KaZRa said:
I thought with sponsorship your spouse can't work for a period of 3 yrs?
There's no restriction like that.
A permanent resident has the right to live and work in Canada. An applicant going through inland sponsorship with stage 1 approval ("Agreement in Principle" or AIP) has the ability to get an open work permit (OWP) and that permits working for most employers in Canada without anything further.
Perhaps you are thinking of the two restrictions on a spousal sponsored applicant:
(1) The restriction on chain sponsorship - that is, someone who comes to Canada as a sponsored spouse is not eligible to sponsor a new spouse (or partner) for five years from the date of landing. As an aside, I saw a fascinating case where this bit someone rather hard. Husband sponsors wife to come to Canada. Wife comes to Canada and then husband goes back to the "home country" for business reasons. Husband loses PR for failure to meet the residency obligation. Wife cannot sponsor him because five years haven't elapsed yet...
(2) The new provisional spousal PR - that is, someone who comes to Canada as a sponsored spouse/partner who has not been in the qualifying relationship for at least two years (or has children) may have their PR revoked if they do not remain in the relationship for at least two years from the date of landing.
The sponsor agrees to be financially responsible for the spouse for three years after landing, but nothing says that the sponsored applicant cannot work. If the sponsored applicant receives social assistance then the sponsor is responsible for repaying same.
