cgagnon said:
I hope our application gets processed fast! My husband has been living with me in Montreal since January 9th we filed our application through our lawyer's office on March 5th. I just hope we can get a work permit after I have been approved as a sponsor. Him getting a job would help! Has anyone else gone the work permit through sponsorship route?
An open work permit is only available via the inland sponsorship route and this is the outland sponsorship thread, so either you're posting in the wrong thread OR you were mistaken in believing that you'd have an open work permit.
Does your husband have a college degree? If so, I'd suggest looking at the NAFTA categories, because a US Citizen working in one of the dozens of NAFTA categories does not need an LMO (which is usually the stumbling block for MOST employers.) For example, I have a Bachelor's in Mathematics and that is one of the numerous categories that qualifies - I could apply for any job that required a degree in Mathematics. With an employment offer, demonstration that the job requirements meet the NAFTA category, two pictures and $200 a work permit was available at the POE (in my case, I actually had my company arrange for an intra-company transferee permit, but that's just another NAFTA category.)
Of course, your options depend upon what your husband's skills are. As a Canadian Citizen, you can always hire him as well - go register as a sole proprietor (or create a corporation) and go get an LMO (it's even more paperwork, but it's not very difficult surprisingly.) Then he can work for you. For some, this isn't practical, but there are ways to be creative in this area.
Perhaps the doctor that does my medical could do this for me?
