At IMB Immigration Law, we guide our clients through Work Permit Applications, Student visa applications and for PR to Canada. Open work permits (WP) in Canada are available to a select set of applicants. This piece is for applicants applying from outside of Canada when the spouse is already studying or working in Canada. You are eligible for an open WP if you are:
International students obtain open work permits upon completion of their studies. These open work permits allow them to work anywhere for any employer. If the student is working in a skilled job (0, A or B category), the student’s spouse is eligible to apply for a WP from overseas to join the student spouse in Canada. The open WP allows the spouse to seek employment and self-sustain. IRCC outlines the broad requirements applicable to all WP applicants at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada. The applicant must
Applicants are also required to have all such documents that are specific to the region they are living in or come from when they apply for WP. For example, a married applicant from India must present a marriage certificate issues by registrar of marriages even if the marriage happened in a religious place. Applicants are often asked to produce both religious ceremony certificates and the official government issued marriage certificates along with proof of marriage in the form of photos of ceremony and community setting of the wedding. Consulates are vary of applicants coming from high fraud risk regions and generally ask for further evidence and proof of genuine marriage. Denial Cases We are regularly approached by applicants whose cases have been denied by the consulate. A lot of these rejections happen when an application is hurriedly put together by an agent or consultant. Often the agents do not understand the case by case issues and tell the applicants a standard set of things (even if they are not applicable in their case). Please seek professional legal assistance to handle such matters. Processing – Two Week Processing For Spouses Spouses of students or foreign workers applying from outside of Canada can qualify for expedited two week processing. Once the applicant has gathered all the employment (in Canada) related paperwork, the spouse and children can-
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AuthorIMB Immigration Law head Ravneet Kaur Brar is an Immigration Law professional with over fifteen years of rich experience behind her. She is an attorney-at-law (California State Bar) in the United States and a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is also a Canadian Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario Bar) and a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Ravneet is an advocate and member of Punjab and Haryana bar Council in India. She has extensive experience working in immigration law in Canada and the United States. She is also on the attorney list of the United States Embassy in India. ArchivesCategories |