Family Form - Will accompany you to Canada?

[mattav]

Hi all,

My partner has been successful in getting the invitation for Working Holiday visa and now he needs to complete the Family form. I am not looking to join him immediately but intend to do so after a few months (once he gets a job).

In this case, should he mark this section as Yes or a No?

Thank you for your advice.

Matt

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi all,

My partner has been successful in getting the invitation for Working Holiday visa and now he needs to complete the Family form. I am not looking to join him immediately but intend to do so after a few months (once he gets a job).

In this case, should he mark this section as Yes or a No?

Thank you for your advice.

Matt

Assume you are coming as a visitor and not working while he is on his IEC. You answer No. Just so you know you are not eligible for a work permit.

Under the IEC program requirements, applicants may not include any dependants (i.e., spouses, common-law partners or children) on their application to benefit from the IEC program. This means that an applicant and their family members may not benefit from the IEC program as a family unit under 1 IEC application. However, this does not prevent spouses or common-law partners, dependant(s) from submitting their own individual request to come to Canada (e.g., spouse may submit their own application to benefit from the IEC program).

IRCC has no specific policy prohibiting spouses and dependants of IEC participants from joining them in Canada. However, the spouse and dependant(s) must be admissible to Canada on their own merits.

The spouse or common-law partner of an IEC participant is not eligible to obtain an open work permit by virtue of the participant’s IEC application.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...s/foreign-workers/experience-eligibility.html

 

[mattav]

This is very helpful, thanks a lot. I have also read the below, I assume that this is still correct:

However, the spouse or common-law partner can apply for an open work permit if the IEC candidate is approved to work in Canada for 6 months or longer and is working in a job at skill level 0, A or B in the National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Thank you.

 

[Naturgrl]

This is very helpful, thanks a lot. I have also read the below, I assume that this is still correct:

However, the spouse or common-law partner can apply for an open work permit if the IEC candidate is approved to work in Canada for 6 months or longer and is working in a job at skill level 0, A or B in the National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Thank you.

Can’t say as that was pre Covid, and IECs haven’t been processed in a few years. He will need a skilled job with the employer supporting a job longer than 6 months. Also processing for work permits can take many months. All the best.

 

[mattav]

Hi all,

My partner has been successful for working holiday visa and has obtained port of entry letter. He is planning on visiting as a tourist to get to know the city before officially entering on a working visa later on in the year.

Would that be possible? Will his time on a working visa start as soon as he enters Canada, even if he is only visiting as a tourist?

Thank you for your help.