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Hey everybody!! :D I need your advice on my situation: I came to Canada with a Study permit issued for my PhD program last August; I withdrew from the program last March 8th, and have a ticket to leave Canada on May 1st. Now, let's say I wanted to fly out of the country and come back after a...

Hi everybody! I am soon going to withdraw from my PhD program; my spouse came with me with an OWP based on my PhD study permit. Now, I know that once you withdraw from school, you have 90 days to leave Canada. My question is: once I withdraw from school, can my partner keep working for some...

Hey everyone! So, I need your help once again :) I have decided not to continue my PhD. How does it work from the CIC point of view? I am an Italian citizen, so I don't need a temporary visa. How long can I stay once I leave my program? Also, my spouse is here with an open work permit so how...

Hi everybody! My question is quite straightforward. My partner obtained her OWP based on my Study Permit as common-law partners. We both got our POE in May. Now, we were thinking about getting to Canada around mid-August. She would fly from Vienna, whereas and I would fly from Italy because...

Hey everybody! Both my study permit and my spouse's OWP have been approved! Thank you all four your invaluable help! I logged into my CIC account and I got the two POE Introduction Letters: - I thought we would get our passports stamped with the two visas BEFORE entering Canada? - what are...

I keep receiving email notifications from CIC that our applications - my study permit and my spouse's OWP - have been updates, YET no new messages are present AND the code number of our application are not the same as the ones they gave us when I submitted our apps :-X what's happening?

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask you this: does an OWP issued to a spouse of a PhD student count towards the four year cap? If so, what if the student takes more than 4 years to complete the PhD program? thanks!

Hey everybody! I need some suggestions regarding my case. I am an Italian student, just accepted to UWO for a PhD in Classics. My partner and I want to go together through an Open Work Permit: she is from Slovakia, we have been dating since July 2011, spent two semesters apart while we were...

Hey everybody! I need some suggestions regarding my case. I am an Italian student, just accepted to UWO for a PhD in Classics. My partner and I want to go together through an Open Work Permit: she is from Slovakia, we have been dating since July 2011, spent two semesters apart while we were...

Hey everybody! This is a question regarding our (mine and my partner's) status in England. My partner and I are EU citizens (I am from Italy, she's from Slovakia), so we do not need any visa to stay, study, or work in England. Both our applications (study IMM1294, and work IMM1295) ask for our...

Hey everybody! I need your advice here! This is my situation: -I am an Italian student, 24 years old, currently living in London; -Will be applying soon for a Study Permit (PhD at the University of Calgary); - I got my BA in the United States; - I have never had ANY convictions, charges...

Hi everybody! I am an Italian student and have applied to several PhD programs in Canada. I have previously studied 4 years in the US (2009-2013) and 1 year in the UK (2013-2014). I intend to bring my girlfriend with me as a common law partner. She is from Slovakia and we have been living...