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Currently staying in Canada as a tourist, while working remote for a European FinTech and have had a Express Entry application going for 6 months now. And I can

Currently staying in Canada as a tourist, while working remote for a European FinTech and have had a Express Entry application going for 6 months now. And I can tell you that the whole system is a joke. I have a BSc in CS, 6 years work experience in the tech sector, near perfect score on the english language tests and I have 440 points (EE uses a point system). I have tried everything I can think of trying to have the CiC acknowledge that I have a job and an income (to gain more points) but to no avail. I would be able to pay my taxes in Canada as my home country has a dual tax agreement with Canada. However if I were to take a job flipping burgers, through the job bank program, I would get extra 300-400 points and be allowed to move in (in all likelyhood since the points would place me high enough to qualify). Again, this system is a complete joke.

nikanj 11y ago
Start working as a contractor for your employer, and you get +600 points for having a job offer from your me.ltd contractor company.
- sterl 11y ago
  This is great advice, cross-check it but thanks for posting nikanj
hackerboos 11y ago
The old system (FSW) was better, you didn't need to a job to get a visa which is practically mandated by the new EE system. I applied whilst living back in the UK. They issued the visa whilst I was still there and I managed to swing a job by doing remote interviews. I only just scraped in on points - if I wasn't married then we wouldn't have qualified. If your country has a working holiday agreement with Canada then you are better coming in on that first.