you had the chance to work in this NOC?
All the best Bro

I was lucky to get my bachelor transcript the day I applied and was sent via DHL to CES in Toronto, both MSc & BSc certificates got there the same day and I received the evaluation after 2 weeks. I have worked in an agro-allied company as health and safety officer for 4 years before commencing my master in Sweden (2010.

Hello,

I am Aman from India. I have few queries regarding immigration to Canada through FSWP:

- I have completed my Diploma in I.T. for 3 years, due to which i got qualified to direct second year of engineering in I.T. As per Canadian govt. needs 4 years of graduate. Do i have to do the assessment from local registrar for Diploma as well along with BE in I.T.

- When i will send my documents for assessment, i need to pay first, do i have to attach the payment receipt with my documents or WES ref. number will work.

- As i do not have credit card, is there any other way to pay the assessment fees.

- Is there any way, for assessment to be done faster.

- I am applying for Engineering Managers, what if the quota gets full.

Regards,
Aman

kelo314:

I was lucky to get my bachelor transcript the day I applied and was sent via DHL to CES in Toronto, both MSc & BSc certificates got there the same day and I received the evaluation after 2 weeks. I have worked in an agro-allied company as health and safety officer for 4 years before commencing my master in Sweden (2010.

Referring to the bolded part.

(I am assuming here that your Bsc transcript was obtained from a Nigerian Institution).It means the CES evaluation is faster than WES' evaluation. I see this as a marketing strategy which will eventually increase the evaluation/assessment processing speed of the assessing bodies.

In essence, assessment should be faster with CES than with WES.

rickyaman86: Hello,

I am Aman from India. I have few queries regarding immigration to Canada through FSWP:

- I have completed my Diploma in I.T. for 3 years, due to which i got qualified to direct second year of engineering in I.T. As per Canadian govt. needs 4 years of graduate. Do i have to do the assessment from local registrar for Diploma as well along with BE in I.T.

- When i will send my documents for assessment, i need to pay first, do i have to attach the payment receipt with my documents or WES ref. number will work.

- As i do not have credit card, is there any other way to pay the assessment fees.

- Is there any way, for assessment to be done faster.

- I am applying for Engineering Managers, what if the quota gets full.

Regards,
Aman

Regarding the bolded part in your first comment, the minimum requirement to qualify for the FSWP is a Canadian Diploma or equivalent. Some people don't have as much qualification (beyond diploma) but still meet up with the minimum required 67 points factoring other selection criteria.

Still on your first question, you can forward all your educational credentials from Diploma to Bachelor/Master degree to the assessing body of your choice (I always encourage this, even when you have a higher qualification it is always advisable to include your basic qualification - There's no penalty if you don't!).

You don't necessarily have to include your online payment receipt when sending credentials, all you need to do is to quote your reference number. They can access your profile and tell when payment has been made.

Regarding credit card, it is always advisable to pay using a credit card. The main reason being the fact that the process of transferring CAD$203.40 to WES is demanding and the charges involved will make it more expensive. You might also experience a slight delay in the payment/receipt confirmation. So I'd advise that you pay with a credit card. Again, if you can't pay for assessment using a credit card, how do you hope to get your application to CIO in Nova Scotia assessed timely when the process of wire transfer is time consuming? Remember, you are constrained by time and you are in competition with a whole lot of other applicants from all over the world who would have a less time consuming mode of payment(via credit card) than you.

Assessment can be done faster with most of the assessing bodies but that will require extra charges. Most of the assessing bodies made it clear that the fast track process has been suspend but I have seen a couple of people whose assessment have been fast tracked with a 3 day processing period.

If the cap for your eligible occupation get filled up, your application will be returned and you would have to pray fervently that your eligible occupation get listed in the net session. That is not to dissuade you from sending in your application as Engineering Manager though, you might just be lucky to be part of the 300.

kelo314:

I was lucky to get my bachelor transcript the day I applied and was sent via DHL to CES in Toronto, both MSc & BSc certificates got there the same day and I received the evaluation after 2 weeks. I have worked in an agro-allied company as health and safety officer for 4 years before commencing my master in Sweden (2010.

Perfect!
You will surely get it. No doubts

solomonwis:

Referring to the bold part.

(I am assuming here that your Bsc transcript was obtained from a Nigerian Institution).It means the CES evaluation is faster than WES' evaluation. I see this as a marketing strategy which will eventually increase the evaluation/assessment processing speed of the assessing bodies.

In essence, assessment should be faster with CES than with WES.

I think so too. WES is the most popular assessment body so they have many customers and many delays. The advantage they have is experience and standards. But if d standard of assessment is same, then people intending to send out their documents should start considering other assessment bodies.

solomonwis:

Referring to the bolded part.

