I am a Canadian Citizen and my fiance is currently in Canada with an open work permit. She has an application underway for Permanent Residency under a Provincial Nominee Program.
We plan to get married soon. Her work permit was only extended due to her Provincial Nominee Program. We met while she was on vacation in the province I live in, however, she has to return to the province she was nominated in to continue her eligibility for her PNP.
Her open work permit was only extended due to her application under the PNP.
If we get married, can she drop her application for PNP and extend her work permit through the Spousal Sponsorship Program? Will dropping her application for PNP invalidate her work permit that was only extended due to the PNP?
I am asking because we want to stay together and not be separated (we are glued to one another!). So I would rather sponsor her as a PR, instead of her return to the province she was nominated in or ever have to leave Canada.
Thank you for any advice you can all provide!
We plan to get married soon. Her work permit was only extended due to her Provincial Nominee Program. We met while she was on vacation in the province I live in, however, she has to return to the province she was nominated in to continue her eligibility for her PNP.
Her open work permit was only extended due to her application under the PNP.
If we get married, can she drop her application for PNP and extend her work permit through the Spousal Sponsorship Program? Will dropping her application for PNP invalidate her work permit that was only extended due to the PNP?
I am asking because we want to stay together and not be separated (we are glued to one another!). So I would rather sponsor her as a PR, instead of her return to the province she was nominated in or ever have to leave Canada.
Thank you for any advice you can all provide!