ARCHIVED – Notice – Work permits for spouses and common–law partners living in Canada
December 22, 2014 - Eligible spouses or common-law partners will now have the opportunity to work in Canada while they wait for their application for permanent residence to be processed.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will issue open work permits to certain spouses or common-law partners who are applying for permanent residence from inside Canada, before the approval in principle decision on their application is made.
Effective today, as part of a one-year pilot, CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants in the current inventory.
For more information and instructions on this pilot program, please see CIC’s program delivery update.