A member who studied in Canada while also working remotely for a company back home (with salary, benefits, and the job itself all tied to the home country) asked whether that remote work would count toward Express Entry points.
What the thread clarified:- Express Entry lets you claim points for study OR work during a given period, not both. For any stretch of time, you pick which credential you're claiming — either the study period or the work period — you cannot layer points from a full-time study period and a full-time job worked during that same window.
- This matters most when your study and remote-work timelines overlap. If you were a full-time student and, at the same time, working full-time remotely for a foreign employer, only one of those activities can be counted for that overlapping stretch when you build your profile.
- Members recommended getting this confirmed against the official CRS points criteria (education vs. foreign work experience factors) rather than relying on informal group answers, since getting it wrong can affect your CRS score and profile accuracy.
The practical takeaway: map out your timeline period-by-period before entering it into your Express Entry profile, and for any period where study and work overlap, claim only one — don't try to stack both.