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I understand. I will contact CRA when I come back to Canada. They issued me the health card when I first arrived and I did spend my first year in Canada. But since I am a PhD student I am required to do research abroad (in my home country) so I only spend a semester in Canada when I have a...

I am trying to figure out if I am a non-resident for tax purposes. I am an international student and I have a Canadian bank account and provincial health care. However, I spend most of the year in my home country for research related to my studies. I am less than 183 days in Canada. My husband...

I am an international PhD student and we want to apply for SOWP for my husband, who is a PhD student in our home country. So, it means that he is unemployed. Is there a chance to get SOWP in these circumstances?

I am a PhD student in Canada but I go back to my home country periodically for certain periods of time. I always keep my full time student status. I want to do some freelance work online while I am in my home country but I wonder if there are any restrictions when it comes to how many hours I...

Does it mean that it is possible to freelance for non-Canadian companies? In that case, where to file taxes?

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Hello, I am a PhD student in Canada in my 4th year of study. I want to invite my husband to join me in Canada but I want to maximize our chances of succces. So, I have a few questions: - Would it hurt our chances to show that my husband got money after selling an apartment? He co-owned an...

I am an international PhD student in Canada and I'd love my husband to visit me for a semester. He is a PhD student in our home country and he can get a letter from his supervisor authorizing the leave. The trouble is that he is not employed and doesn't have bank account history. I want to...

Yes, I understand that. I want him to stay with me for my whole semester, about 3.5 months. So it's kind of weird that it's around $14000 for less than 4 months when spousal OWP asks for you to have $15000 for the whole year. ($11000 for me and $4000 for him). If I had that money for the whole...

$1000 per WEEK? But he will live with me in the apartment that I rent in Canada and I have a TAship. My monthly salary is around $2000 so why would they ask for him to have $1000 per week?

Ah. I see. I am asking for my husband, who is a PhD student in our home country. I am a student in Canada. I want to invite him and he has to go back to his studies so I thought that giving him money from my Canadian account would be a good way to go.

One question: why is it so bad for him to give money to his mother? If he's inviting her and paying for her expenses in Canada, why is it so bad? (I am asking because I have a somewhat similar situation).

Thank you for your advice! (Both of you). Again, I am getting ahead but I guess it's because this means a lot to me. As for TA/RA, I have no idea... I am not that concerned about it at the moment. I believe I will have a TA, which doesn't count as Canadian experience? (And yes, it's not...

Showing more money is sure a good thing. I'm just trying to figure out what to do, because I'm sure we won't be able to collect that much money anyway. Wait, what do you mean assistantship don't count as work? In the PhD wave scheme? How come? Isn't that supposed to be the work experience...

Well, getting my PhD is important to me, and he's studying at the moment so he couldn't accompany me. It seemed like the most logical idea to apply individually and then once I get established a little and he graduates, he can join me. We didn't want to risk to reject me because my husband is a...

Well, I certainly won't have the additional amount of money. I think it's mean of them to ask for it. If they wanted a guarantee for a dependent to be 30,000, they should have specified that and not 14,000. And if they ask for 14,000, then these 14,000 should count. And PhD funding should count...

Well, see, this is why applying together is a better idea, but I hope it's still possible to get an OWP for spouse even if you didn't apply together. My question is: am I allowed to save some money and give it to him, would that be ok/acceptable?

Yes, but here's the thing. The spouse getting an OWP is not the principal applicant; he/she is a dependent. He/she can't get to Canada on OWP on his own. The only way for him to arrive in this way is if his spouse (worker, student) has enough money to support him. He is getting an OWP but he's a...

Yes, I understand this logic. So, would the fact I own the apartment help in this case? I mean, legally, it's half his even though his name is not on the contract. Oh, absolutely. It may seem like I'm getting ahead of myself but I want to prepare everything. Yes, I know about that, but as...

Thank you for clearing this up! That's what I was thinking. Because I didn't submit any financial information when applying for my study permit - just the proof of funding from the University. So I suppose funding (scholarship, assistantship) do count. Plus, an assistantship is a job. It's not...