This means that the husband is currently studying, but the wife gets PR during this time. The reason for this is that if someone comes to Canada to study on a study permit and he is studying a course which is eligible for an open work permit. Then in such a situation, the spouse accompanying the student will be issued ‘Spousal Open Work Permit’ (S.O.W.P.) is found. Getting this work permit means that while the student is studying, the spouse can comfortably work in Canada.
How to get PR?
Actually, in Canada Permanent Residency Express Entry Program is used to give. Under this, there is a stream named Canadian Experience Class (CEC). Under CEC, PR is given to those people who have Canadian work experience. The student’s spouse will get Canadian work experience by working on SOWP. In such a situation he may be eligible to get PR under CEC. Even if the student’s course is not over yet.
Understand with example how to get PR?
Suresh and Sunita want to go to Canada. Suresh Canadian University Applies for a two-year master’s course in. He gets admission and then study permit is also issued. Suresh comes to Canada taking his wife Sunita with him. While Suresh starts his studies, his wife gets SOWP. Now she is working as an industrial designer in a Canadian company.
Due to working in Canada, Sunita is now considered eligible to get PR under CEC. CRS points are used to provide PR in the Express Entry program. Due to Sunita’s education and her work experience, her CRS points are increasing. After working for a year, Sunita takes a language test, gets an ‘Educational Credential Assessment’ (ECA) of her degree and then creates a profile in the Express Entry pool.
While creating the profile, she also gives the details that her husband is studying here. Suresh, on the other hand, completes his studies and gets a ‘Post-Graduation Work Permit’ (PGWP) for 3 years. In this way he now starts working as a software developer. During this time, Sunita applies for a new SOWP, because she had earlier got SOWP for the same duration as her husband’s course.
The new SOWP she gets is for 3 years, as the PGWP given to her husband is also for the same period. After working for one more year on SOWP, Sunita’s total work experience in Canada becomes 3 years. In this way she gets ‘Invitation to Apply’ (ITA) through CEC draw. Then she submits the application for PR. There are still two years left for the work permits of both Suresh and Sunita to expire. While on one hand Suresh is currently working on PGWP, his wife Sunita gets permanent residency soon.
