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wsidd

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Jul 15, 2019
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Hello,

We are going inland route for PR + OWP. I am sponsoring my American spouse and his passport expires June 2020. Will his OWP be limited to when his passport expires? We are planning on renewing the passport but most likely after we submit PR + OWP application.
 
Hello,

We are going inland route for PR + OWP. I am sponsoring my American spouse and his passport expires June 2020. Will his OWP be limited to when his passport expires? We are planning on renewing the passport but most likely after we submit PR + OWP application.

Quoted from canada.ca, "The validity of your work permit cannot exceed the validity of your passport. Therefore, you should ensure that your passport will be valid for a longer period than your requested extension."
 
Yes the work permit will only be issued until the expiry of his passport. The work permit is linked to his passport.
 
If we update the application after initial submission with his renewed passport, would that be okay?
 
Sorry ! What did u end up doing ? Thank i !
Hi, sorry for delayed response. We're going to try to renew his passport before applying. Will mean application submission will be delayed unfortunately, but don't want to risk open work permit expiring just a few months after he gets it.
 
I think u can apply for the new passport and the pr+owp at the same time. Honestly thats What i did i apploed for pr yesterday and passport today, but again it will depend on the consulat of jis country, i mean if u apply now for the passport and pr, by the time they will open the app u will have the passport and can notify cic..thats my point of vue but again we never know what can happen right..anyways good luck to us !