ch.immigration said:
Really thanks for all ur help
Just gathering info for open work permit from cic
I got married just last year
and I moved to canada with my family when I was just 7 years old
Yes I ll apply for gcms notes
but can she apply from.pakistan?
And give my mailing address of canada?
I m really grateful for all ur words
they are encourging and v helpful
No problem! I am just sharing what i learned along the way and it's best when it is useful for others.
I really don't know about gcms notes beyond the thread i already quoted or official documentation of these notes. But it appears from that material that the applicant has to be the person whose address is being provided as destination. So probably if she applies from Pakistan, she will have to choose the costlier route and cannot give your address. Where as if you apply on her behalf (by simply asking her to sign, scan and email you the consent form), it would be cheaper and faster.
Some general concepts about owp or trv that might help you.
A person who is already in Canada, would want his / her spouse to be with him permanently, not temporarily. So the correct way is to apply via family sponsorship. Many people have done that and because that takes 2-3 years, often people apply from trv WHILE their FAM sponsorship is in process. This is dual intent and is acceptable with the canadian system. Often trv's are approved and often not depending upon the strength of case, but the intent is very clear i.e. permanent move. But never would a wife be given just a temp visa WHILE HER HUSBAND IS ALREADY IN CANADA AND SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PERMANENT MOVE APPLICATION IN PROCESS IN PARALLEL.
The other possibility is for cases like me for e.g. When no one has moved to Canada yet. One gets a job offer and would only move along with his family. Since work visa is temporary (and one has to apply separately latter from inside canada for permanent residence), hence either both are approved or both would be rejected (latter is less likely and would only happen when there is some thing wrong with the applicant, job or the documentation). So spouse trvs are generally accepted in such cases too.
Since your situation does not fall into the latter category, i would strongly suggest
1. First apply for permanent immigration (FAM category) for her.
2. While your FAM case is in process, apply for open work permit. Open work permit does not require one to be a highly skilled person. A colleague of mine who applied a few months before me and went with his wife, only had normal graduation as of any one in Pakistan with no work experience. She went on an open work permit.
My Mrs has an MBA focusing in HR, but she barely has any professional experience in that. Neither has she any intend to work there. Still having a legal authority to do so was the only reason we preferred owp vs trv.
However, for owp they get to see an applicant's educational qualifications, experiences if they have any - so it is a better over all outlook of an applicant vs the one for a trv and hence better chances of success.
