{"id":942,"date":"2018-02-24T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-06-16T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:38:10","slug":"sowp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/useful-information-to-obtain-visa-permit\/sowp\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a Canada Working Holiday (or Post Graduate) Work Permit.  Can my spouse apply for an Open Work Permit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The key is that the Principal applicant who has a Working Holiday or Post Graduate Work Permit is currently employed in a skilled occupation in Canada and can prove it.<\/p>\n<p>The Principal applicant who has an Open Work Permit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>has to <u>be working in Canada<\/u><\/li>\n<li>can prove she\/he is working <u>in a skilled occupation<\/u><\/li>\n<li>have <u>at least 6 months<\/u> left on his\/her Work Permit<\/li>\n<li><u>prove marriage or common-law relationship<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to an application for an Open Work Permit for a spouse, your spouse will also need to include copies of the following documents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proof of relationship (marriage certificate or proof of common-law relationship)<\/li>\n<li>Principal applicant\u2019s IEC (e.g. working holiday) or Post Graduate Work Permit<\/li>\n<li>Letter from the principal applicant\u2019s current employer confirming employment or an employment offer or contract; and<\/li>\n<li>Principal applicant\u2019s last 3 pay slips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The spouse can apply for an Open Work Permit at the port of entry (e.g. Canadian airport) or to the in-Canada visa office in Vegreville Alberta if she\/he is in Canada.<\/p>\n<h4>Resources on IRCC websites<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/publications-manuals\/operational-bulletins-manuals\/temporary-residents\/foreign-workers\/exemption-codes\/public-policy-competitiveness-economy.html\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/publications-manuals\/operational-bulletins-manuals\/temporary-residents\/foreign-workers\/exemption-codes\/public-policy-competitiveness-economy.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The key is that the Principal applicant who has a Working Holiday or Post Graduate Work Permit is currently employed in a skilled occupation in Canada and can prove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/2324\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}