BOWP with spouse ???? Please help

[SSGarg]

Hi Everyone,

My PGWP is expiring in few days and I want to apply for BOWP with my wife. She is on spouse open work permit right now. I am the primary applicant. Can I add her in my BOWP application or we need to apply some separate open work permit for her? And if I apply her BOWP as well, can she continue her work from the day of application submission or should wait for the approval?

And from previous forums I get to understand that we can apply for BOWP without ITA and AOR and later submit it through webform after receiving ITA.

Seniors, please help.
Thankyou in advance.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi Everyone,

My PGWP is expiring in few days and I want to apply for BOWP with my wife. She is on spouse open work permit right now. I am the primary applicant. Can I add her in my BOWP application or we need to apply some separate open work permit for her? And if I apply her BOWP as well, can she continue her work from the day of application submission or should wait for the approval?

And from previous forums I get to understand that we can apply for BOWP without ITA and AOR and later submit it through webform after receiving ITA.

Seniors, please help.
Thankyou in advance.

You need ITA and AOR to apply for BOWP. The whole point of BOWP is that you have received ITA. So no you cannot apply.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio.../extend-permit/bridging-open-work-permit.html

 

[SSGarg]

I want to invite more members to have a look on this please. Please guide.

 

[Naturgrl]

I want to invite more members to have a look on this please. Please guide.

What do you mean? You cannot apply for BOWP until you have ITA and AOR. All in the link. Where did you get information you can do this.

 

[SSGarg]

I am finding the answers for my above 2 queries. @Naturgrl. Rest I know about ITA and AOR, don’t worry please.


Hi Everyone,

My PGWP is expiring in few days and I want to apply for BOWP with my wife. She is on spouse open work permit right now. I am the primary applicant. Can I add her in my BOWP application or we need to apply some separate open work permit for her? And if I apply her BOWP as well, can she continue her work from the day of application submission or should wait for the approval?

And from previous forums I get to understand that we can apply for BOWP without ITA and AOR and later submit it through webform after receiving ITA.

Seniors, please help.
Thankyou in advance.
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[Naturgrl]

I am finding the answers for my above 2 queries. @Naturgrl. Rest I know about ITA and AOR, don’t worry please.


Hi Everyone,

My PGWP is expiring in few days and I want to apply for BOWP with my wife. She is on spouse open work permit right now. I am the primary applicant. Can I add her in my BOWP application or we need to apply some separate open work permit for her? And if I apply her BOWP as well, can she continue her work from the day of application submission or should wait for the approval?

And from previous forums I get to understand that we can apply for BOWP without ITA and AOR and later submit it through webform after receiving ITA.

Seniors, please help.
Thankyou in advance.

So if you know about ITA and AOR, then you know you cannot apply for BOWP without ITA/AOR. Are you expected ITA?

 

[SSGarg]

Sorry I have ITA and AOR now, please someone clear my queries.

 

[Naturgrl]

Sorry I have ITA and AOR now, please someone clear my queries.

I misread your post. You never said you got ITA and had AOR. Is your spouse listed as accompanying or non-accompanying on your PR application? Follow the link for your BOWP. Spouse files for open work permit based on your ITA and job. Spouse doesn’t get a BOWP.

 

[SSGarg]

My spouse listed as accompanying in the PR file. So if I apply for BOWP as primary applicant and add my spouse in that application then can she be eligible to continue her work from the day of application submission?

 

[gildathomas]

Hi,

Same situation. My PR is under process with spouse accompanying. Our work permit is expiring in August 2024. I’m planning to file my BOWP along with my spouse.
So my question is here, Do we need to file a single BOWP application along with my spouse from the primary applicant’s IRCC portal or do we need to file individual BOWP applications by logging in to different GC key portals?

Your response is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[murchu27]

@SSGarg @gildathomas did you folks ever figure this out? Did you find an avenue for your partners to obtain open work permits while you are waiting for your PR applications to be approved? I'm just about to submit my complete application, so I'll be receiving my AOR soon, and I'll be able to apply for my BOWP, but it's still not clear to me what the path is for my partner.

 

[CanGoldDigger]

I guess you need to get BOWP and your spouse will get OWP on that basis.

 

[Naturgrl]

@SSGarg @gildathomas did you folks ever figure this out? Did you find an avenue for your partners to obtain open work permits while you are waiting for your PR applications to be approved? I'm just about to submit my complete application, so I'll be receiving my AOR soon, and I'll be able to apply for my BOWP, but it's still not clear to me what the path is for my partner.

Is spouse accompanying or non accompanying?

 

[CanGoldDigger]

Is spouse accompanying or non accompanying?

Could you give information for both cases? I am still confused about it.

 

[Naturgrl]

Could you give information for both cases? I am still confused about it.

Well if non accompanying (selected that to get higher points) and spouse is in Canada then spouse would not be eligible for BOWP. Primary applicant would get PR and then sponsor spouse.