My wife is applying for her PR from Taiwan. She would also like to apply for an open work permit. She will be in Canada on a visitor visa (eTA) several months before her PR is approved (as it has not been sent yet). Should she include her open work permit application in the PR application package sent to Sydney, Nova Scotia?
Outland Open Work Permit Application Question
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As pointed out above, with an Outland Application, you are not eligible for an open work permit. There is nothing stopping her to get a work permit via an employer or something of the sort, though it is somewhat unlikely.
That's not true. You can even apply outland while in Canada.
If one has a trv the applicant can enter Canada with no effect on the application and now even land virtually, IE complete the process in Canada.
Is there any that she can work If we land in Canada after the application is sent?
Given you situation (an outland applicant in Canada as a visitor) are you able to get a work permit now that you are in Canada?
Technically yes. Practically no: She'd have to find an employer willing to hire her and then together they would have to apply for a closed work permit. Closed work permits have all sorts of requirement on the employer that they usually won't bother doing unless your wife has a rare skill that is difficult to find in a current Canadian citizen/PR.
Not an open work permit.
She would need to secure a job offer in Canada and her employer would need to obtain an approved LMIA in order for her to qualify for a closed work permit.