ls1969

Hi,

We are about to submit our application and I am the primary applicant.
My husband finished his education after A-levels. He has no
certificates for these. Since they do not add any points to our
application, should we leave them off his education history ? If we
include them will the visa office request certificates ?

Thanks,
Laura S

Lirazel

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> We are about to submit our application and I am the primary applicant.
> My husband finished his education after A-levels. He has no
> certificates for these. Since they do not add any points to our
> application, should we leave them off his education history ? If we
> include them will the visa office request certificates ?

disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or immigration consultant, just a person.

I would suggest not claiming to have any qualification or experience you
cannot prove you have. Are the certificates the only possible proof, i.e.,
you can't get school transcripts showing he passed courses, or something? (I
don't know much about the British education system and what one does to get
O and A levels)

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> Hi,
> We are about to submit our application and I am the primary applicant.
> My husband finished his education after A-levels. He has no
> certificates for these. Since they do not add any points to our
> application, should we leave them off his education history ? If we
> include them will the visa office request certificates ?
> Thanks,
> Laura S
include ALL details of ANY form of education std or higher. The officer will
make the judgement. There are also bodies in the U.K. that can re-issue
certificates etc. such as the City & Guilds institute.. The more complete
your applications the better. Include cover letters for any item you have
but are unable to supply such as lost certificates and why you are unable to
supply it.
I had to do that with one of my C&G certs.

Jeff

"Lirazel" <> wrote in message
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> <> wrote:
>> We are about to submit our application and I am the
>> primary applicant.
>> My husband finished his education after A-levels. He has
>> no
>> certificates for these. Since they do not add any points
>> to our
>> application, should we leave them off his education
>> history ? If we
>> include them will the visa office request certificates ?
> disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or immigration consultant,
> just a person.
> I would suggest not claiming to have any qualification or
> experience you cannot prove you have. Are the certificates
> the only possible proof, i.e., you can't get school
> transcripts showing he passed courses, or something? (I
> don't know much about the British education system and
> what one does to get O and A levels)

The Examining Board will give you copies (at a cost)

ls1969

Thanks for the advice. Think we'll include them and add a cover letter.

Onestop

Hi

depending upon which Province you are intending to move to I would
fully recommend having an education assessemnt carried out. We moved to
Alberta and so used the Gov. Alberta agency IQAS who do an equivalency
evaluation of international qualifications and present it in the form
recognised by canadian employers and the immigration agency. Each
province has its own system - you can find great info and links to each
of the agencies here
http://www.onestopimmigration-canada...migration.html

I paid about C$75.00 in 2002 for my assessment and they offer differing
levels of service depending upon your circumstances.

Hope that helps

onestop

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"onestop" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
> depending upon which Province you are intending to move to I would
> fully recommend having an education assessemnt carried out. We moved to
> Alberta and so used the Gov. Alberta agency IQAS who do an equivalency
> evaluation of international qualifications and present it in the form
> recognised by canadian employers and the immigration agency. Each
> province has its own system - you can find great info and links to each
> of the agencies here
> http://www.onestopimmigration-canada...migration.html
> I paid about C$75.00 in 2002 for my assessment and they offer differing
> levels of service depending upon your circumstances.
> Hope that helps
> onestop

I would confirm Onestops recommendations but with caution. For the most part
in some other provinces the service is not worth it esp. in Ontario. most
"full" ba's and degrees are already recognised the world over. experience of
myself and others I know indicate that if you have copies of your certs and
can understand the Canadian education system a little then your own
evaluation is probably going to be better.

ESP. watch unofficial or agency type evaluations as they have been shown to
be both expensive and worthless $75 - $125 per certificate and with only a
verbal evaluation.
My wife nearly used one and friends did (came from U.K.)

If you completed regular school in the U.K. you have equivalent (or better)
of Canadian grade 12. any completed night classes etc. will usually count as
higher education.
My first job in Canada was given because I had and English trade
qualification (was proffered over Canadian one)