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Can I apply for an open work permit within Canada under Spouse Sponsor stream while on visitor extension record.

Feb 11, 2023
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Hello, all,
I am applying for PR under spousal sponsorship. However, I am with a visitor extension record. And according to what I found online, you won't able to apply for a study
or work visa from within Canada if you have a visitor extension record.
Just ask once I received the acknowledgment of receipt (AoR) letter under common law, do I need to go abroad to apply for the bridge open work permit even though I am the spouse
of a PR?
 

canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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Hello, all,
I am applying for PR under spousal sponsorship. However, I am with a visitor extension record. And according to what I found online, you won't able to apply for a study
or work visa from within Canada if you have a visitor extension record.
Just ask once I received the acknowledgment of receipt (AoR) letter under common law, do I need to go abroad to apply for the bridge open work permit even though I am the spouse
of a PR?
You must have misunderstood something but you are fine to apply for an OWP once you get AOR for your inland sponsorship if you have a valid visitor record. Perhaps you are looking under general applications for WPs.