I and my wife recently arrived in Canada from India. I am on a study permit to purse education and wife is on TRV. She wants to work here and we are considering options for getting her a work permit. A friend suggested me that she can go for open work permit as I am on a study permit. In this regard I have a few questions:
1. Can she apply for open work permit from inside Canada based on my status and her visitor VISA ?
2. If #1 is not possible, does she needs to travel back to India to get the open work permit ?
I and my wife recently arrived in Canada from India. I am on a study permit to purse education and wife is on TRV. She wants to work here and we are considering options for getting her a work permit. A friend suggested me that she can go for open work permit as I am on a study permit. In this regard I have a few questions:
1. Can she apply for open work permit from inside Canada based on my status and her visitor VISA ?
2. If #1 is not possible, does she needs to travel back to India to get the open work permit ?
Yes, she can apply from within Canada. See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5553ETOC.asp
Normally, a work permit must be applied for prior to coming to Canada. Only in a few special circumstances presented in this guide can an initial work permit be applied for within Canada:
you presently hold a valid study or work permit; you are the spouse of a study or work permit holder;
you were previously authorized to work without a permit;
you presently hold a valid Temporary Resident Permit;
you are a refugee claimant or an applicant for permanent residence in Canada under section 207 of the IRPR, or
you are a trader or investor, intra-company transferee or professional under NAFTA.
I and my wife recently arrived in Canada from India. I am on a study permit to purse education and wife is on TRV. She wants to work here and we are considering options for getting her a work permit. A friend suggested me that she can go for open work permit as I am on a study permit. In this regard I have a few questions:
1. Can she apply for open work permit from inside Canada based on my status and her visitor VISA ?
2. If #1 is not possible, does she needs to travel back to India to get the open work permit ?
In addition to what frege has mentioned, your wife can do a flagpole at a Canadian POE (such as Niagara Falls) in order to obtain her OWP and so, may not need to travel back to India.
