Spouse Visa

[Sameera Mehdi]

Hi All,

I am a student here in Canada. When I applied for the visa I was single, after getting my student visa I got married few days before coming to Canada. I want to call my husband on the dependent visa. Wanted to know few things in regards to this:

1. Am I eligible to call my spouse while I being on student visa?
2. Should i be changing my passport and update it as married as I got married after I got the visa?
3. What documents would be needed for he visa application and also how much time would it take?

Requesting you guys to please answer to my questions as I am all alone here and need some help from this forum for applying the visa.

Thank you!

 

[k.h.p.]

1. Your spouse is free to apply for a visitor's visa to Canada or a spousal open work permit.

2. This isn't mandatory for Canadian visa applications; a marriage certificate should be a start to proving that your relationship is valid.

3. Depends on the kind of visa you are applying for.

Note that there is no "dependent visa" - there are visitor's visas (TRVs) and your spouse could apply for a spousal open work permit. Those are not guaranteed, and it seems about 50% of applicants get them these days.

 

[Sameera Mehdi]

Thank for the quick response.

If my spouse comes on a visitor visa is he eligible to work??

I do have all the documents with me. I wanted to know what documents from here is needed for the visa from my side apart from the marriage certificate.

Also do you have an idea how much time would it take to get processed?

Please respond as I really need this information.

 

[k.h.p.]

If he comes on a visitor's visa he is not eligible to work until/unless he gets a work permit.

 

[Sameera Mehdi]

Okay Sir!! Thank you so much...

One last question from my end. Do you know any consultancies or any site that could help me to start the file??

 

[k.h.p.]

Start here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool.html

If you get lost and want to hire someone, make sure they're trustworthy. Bad agents get people banned from Canada.

 

[Sameera Mehdi]

Thank you so much!!