Questions about Spousal Sponsorship Documents

[tynoxes]

Greetings all!

So my wife and I (We got married last month ) is getting ready to send in the documents for Spousal Sponsorship and was wondering a few things. I am still waiting for my police clearance to arrive and we booked a medical so that we can send it all together, so we will probably be sending in the documents in November. I am applying inland.

1. My visitor visa expire in February... what do I do to extend that? Do I send the extension document with my Spousal Sponsorship documents or do I apply for that separately beforehand or how does that work? I saw online processing times is faster than paper, but the spousal documents seems to be paper only.
2. On the extension documents I saw they ask about how much money I have to support myself while I am here. Since we got married, we have been sharing cost of stuff, so what do I indicate in that field since we would be sharing costs as time goes on.
3. I read some places that I should apply for an open work permit with the Spousal Sponsorship papers? Is this wise and also does that count as an visa extension document too or how exactly does that work? Should I send in a visa extension document and a open work permit document together?

Thanks!

 

[Rob_TO]

All answers depend on - Are you applying inland or outland?

 

[tynoxes]

All answers depend on - Are you applying inland or outland?

Oh woops! Sorry forgot to add that. I am applying inland.
Will add it to my first post too.

 

[Rob_TO]

1. No need to send any requests for extension. When you submit the application for OWP with your inland app, that will give you implied status for the entire duration of stage 1 processing (around 11 months). So all you need to do is stay in Canada. The second you leave Canada, your implied status would end.

2. No visitor visa extension needed, so this is not required.

3. The OWP application is your new status application. You should 100% definitely apply for OWP with inland application, in all cases.

 

[tynoxes]

1. No need to send any requests for extension. When you submit the application for OWP with your inland app, that will give you implied status for the entire duration of stage 1 processing (around 11 months). So all you need to do is stay in Canada. The second you leave Canada, your implied status would end.

2. No visitor visa extension needed, so this is not required.

3. The OWP application is your new status application. You should 100% definitely apply for OWP with inland application, in all cases.

Thank you for your response. I have a few more questions regarding that.

1. I am valid to apply for an open work permit even though I am on a visitor visa since I am sending it with my spousal sponsorship documents, correct?

2. Do I send it as documents with my spousal sponsorship documents or do it online separately since it does not look like spousal sponsorship applications can be done online?

3. I saw there is a longer processing time for documents than online, is that a problem since my visitor visa expire in February?

4. Where do I actually get the Open Work Permit applications? Been looking around but can't seem to find it.

Thanks and sorry for the huge amount of questions, just want to make sure all my stuff is in order

 

[scylla]

1. Yes - you can apply for an OWP.
2. Include the OWP application with the sponsorship application.
3. n/a - you will be mailing everything in.
4. The OWP will be approved once your PR application has first stage approval. First stage approval is currently taking 11 months to complete.

 

[scylla]

Sorry - misunderstood your last question! Just just the regular / standard work permit application.

 

[tynoxes]

1. Yes - you can apply for an OWP.
2. Include the OWP application with the sponsorship application.
3. n/a - you will be mailing everything in.
4. The OWP will be approved once your PR application has first stage approval. First stage approval is currently taking 11 months to complete.

Sorry - misunderstood your last question! Just just the regular / standard work permit application.

Thank you for your answers
I have been looking for the work permit application, but only one I could find is on this site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/work.asp and that is when applying from outside Canada.

Also, I see the initial times is 11 months for inland... will that be a problem considering my visa expire in February? Will it take them 11 months to look at it?

 

[Rob_TO]

Also, I see the initial times is 11 months for inland... will that be a problem considering my visa expire in February?

No it's not a problem. If you submit the OWP application along with your inland PR app, you have implied status from the date you mail the application. Implied status last for as long as it takes to get the decision on OWP, so that would be approx 11 months later.

You just can't leave the country for any reason during this time, or the implied status ends.

 

[charliem]

Greetings all!

So my wife and I (We got married last month ) is getting ready to send in the documents for Spousal Sponsorship and was wondering a few things. I am still waiting for my police clearance to arrive and we booked a medical so that we can send it all together, so we will probably be sending in the documents in November. I am applying inland.

1. My visitor visa expire in February... what do I do to extend that? Do I send the extension document with my Spousal Sponsorship documents or do I apply for that separately beforehand or how does that work? I saw online processing times is faster than paper, but the spousal documents seems to be paper only.
2. On the extension documents I saw they ask about how much money I have to support myself while I am here. Since we got married, we have been sharing cost of stuff, so what do I indicate in that field since we would be sharing costs as time goes on.
3. I read some places that I should apply for an open work permit with the Spousal Sponsorship papers? Is this wise and also does that count as an visa extension document too or how exactly does that work? Should I send in a visa extension document and a open work permit document together?

Thanks!

Doing the medical upfront will not wise. It will expire after 12 months and the current PR processing time is 19 months.
You're better off waiting until stage 1 is over.

 

[tynoxes]

Doing the medical upfront will not wise. It will expire after 12 months and the current PR processing time is 19 months.
You're better off waiting until stage 1 is over.

Ah dang, I did not think of it in that way
Is it best then if we cancel the appointments, if I even can? We did the booking and they send me to the places for the labs, but we havent done that part yet.

 

[tynoxes]

Also does this mean that it will be 11 months before I can get an open work permit?
So basically no work till then?

 

[scylla]

Also does this mean that it will be 11 months before I can get an open work permit?
So basically no work till then?

Yes - it will take around 11 months for the open work permit.

If you want to work earlier, you'll need to find an employer who is willing to give you a job offer. That employer will then need to obtain an approved Labour Market Opinion and as part of this process, prove no Canadian could be found for the role. If the LMO is approved, you can then apply for a close work permit tied to that specific employer. Unfortunately it tends to be pretty difficult to find employers who are willing to go through the time/cost/effort of obtaining an LMO - especially since approval is never guaranteed. You can read more about LMOs here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/employers/lmo-basics.asp

 

[tynoxes]

Yes - it will take around 11 months for the open work permit.

If you want to work earlier, you'll need to find an employer who is willing to give you a job offer. That employer will then need to obtain an approved Labour Market Opinion and as part of this process, prove no Canadian could be found for the role. If the LMO is approved, you can then apply for a close work permit tied to that specific employer. Unfortunately it tends to be pretty difficult to find employers who are willing to go through the time/cost/effort of obtaining an LMO - especially since approval is never guaranteed. You can read more about LMOs here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/employers/lmo-basics.asp

Thank you for the response Scylla, that gives us at least another option that we can look into.

Only questions then remain is:
1. Is it best I cancel my medical and get that done when they request it?
2. Where do I get the open work permit document?

Also with that latest response:
3. Can I apply for an open work permit and if I can find an employer willing to get an LMO for me, can I apply for that then too?

 

[tynoxes]

Thank you for the response Scylla, that gives us at least another option that we can look into.

Only questions then remain is:
1. Is it best I cancel my medical and get that done when they request it?
2. Where do I get the open work permit document?

Also with that latest response:
3. Can I apply for an open work permit and if I can find an employer willing to get an LMO for me, can I apply for that then too?

Greetings all
Anyone have answers for my questions here?