farwa ff said:
salam.
my name is farwa and i live in Karachi , my husband got his student visa and he is leavng this month..... so can u plz guide me that when should i apply for my trv as i had heard that if i vl apply so soon so the chance of getting the visa vl be low.
secondly me and my husband applied together last year... he applied for his student visa and me on the spouse basis.....and v got rejected but now he applied alone and got the visa.... so can u plz giude me that if i vl apply a bit later so vl i get da visa and plzz give me some tips for my sop to make it strong...
thankxx
WS,
Technically, spouse or dependent children of a student or a temp worker are allowed a temp resident visa or an open work permit. As a matter of fact considering Pakistani embassy, if you have a good education and may be work experience, applying for open work permit is better since it has a better chance of approval.
I know several cases who applied for a work permit (while having a job offer from Canada), and applied for their wives at the same time for open work permit i.e. submitted the application together and both got visas. I myself have applied in the same stream (i.e. myself, wife and kids) though i am waiting for response from embassy.
But generally, either you apply together, or you apply after a certain length of time has passed in general. Since your case is a student visa, so trying to get an open work permit for you (if you are educated and got a corresponding profile) might be helped by the fact once your husband is studying and doing part time job along while maintaining a decent income. But this is just my opinion.
On paper in terms of embassy criteria, spouse of students (at least university level - generally masters and above) are perfectly allowed for OWP / TRV.
