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GCMS notes show '0 years Canadian experience' on your CEC application despite listing a real job — likely cause

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Documents Needed

  • Job reference/employment letter

    Must include roles and responsibilities for each position listed, not just dates and job title.

Step-by-Step

If your GCMS notes flag your CEC application as 'review required for eligibility' and show 0 months/0 years of Canadian experience even though you clearly listed a real job with dates:

  1. Check whether you included detailed roles and responsibilities for each position in your work history, not just the employer name, job title, and dates.

  2. IRCC does not count experience toward eligibility if the roles and responsibilities aren't listed for that designation — the system needs this detail to match your work against your claimed NOC/TEER code, so a missing description effectively zeroes out that period.

  3. If you missed this, submit the roles and responsibilities via webform as a correction, ideally referencing the specific position and dates from your original application.


This is a common but avoidable gap — always fill in roles and responsibilities as thoroughly as possible for every position listed in your work history section, even ones that feel self-explanatory from the job title.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Don't: Don't leave roles and responsibilities blank or thin for any position in your work history — IRCC won't count that experience toward eligibility without it.
  • Do: Submit a webform with detailed roles and responsibilities for the affected position if your GCMS notes show 0 experience despite a real job being listed.
  • Tip: Match your listed roles and responsibilities closely to the standard duties of your claimed NOC/TEER code to avoid review flags.

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