Foreign nationals in most cases will require a valid work permit to make them eligible to work in Canada. This can either be an employer specific or an open work permit. You can apply for a work permit with or without a job offer, with or without (exempt) Labour Market Impact Assessment. You can apply for your family members\u2019 open work permit alongside your application as well.<\/p>\n
You may not need to provide a language test result but you may still be need to submit your biometrics and your medical exam results.<\/p>\n
Spousal open work permit (SOWP): <\/strong>If you are on a work permit or an international student, your spouse (common-law and\/or married) may be eligible for an open work permit.<\/p>\n SOWP applications on or after April 30, 2024<\/strong> (as of December 25, 2024): your spouse may be eligible for an open work permit if you\u2019re on a valid study permit and you\u2019re studying in\u00a0 a master\u2019s or a doctoral degree program, participating in an eligible pilot program or studying an eligible professional degree program at a university. Caution must be taken because the federal government has been constantly re-evaluating this program.<\/p>\n How can PPS LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION help you?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you require further assistance in the above matter, please contact us. We are Immigrant-founded, multilingual and accommodating to cater the needs of all walks of life including the working-class community. As experienced professionals, we have been successfully assisting clients in this matter to their satisfaction. Contact us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Foreign nationals in most cases will require a valid work permit to make them eligible to work in Canada. This can either be an employer specific or an open work permit. You can apply for a work permit with or without a job offer, with or without (exempt) Labour Market Impact Assessment. You can apply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-law","tag-spousal-open-work-permit-work-permit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ppslawonline.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}