Spouse Open Work Permit

The basic requirement for obtaining a spouse open work permit visa, and there are things to be kept in mind before applying for a work permit for your spouse,

• Be the partner of someone who has acquired a full-time student visa, a full-time skilled worker, or an applicant for PR in Canada.
• To be eligible for a spousal open work permit, applicants must demonstrate that their relationship is genuine.
• The spouse or common-law partner must not have any criminal offence, or else he/she will be considered inadmissible.
• If the principal foreign employee has an open work permit (such as a post-graduation work permit or a work permit for a working holiday), that person must be engaged in a skilled profession (NOC 0, A or B).
• For those who are holders of province nominee work permits who are spouses or common-law partners-Regardless of the level of the principal applicant’s occupation, spouses or common-law partners of work permit holders who have been nominated for permanent residence by a province are entitled to open work permits for the duration of the work permit of the provincial nominee principal applicant or until the expiration of the spouse’s or common-law partner’s passport or travel document, whichever comes first.