(I am assuming here that your Bsc transcript was obtained from a Nigerian Institution).It means the CES evaluation is faster than WES' evaluation. I see this as a marketing strategy which will eventually increase the evaluation/assessment processing speed of the assessing bodies.

In essence, assessment should be faster with CES than with WES.

Yes my BSc transcript was obtained from University of Ibadan. you are right CES is faster, also the evaluation of CES is more recognize by most companies in Canada than any other agency. Though is more expensive compare to others (301 CDN). Friends living in Canada recommend it and I was told that one will still need CES evaluation when seeking for employment.

kelo314:

Yes my BSc transcript was obtained from University of Ibadan. you are right CES is faster, also the evaluation of CES is more recognize by most companies in Canada than any other agency. Though is more expensive compare to others (301 CDN). Friends living in Canada recommend it and I was told that one will still need CES evaluation when seeking for employment.

I beg to disagree Kelo314. I have sought license to practice my profession in Canada before this FSWP stuff. Almost all (Up to 15) the institution i applied to referred me to WES for evaluation. I never heard of CES until this FSWP. WES is over 60 years old evaluating credentials for almost all the 194 countries on the planet. Though its tactically wiser to use CES or other agencies now due to congestion with WES, WES is STILL THE GOLD STANDARD when it comes to credential evaluation being globally and even more recognized in Canada

good morning house. Just got a mail from WES that a copy of my cert has been sent to my school for verification. Where will it be sent to,Senate,Registrar or department? How long will it take to get there? Will I need to pay extra charges? And can it be sent together with my transcript since My school is yet to process the transcript? Thanks

ifechukwukamso:

I beg to disagree Kelo314. I have sought license to practice my profession in Canada before this FSWP stuff. Almost all (Up to 15) the institution i applied to referred me to WES for evaluation. I never heard of CES until this FSWP. WES is over 60 years old evaluating credentials for almost all the 194 countries on the planet. Though its tactically wiser to use CES or other agencies now due to congestion with WES, WES is STILL THE GOLD STANDARD when it comes to credential evaluation being globally and even more recognized in Canada

WEll my brother you may be right, if you read my last message I said friends living in Canada, I've not been there so I can't say categorically that one is right or wrong. I followed the instruction given to me by friends who live in Alberta, and since they knew that Alberta is the location I selected in my application, they suggested that I should not mind the cost since most employers in Alberta always ask for CES. I am not condemning WES or doubt their standard. I used WES when I was looking for admission in USA. People can decide to use any of these agency recommend by CIC.

kelo314:

WEll my brother you may be right, if you read my last message I said friends living in Canada, I've not been there so I can't say categorically that one is right or wrong. I followed the instruction given to me by friends who live in Alberta, and since they knew that Alberta is the location I selected in my application, they suggested that I should not mind the cost since most employers in Alberta always ask for CES. I am not condemning WES or doubt their standard. I used WES when I was looking for admission in USA. People can decide to use any of these agency recommend by CIC.

Thats OK. I was talking mostly of Ontario and Toronto

zeelo2014: good morning house. Just got a mail from WES that a copy of my cert has been sent to my school for verification. Where will it be sent to,Senate,Registrar or department? How long will it take to get there? Will I need to pay extra charges? And can it be sent together with my transcript since My school is yet to process the transcript? Thanks

The verification is usually sent to the exams and records unit in the registrar's office so you can follow up.

Regarding how long the process might be,that depends on the medium of communication between your school and WES. Also you have to factor in the response time between your school and WES before you can safely conclude on how long it will be.

Total received toward the overall cap: 1,622 of 5,000

Eligible occupation


0211 Engineering managers 167
1112 Financial and investment analysts 300 (Cap reached)
2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers 10
2131 Civil engineers 108
2132 Mechanical engineers 120
2134 Chemical engineers 49
2143 Mining engineers 2
2145 Petroleum engineers 1
2144 Geological engineers 16
2146 Aerospace engineers 6
2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers) 210
2154 Land surveyors 2
2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers 300 (Cap reached)
2243 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics 17
2263 Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety 67
3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists 3
3142 Physiotherapists 103
3143 Occupational Therapists 14
3211 Medical laboratory technologists 79
3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants 23
3214 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists 4
3215 Medical Radiation Technologists 15
3216 Medical Sonographers 8
3217 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists 6

I wonder if they will be hope for those of us applying for engineering manager noc 0211 in september considering it jumped from 127 To 167. Naija schools must try and hasten their response time

2147 is now next year things.

solomonwis:

Depending on your work experience, you seem to have the requisite to apply for Financial Analyst and Investment Analyst 1112.Unfortunately,the cap for that eligible occupation is reached.

You might have to wait for the next session in 2014. In the mean time, do you have your ECA and IELTS ready?

