Canada’s dependent visa allows the entry of spouse or common-law partner of the primary applicant who has temporary resident status in Canada. It can be further interpreted as the applicants who are living in Canada on a study permit, a post-graduate work permit, or a work permit can call their spouse or dependent children for settlement in the country.

In fact, the spouse or common-law partner can engage in economic activities too after immigrating to the country on a dependent visa. However, the minimum requirement for eligibility to work on the dependent visa is an open work permit on the name of a spouse or common-law partner.

Requirements for Canada dependent visa

For study permit holder:

• If the primary applicant is an international student studying a full-time course in Canada with a valid Study permit, then he/she call spouse/partner to accompany him/her there. For that, he/she requires the following list of documents:
• Proof of funds to ensure the financial capability to support spouse/partner after immigration
• Valid study permit
• Acceptance letter as a full-time student from a recognized learning institution in Canada

For post-study work permit holder:

If the primary applicant has completed the graduation from a recognized learning institution in Canada and has engaged in a job in Canada on the post-study work permit, then he/she calls spouse/partner to accompany him/her there.

For that, he/she requires the following list of documents:

• Proof of funds to ensure the financial capability to support spouse/partner after immigration
• Copy of the employment offer
• Valid post-study work permit
• Job in an occupation classified as NOC 0, A or B

For work permit holder:

If the primary applicant has engaged in a job in Canada on a valid work permit, then he/she call spouse/partner to accompany him/her there.

For that, he/she requires the following list of documents:

Proof of funds to ensure the financial capability to support spouse/partner after immigration

• Copy of the employment offer
• Valid post work permit which approves to work in Canada for a minimum of six months
• Job in an occupation classified as NOC 0, A or B

For an applicant (spouse/partner)

• Police clearance certificate
• Medical certificate
• Relationship status with the primary applicant

So if your spouse has any of such status in Canada, then you can apply for dependent visa. Moreover, to be legally eligible for working in Canada, you can apply for an open work permit before or after your immigration to Canada on a dependent visa. Interestingly, you don’t require a job offer for a work permit after having a dependent visa in Canada General categories of work visa in Canada:

Open work permit for spouse in Canada

As the name implies, the open work visa allows its holders to work for any employer in Canada except the employer, listed as ineligible in the list of employers for not fulfilling the conditions of employment in Canada.

Employer specific-work visa:

As the name implies, the Employer specific-work visa allows its holders to work under a specific worker mentioned on the work permit along with numbers of working hours and working location. Here the employer needs to provide LMIA (Labor Market Impact Assessment) to candidate at the time of filing the application.

So, don’t take so much time to think about your work permit or Canada dependant visa process. Get ready with your documents only; all other things would be managed by the experts of countrywide visas.

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