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Hi, I wonder whether someone can share what type of job the principal applicant and Post Graduate Work Permit holder must hold in order to sponsor his wife for an extension of an Open Work Permit? I read that the job must be of NOC 0, A, or B. However, can it be part-time? I was offered a...

Hi, My spouse holds a spouse open work permit valid until Dec 8, 2022. She wants to extend it and got a job offer at a bank. I hold a Post graduate work permit valid until 2025 and also am a PNP BC nominee, we are currently applying for PR with me being the principal applicant. Question: I...

Hi, My spouse holds a spouse open work permit valid until Dec 8, 2022. She wants to extend it and got a job offer at a bank. I hold a Post graduate work permit valid until 2025 and also am a PNP BC nominee, we are currently applying for PR with me being the principal applicant. Question: I...

Hi, I am currently trying to figure out if I can qualify for the home owner grant in BC in order to reduce my property taxes. I am a BC Provincial Nominee (and applied for PR but am not yet granted PR) and according to the following BC Government website, BC PNP holders are treated for the...

Hello, I called MSP in BC and was told that I have to pay for 90 more days even though I graduated 4 months ago and applied, received, and uploaded my Post Graduate Work Permit to my MSP account. The person on the phone insisted that I need to pay for 3 more months even after they change my...

Hello, I am a Post Graduate Work Permit holder (just got the PGWP) and I want to now extend the open work permit for my spouse. I have two very specific questions: 1) Does the job I, as foreign principal applicant, currently hold in NOC A have to be full-time? I am teaching as instructor at a...

Hello, I wonder whether any of you was/is in a similar situation. I am about to file taxes for the year 2021. In 2021, I was an international student who rented an apartment in Canada and studied full-time as graduate student. My wife still remained in our home country and only joined me in...

I am in the process of applying for BC's Skills Immigration - International Post-Graduate stream as I soon graduate from a Master's program from an eligible school in BC in Computer Science. This particular BC PNP program does not require submission of any language test results. However, my...

Anyone who entered Canada and has "goods to follow" household items? I entered Canada from the US for studies today and wanted to declare goods to follow that will be shipped via container ocean freight. But customs at the land-based border told me that they cannot stamp or process any...

Anyone who entered Canada and has "goods to follow" household items? I entered Canada today and wanted to declare goods to follow that will be shipped via container ocean freight. But customs at the land based border told me that they cannot stamp or process any documents as studies is not...

Hi everyone, I greatly benefitted from this forum so I want to return the favor. I entered Canada today via land based border. My study permit was approved after March 18 which is why I first entered the US to drive to the land based border because if coming from US the study permit approval...

Has anyone crossed the border into British Columbia for studies or is planning to do so soon? I myself am working on getting a written proof that my graduate research necessitates me to be there in person. My study permit was approved April 10 and I plan to enter Canada from the U.S. Any...

...apparently yes if the following text is to be taken literally as published by CBSA. Foreign nationals entering Canada from the US seem to have to "only" satisfy the below requirements, whether being a student or not. Any opposing opinions or interpretations? Arriving from the United States...

I am set to start my graduate studies in September 2020 but am so far unable to enter Canada because of the travel restrictions. I am in Hong Kong and cannot directly fly to Canada and enter Canada at the moment. The reason is that my study permit was approved after March 18. However, I might be...

Hello, I am interested in the BC Regional Entrepreneur Pilot but something seems quite unclear to me. One of the requirements is to identify a community among those, approved. Each community lists what is called "Priority Sectors". It is clear what this refers to but I like to ask anyone who...