I have applied open work permit for my spouse with the AOR received from inland pr spousal sponsorship application. I am not much aware of open work permit process but do we get AOR for the open work permit applications too? And can we start working until the decision is made using the AOR of OWP?
Open Work Permit for the spouse using AOR received from inland PR application
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You need to wait until the OWP is approved before you can start working.
Ah okay, thought my spouse can work with AOR of OPW. Now it’s a 6 months wait time. Thanks for confirming
Were your spouse under a work permit currently before applying for the OWP?
Or he/she entered as a visitor?
Little confused Bcz for spousal open work permit, I think they can continue with the work since I believe their AOR says u can work. Thought same would be in my case as well. Anyone know wat is the realistic timeline to see open work permit to be approved? Tracker says 6 months though
That is if the applicant already has permission to work before the OWP application. That's why the wording is "continue with the work".
(e.g. student/on a close permit/on a valid open work permit before applying for the OWP and those permit may have now expired)
Since she is a visitor, she cannot start working just because she received AOR of her OWP.
You can continue working if you were previously on a work permit before submitting the OWP. Your partner was not previously on a work permit and is not allowed to work until the actual work permit is approved and issued.
My partner is on study permit and coop work permit when we apply for OWP. And if by the end of study permit, we still don’t get the OWP, can my partner work using AOR, if yes, how many hours can he work?
Hello, I have a few questions that I'm confused on.
Firstly, my submitted my application and my AOR and AIP. But I'm worried about it because my husband's permit got denied in 2023 and the letter told him to leave the country immediately. No date was in the letter nor an official order sent. We submitted a status restoration and got married in the time frame of waiting on the restoration decision. It was sadly denied and we went ahead with the pr application. So my question is does that go heavily against the decision for approval.
Secondly, we got the go ahead for his Open Work Permit and he's been out of status for 2 years do I put the 2 years that he's out of status for or do I submit a restoration and work permit application at the same time?
Firstly, my submitted my application and my AOR and AIP. But I'm worried about it because my husband's permit got denied in 2023 and the letter told him to leave the country immediately. No date was in the letter nor an official order sent. We submitted a status restoration and got married in the time frame of waiting on the restoration decision. It was sadly denied and we went ahead with the pr application. So my question is does that go heavily against the decision for approval.
Secondly, we got the go ahead for his Open Work Permit and he's been out of status for 2 years do I put the 2 years that he's out of status for or do I submit a restoration and work permit application at the same time?
Hello Good evening, please i am a Canadian i have submitted the spousal sponsorship to sponsor my out of status over 90days partner. How do i apply work permit for her? We only have AOR. Should i apply by paper because the online isn’t working. We don’t have AIP yet. Can i still go ahead and apply for her by paper?
Yes, he should be able to work, since he had a valid work permit before applying for the OWP. And since the OWP is an independent one (there's no study permit involved anymore) there's no limit to the hours.
Hmm... paper is slow so it might work? I'm not sure.
Since this is for someone out of status, as per https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...for-spousal-application.874742/#post-11106842 you can only apply for the work permit once AIP is reached - AOR is not enough. Since you haven't reached AIP yet you can't apply for it - at least online.
If you did paper, it might be the case that by the time they get to it, AIP was already passed, and then they start work on it.. but I am not sure, it's possible they go by the date the paper app was mailed or delivered to them instead - so if they check and see that the date was from before AIP being reached they might reject it. Even in the best case there's some risk here because they could get to it before AIP is reached, resulting in a rejection. I think it's best to wait for AIP and then try the online app again at that time.
Sorry to piggy back off this post. I tried to make my own but similar situation I didn’t know about the whole AIP situation. The lawyer told us AOR was enough so now that we got rejected for work permit because we didn’t have AIP, do we wait and reapply with AIP then? What if my husband stays and doesn’t leave since his PR is processing.
Yes, I believe that is how it would work.
Uhm... what's his situation exactly? Because usually once your PR is processing you are allowed to stay and wait for the decision to get made.