{"id":8849,"date":"2024-03-21T23:21:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T03:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2024-03-21T23:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T03:21:17","slug":"update-on-spousal-open-work-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/en-CA\/2024\/03\/21\/update-on-spousal-open-work-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Spousal\u00a0Open Work Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following up on our<a href=\"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/en-CA\/2024\/02\/15\/update-on-international-student-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&nbsp;previous article<\/strong><\/a>, today we would like to provide an update on the important changes to the International Student Programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-color=\"#fffd6b\" class=\"vk_highlighter\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(transparent 60%,rgba(255, 253, 107, 0.7) 0);\">On March 19, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced new rules regarding Open Work Permits for spouses and common-law partners of international students (Spousal Open Work Permit &#8220;SOWP&#8221;).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-\u6e21\u822a\u524d\u691c\u67fb-\u8fc5\u901f\u6297\u539f\u691c\u67fb\u3082\u8a31\u53ef\">Eligibility for SOWP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective March 19, 2024, the SOWP application requirements have changed as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applying for SOWP on or after March 19, 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SOWP is available only to spouses and common-law partners of international students studying in one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a master\u2019s or doctoral degree program in a university or polytechnic institution or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>one of the following professional degree programs at a university:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS, DMD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Law or Juris Doctor (LLB, JD, BCL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctor of Medicine (MD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctor of Optometry (OD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, BPharm)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN, BSN, BNSc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Education (B. 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Eng., BE, BASc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applied for SOWP before March 19, 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spouses and common-law partners of international students who meet the following 3 requirements may be eligible for a SOWP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have a valid study permit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are a full-time student at one of these types of schools:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a public post-secondary school, such as a college or university, or CEGEP in Quebec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a private college-level school in Quebec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a Canadian private school that can legally award degrees under provincial law (for example, a bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applying to extend an existing SOWP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spouses and common-law partners of international students who meet the following 3 requirements are eligible to extend their existing SOWP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have a valid study permit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are eligible for a PGWP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are a full-time student at one of these types of schools:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a public post-secondary school, such as a college or university, or CEGEP in Quebec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a private college-level school in Quebec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a Canadian private school that can legally award degrees under provincial law (for example, a bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this update, please check the government website below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/study-canada\/work\/help-your-spouse-common-law-partner-work-canada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/study-canada\/work\/help-your-spouse-common-law-partner-work-canada.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>= = =<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of you may be concerned about the prospects for the International Student Program after the major changes announced by the IRCC on January 22, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning to travel to Canada with your spouse or common-law partner for study or further education and need advice and assistance in applying for a Study Permit or SOWP, please feel free to contact us using &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/en-CA\/individual\/shortterm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">&#8220;You are one step closer to Canada!&#8221;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver_Sakura2\" class=\"wp-image-8856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sakura-2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following up on our&nbsp;previous article, today we would like to provide an update on the important changes to the International Student Programs.&nbsp; On March 19, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced new rules regarding Open Work Permits for spouses and common-law partners of international students (Spousal Open Work Permit &#8220;SOWP&#8221;).&nbsp; Eligibility for SOWP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_locale":"en_CA","_original_post":"https:\/\/onepacificimmigration.com\/?p=8845","sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration_e","en-CA"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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