Hi all,
I am a UK citizen who has been working in Canada (Express Entry - academic) on a initial 2-yr work permit (Mar 2019 - Mar 2021). My UK partner joined me in Canada in Apr 2020 on an open work permit in which I am her sponsor. Her open work permit therefore expires when mine does (Mar 2021). I have been offered a year extension on my work permit (Mar 2021 - Mar 2022) so should be able to apply for a work permit extension (from inside Canada), but I would like to add my partner to this extension so we are under 1 work permit. In addition, we in currently in the pool for PR (express entry - Canadian Experience Class) which complicates things further. I am looking for some advice regarding:
1. Can I apply for an extension to my work permit and have my partner added or would this essentially be a NEW work permit as the terms I would apply under have changed (2 of us, rather than just me).
2. Am I able to apply to both a work permit extension/new permit and PR at the same time? What would be the consequences of this?
Ideally, I would not apply for the work permit extension and go all in on PR, however, I am not sure we would get our invite and submit in time before Mar 2021, when my original work permit finished.
Any help regarding this would be most helpful. Thanks in advance!
I am a UK citizen who has been working in Canada (Express Entry - academic) on a initial 2-yr work permit (Mar 2019 - Mar 2021). My UK partner joined me in Canada in Apr 2020 on an open work permit in which I am her sponsor. Her open work permit therefore expires when mine does (Mar 2021). I have been offered a year extension on my work permit (Mar 2021 - Mar 2022) so should be able to apply for a work permit extension (from inside Canada), but I would like to add my partner to this extension so we are under 1 work permit. In addition, we in currently in the pool for PR (express entry - Canadian Experience Class) which complicates things further. I am looking for some advice regarding:
1. Can I apply for an extension to my work permit and have my partner added or would this essentially be a NEW work permit as the terms I would apply under have changed (2 of us, rather than just me).
2. Am I able to apply to both a work permit extension/new permit and PR at the same time? What would be the consequences of this?
Ideally, I would not apply for the work permit extension and go all in on PR, however, I am not sure we would get our invite and submit in time before Mar 2021, when my original work permit finished.
Any help regarding this would be most helpful. Thanks in advance!