Can common law partner and children be sponsored by TFW in BC.

[lendinez]

Hi,
I'm new in this forum.
I'm emigrating to Vancouver at the end of this month from Spain.
The employer contracting me has received the service Canada LMO confirmation with my name included .
I'm applying at the port of entry for a 2 years TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER VISA (no need for TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA as I'm spanish citizen)
I have family,common law partner and two children under 18,my intention would be to bring them with me once I had settled in the city.

MY QUESTION IS IF I COULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THEM AS THE SPONSOR, HOW AND WHEN??,

as I read there's the possiblity now in BC for TRW till the 15th FEB 2013. to do it without waiting to receive the PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA and apply ,since it could be almost 2 years waiting,! so the LMO could have already expired.
I'm quite in a hurry the trip is near and I cant find info for this special visa.Maybe Icould be able to apply at the same time I get my WORK PERMIT.

Thank you.
Juan

 

[CharlieD10]

Only citizens and permanent residents can sponsor spouses and dependent children. As a TFW, you would not be able to do so until you qualified and applied for PR for yourself, at which time your family members would be secondary applicants in your application, you would not be sponsoring them.

 

[lendinez]

SVictoria, August 12, 2011 — Family members of most temporary foreign workers in British Columbia will be able to work for any employer in the province, thanks to a pilot project launched today.

The announcement was made by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and British Columbia Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell.

“Since I became Minister, I have heard from workers, employers, labour advocates and others who have asked me to make Canada more welcoming for working families coming to Canada as temporary residents,” said Minister Kenney. “With this pilot project, we will examine the benefits of allowing family members of temporary foreign workers to work while they are here with a principal applicant who has been hired because of his or her skills.”

In general, temporary foreign workers come to Canada to meet the needs of a specific employer who has been unable to find citizens or permanent residents for the available jobs. An open work permit, however, allows the holder to accept any job with any employer.

Previously, only spouses and common-law partners of temporary foreign workers employed in a managerial, professional or skilled trades job have been eligible to obtain an open work permit in British Columbia. Starting August 15, spouses, common-law partners and working-age dependants of most temporary foreign workers will be eligible, including many workers in occupations that require lower levels of formal training.

“More than a million jobs will open up in B.C. by 2020, and we will need foreign workers to help meet the skills shortages our businesses are already beginning to face,” said Minister Bell. “Giving more spouses and working-aged children of temporary foreign workers the chance to take jobs will support local businesses, while contributing to local, regional and provincial economic growth.”

Up to 1,800 open work permits will be available under the pilot project, which will end on February 15, 2013.

“Nearly 32,000 temporary foreign workers made the transition to permanent status in 2010, and of those, almost 2,300 chose to immigrate permanently to BC,” Minister Kenney noted. “We understand the important role that foreign workers have in every region of the country and we will continue to look at ways to attract workers who have the skills we need now and into the future.”

British Columbia’s shared role in immigration was cemented in April 2010 with the signing of the Canada-British Columbia Immigration Agreement.



Candice Malcolm
Minister’s Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Media Relations
Communications Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada

 

[CharlieD10]

And all of that basically means that your spouse qualifies to take a job if she can find an appropriate employer, same for your dependent child. None of it changes the fact that until and unless you are a PR yourself, you cannot sponsor them for PR, which is what your question asked.

"Sponsoring" means that you are a permanent resident or citizen and want to bring your dependents to Canada as permanent residents also. Bringing your family along while you are a TFW, provided they can find willing employers, is a different kettle of fish.

 

[lendinez]

So as TFW I cant bring along my family till I`m a PR, except if they come as tourists for a max. of 6 months?
, or if I find a confirmated LMO job offer for my common law partner, case in which she will come independently from me.
And children? If they are dependant from me ,they cant come also in my TFW situation?

Thank you