Petition updateImprove processing time for Inland Spousal Sponsorship and Grant Open Work Permit Upon AORInland Spousal Sponsorship Applicants Excluded
Inland SponsorshipEdmonton, AB, Canada
May 9, 2014
Under current immigration policy, applicants applying for immigration to Canada under economic streams such as Provincial Nomination or Canadian Experience Class only need AOR to apply for Open Work Permit (or extension) while waiting for their files to be finalized. The live-in caregivers are also issued Open Work Permit as soon as they file their PR applications. Foreign spouses of Study Permit and Work Permit holders are eligible for Open Work Permit and health coverage without any restriction. Effective June 1 2014, international students studying at post-secondary level will automatically be allowed to work in Canada without a work permit. It is very unreasonable that foreign spouses of Canadian citizens and permanent residents are excluded from this very basic right. We are asking the government to review the program policy and give the same right to work to foreign spouses that have received AOR to make it more compatible with other immigration streams.
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