Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Jan 5th 2014, 11:12 am
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Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Hi guys
Hope this is not a dumb question, but...
If I am issued a TWP can my spouse apply to get one immediately so she can just go out and get any 'regular' job?
Or does she still need a job offer lined up, which the employer must have offered openly and for which they could not find a more suitable Canadian applicant (i.e. the employer has to jump through hoops and so the process of getting a job becomes far more complex, making the applicant far less appealing)?
My hope is when I get my TWP, that she can get one that allows her just to walk into any job? After all she'd be living in Canada with me and so would need to work.
Or is that wishful thinking??
Hope this is not a dumb question, but...
If I am issued a TWP can my spouse apply to get one immediately so she can just go out and get any 'regular' job?
Or does she still need a job offer lined up, which the employer must have offered openly and for which they could not find a more suitable Canadian applicant (i.e. the employer has to jump through hoops and so the process of getting a job becomes far more complex, making the applicant far less appealing)?
My hope is when I get my TWP, that she can get one that allows her just to walk into any job? After all she'd be living in Canada with me and so would need to work.
Or is that wishful thinking??
Jan 5th 2014, 11:18 am
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Hi guys
Hope this is not a dumb question, but...
If I am issued a TWP can my spouse apply to get one immediately so she can just go out and get any 'regular' job?
Or does she still need a job offer lined up, which the employer must have offered openly and for which they could not find a more suitable Canadian applicant (i.e. the employer has to jump through hoops and so the process of getting a job becomes far more complex, making the applicant far less appealing)?
My hope is when I get my TWP, that she can get one that allows her just to walk into any job? After all she'd be living in Canada with me and so would need to work.
Or is that wishful thinking??
Hope this is not a dumb question, but...
If I am issued a TWP can my spouse apply to get one immediately so she can just go out and get any 'regular' job?
Or does she still need a job offer lined up, which the employer must have offered openly and for which they could not find a more suitable Canadian applicant (i.e. the employer has to jump through hoops and so the process of getting a job becomes far more complex, making the applicant far less appealing)?
My hope is when I get my TWP, that she can get one that allows her just to walk into any job? After all she'd be living in Canada with me and so would need to work.
Or is that wishful thinking??
Just because you are working doesn't entitle all spouses or common law partners accompanying them to work. Are you coming on an LMO?
More details required.
Jan 5th 2014, 2:53 pm
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Basically your job has to be skill level 0, A or B on the NOC matrix. Which Province will you be working in? What is your 4 digit NOC job code e.g. 1121?
Just because you are working doesn't entitle all spouses or common law partners accompanying them to work. Are you coming on an LMO?
More details required.
Just because you are working doesn't entitle all spouses or common law partners accompanying them to work. Are you coming on an LMO?
More details required.
If your job is semi-skilled, some Provinces have pilot projects which allow spouses to obtain an Open work permit.
You can find which Provinces/Territories have this here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/occupations.asp
If neither applies then your wife would need to find a company willing to provide an LMO as well.
Jan 6th 2014, 2:59 am
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Currently I have two possibilities, depending on what happens with my business over the next few months.
Firstly would be as a Skilled Worker (Graphic Design) into Saskatchewan.
Second would be via Intra Company Transfer to Ontario, where I would be setting up a branch of my business.
Would both routes allow for a Spousal Open Work Permit?
Firstly would be as a Skilled Worker (Graphic Design) into Saskatchewan.
Second would be via Intra Company Transfer to Ontario, where I would be setting up a branch of my business.
Would both routes allow for a Spousal Open Work Permit?
Jan 6th 2014, 3:09 am
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
Graphic Designer 5241 is skill level B so yes SOWP.
ICT Yes if Executive or Senior manager. Both of those are usually skill level 0.
ICT Yes if Executive or Senior manager. Both of those are usually skill level 0.
Jan 6th 2014, 9:03 am
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
So essentially you can get the open spousal work permit (SOWP) provided that the job is deemed highly skilled enough, regardless of whether by PNP or ICT?
Jan 6th 2014, 11:56 am
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Re: Does your spouse get an open TWP if you get one?
May be worth noting that we were told the wife could get a spousal work visa as I am Heavy duty equipment tech which falls into the category that would allow this but they would not issue her with one at the border and no amount of arguing would change their minds. The reason they gave was that although I had my hours worked recognized by the govt until I had taken and passed my red seal I was still technically not qualified.
