EE profile shows 'eligible for CEC' before you've hit 12 months of Canadian experience — is that a glitch?

If your Express Entry profile flags you as eligible for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) despite having only around 6 months of Canadian work experience so far:

1. This is expected behavior, not a glitch. The profile shows the CEC criteria as 'met' simply because you're actively reporting Canadian work experience in your history, not because you've already satisfied the full 12-month requirement.


2. The CRS points for Canadian experience won't appear until the experience is actually completed — once you cross roughly 11 months, the corresponding points get added to your CRS score automatically.

So the eligibility flag reflects that you have some qualifying Canadian experience on file, while the points calculation still correctly waits until you've accumulated the full year.