Bridging Open work permit for spousal sponsorship

[CANewbie42]

Hi - my wife is from the US and has applied for PR based on spousal sponsorship (I am a PR), is there some way to get her a temporary work permit while she is waiting on her PR to get approved? I had a Bridging Open Work Permit while I waited for my PR but was a temporary resident with work permit before but she has not held a temp work permit before..
Just to clarify, she has applied for PR from outside of Canada and currently works in the US but would like to start working in Canada and receiving Canadian resident benefits like health care ASAP.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi - my wife is from the US and has applied for PR based on spousal sponsorship (I am a PR), is there some way to get her a temporary work permit while she is waiting on her PR to get approved? I had a Bridging Open Work Permit while I waited for my PR but was a temporary resident with work permit before but she has not held a temp work permit before..

Is she in Canada? If so and has received AOR, then she can apply for an open work permit.

 

[CANewbie42]

Is she in Canada? If so and has received AOR, then she can apply for an open work permit.

She has applied for PR from outside of Canada and currently works in the US.

 

[Naturgrl]

She has applied for PR from outside of Canada and currently works in the US.

So she needs to be in Canada to apply for open work permit. Do she have AOR.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...mmon-law-partner-canada-open-work-permit.html

 

[CANewbie42]

So she needs to be in Canada to apply for open work permit. Do she have AOR.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...mmon-law-partner-canada-open-work-permit.html

Yes, she has the AOR but currently is not living with me, I assume she can't as she doesn't status in Canada, right?

 

[scylla]

Yes, she has the AOR but currently is not living with me, I assume she can't as she doesn't status in Canada, right?

You said she is in the US. She cannot apply for the work permit from outside of Canada. She would need to make a move to Canada first. Then she can apply for the work permit.

 

[Namide]

Yes, she has the AOR but currently is not living with me, I assume she can't as she doesn't status in Canada, right?

 

[Namide]

the video above helped me with my application so you can check it out

 

[CANewbie42]

thanks!