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What is ECA?

blueQueen: .
What is ECA?

Educational Credentials Assessment {ECA} - ECA is issued by an agency approved by CIC to show it(your educational qualification) is equal to a completed Canadian secondary or post-secondary educational credential.

solomonwis:

Educational Credentials Assessment {ECA} - ECA is issued by an agency approved by CIC to show it(your educational qualification) is equal to a completed Canadian secondary or post-secondary educational credential.

Ok...is it the same as IELTS? Why can't you just send them ur transcript and certificate? Btw, I worked as a Trainee Geologist, can I apply under Geoscientist and is the cap reached? Thanks for the speedy response.

blueQueen:
Ok...is it the same as IELTS? Why can't you just send them ur transcript and certificate? Btw, I worked as a Trainee Geologist, can I apply under Geoscientist and is the cap reached? Thanks for the speedy response.

ECA is not the same as IELTS. Well, you can't just send them your transcripts and certificates as they'd need to be sure of the authenticity of the educational credentials you are sending as well as rate your qualifications to be sure it is equivalent to a Canadian qualification.

Your eligible occupation is 2113 classified as Geoscientists and oceanographers. As at the last update provided, only 10 complete applications have been received out of a total of 300 for that eligible occupation. If you have done a self assessment of having the work experience as it is on the NOC website,then you can proceed to get your ECA and IELTS and you can guide yourself with the instructions on www.cic.gc.ca and the experience of others here. If you have any question along the line,you can come on here to make enquiries.

Hi all,

Please are we to include our professional certification in the application? Though I didn't see anywhere its included on the checklist, I just need to be sure.

kike100: Hi all,

Please are we to include our professional certification in the application? Though I didn't see anywhere its included on the checklist, I just need to be sure.

•WES only evaluates credentials earned through formal academic training. Applicants should not submit short-term professional development courses or other non-formal, non-academic training documents. These types of documents will not be evaluated or included in the WES evaluation report.

The question is, was your professional course earned through formal academic training? Is it a short term development course? If you can provide answers to the questions then you'd know whether to include the professional certificates or not

Morning good people. I'm planning to use my Zenith Bank Naira Mastercard to pay for my Visa fees. Please note that it is a DEBIT card tied to my current account (requires a PIN) and not a credit card. Can i proceed?Thank you all for your response.

maskuraid: Morning good people. I'm planning to use my Zenith Bank Naira Mastercard to pay for my Visa fees. Please note that it is a DEBIT card tied to my current account (requires a PIN) and not a credit card. Can i proceed?Thank you all for your response.

You can make use of your Naira Master card{debit card} as long as it is enabled for internet payment. You don't need to provide your PIN,all you to provide are the card number,the expiry date and the Security{the 3 digit number at the reverse side of the card}

@solomon, td for d response. I meant in the application to CIC not WES.

@solomon, tx for d response. I meant in the application to CIC not WES.

maskuraid: Morning good people. I'm planning to use my Zenith Bank Naira Mastercard to pay for my Visa fees. Please note that it is a DEBIT card tied to my current account (requires a PIN) and not a credit card. Can i proceed?Thank you all for your response.

You can proceed, they only require ur pan number to make the payment. But plz make sure u have activated the card for online payment by changing your ipin. Also confirm from your bank if your debit card can make payment in other currencies apart from Naira. Regards

Thanks mercilicious.nice day

kike100: @solomon, tx for d response. I meant in the application to CIC not WES.

Was the professional certificate evaluated by WES?

Thanks for all useful information everyone.
Please is the IELST test compulsory even when one has a bachelors degree plus a masters degree from a UK university?

I mean considering the fact that one schooled in an English speaking country.

Secondly can accounting and financial management be classified under the 1112 financial and investment analyst group?

Thirdly, is a 2 year work experience enough to qualify me?
Thank you

Ca08abe: Thanks for all useful information everyone.
Please is the IELST test compulsory even when one has a bachelors degree plus a masters degree from a UK university?

I mean considering the fact that one schooled in an English speaking country.

Secondly can accounting and financial management be classified under the 1112 financial and investment analyst group?

Thirdly, is a 2 year work experience enough to qualify me?
Thank you

IELTS is compulsory for every applicant. If you have experience as a financial and investment analyst for a minimum of one year, you can apply for NOC 1112, but bear in mind the cap for NOC 1112 is already filled.

UPDATE:

Dear all,

I applied for the FSW 2013 programme under the 2147 NOC. My application arrived at CIO on 24 June 2013 and to God be the glory, I received my PER today - 12 September 2013.

thebaft: UPDATE:

Dear all,

I applied for the FSW 2013 programme under the 2147 NOC. My application arrived at CIO on 24 June 2013 and to God be the glory, I received my PER today - 12 September 2013.

Congrats!