My spouse came to canada on a visitor visa in Aug 2012 while I was on a WP which was expiring in Oct 2012. My company applied for an extension before my WP expired and I got the approval and new WP effective Jan 2013. Soon after I got my WP, I personally applied for my spouse open WP while my employer applied for her visitor record extension. The open WP was approved in March 2013 and the visitor record extension was rejected in Apr 2013 and CIC sent a letter stating that my spouse was already issued a valid immigration document in March which was the Open WP and hence rejecting the visitor record application, also sent the fees back to my employer.
While calculating the physical presence for my spouse, should I put her status as "visitor" till March 2013 (when she received her open WP), does it violate the rule that she should have stayed only on a visitor visa for 6 months or will they understand that the moment we file for her extension in Jan 2013, its ok? and then on a worker status from Mar 2013 - till the time we got PR? Also, if she unemployed during a period she holds the open WP, is she considered to be on a temporary resident permit?
While calculating the physical presence for my spouse, should I put her status as "visitor" till March 2013 (when she received her open WP), does it violate the rule that she should have stayed only on a visitor visa for 6 months or will they understand that the moment we file for her extension in Jan 2013, its ok? and then on a worker status from Mar 2013 - till the time we got PR? Also, if she unemployed during a period she holds the open WP, is she considered to be on a temporary resident permit?
