Work Permit Extension (Spouse of International Student)

[carlucho34]

Hi guys.

I need some help as I’ve been getting different comments from friends, lawyers, and the CIC website.

My partner just graduated from a Canadian College. He took a 2-year program and I’m here in Canada with an open work permit. According to the CIC, the immigration counsellor, and our lawyer, once he has asks for his PGWP I have to ask for a Tourist visa. This, in case my partner doesn’t find a full-time job within the NOC lists A,B or 0 before our permits expire, and we know how hard finding a job in Toronto could be. Hence, they have advised me to either study at a college or basically go back home, or my partner would have to take another program.

On the other hand, we’ve met people with the same status and they’ve told us they were able to extend their partners’ work permit without a job. In fact, they state than we you do the application online, the system doesn’t ask for job information. What do you guys know about this?
Lawyers say “no”, yet people that had done it and are here with their permits say “yes”.

Can you guys help me? We were about to enroll in a college for another program, and spend all that money again. And I don’t want to lose my work permit, love my jobs and it was hard to get them.

Thanks,

Carlos

 

[scylla]

If your partner moves to a PGWP, then in order for you to qualify for an OWP - your partner must first secure a full time job that is NOC A, B or 0. When the application is submitted to extend your OWP, your partner must not only prove he has a job that meets these requirements, but also provide a pay slip (this means it's not enough for your partner to have a job offer, he must have already started the job).