Canada student visa with spouse

Recently Canada has announced that the students can apply for their Canada study visa with spouse along subject to fulfilling certain requirements

If you are study in Canada aspirant and would like to apply for the dependent visa of your spouse along with your application for Canada student visa you must fulfil the following requirements

Requirements to apply for Canada open work permit based on the student visa

The main condition to apply Canada study visa with spouse

The main requirement is that the study in Canada visa application must be under SDS category. This is the main condition if you would like to apply for Canada student visa with spouse.

If the study visa application does not fall under SDS category then you may not be able to apply for your spouse Visa along with your student visa application.

So the main requirement to apply for Canada study visa with spouse is that the application must fall under SDS category.

Other Requirements to apply for Canada open work permit based on the student visa

Requirement – Course eligible for Canada post study work visa

The other important condition is that the course your spouse is enrolled in must be eligible for a post study work visa. Your spouse must be eligible to apply for PGWP.

If a course your spouse is going to study in Canada does not have post graduation work permit rights associated with it then you won’t be able to apply for your Canada student spouse Visa. This is the condition even if you would like to apply for your Canada open work permit based on your spouse after your Canada study visa.

So the other important condition is that you must be enrolled in a course which is eligible for post graduation work permit after successful completion of the course in Canada

Other requirements to met to apply for Canada study visa with spouse

There are other conditions the applicant needs to fulfil like

  • The applicants need to fulfil the condition that they are in a genuine relationship
  • Other condition which needs to be fulfilled is that the dependent spouse must show that he has got a good level of establishment in his home country
  • Next condition is that the accompanying dependent spouse must have enough funds to support himself while in Canada
  • These are the conditions for dependent spouse for Canada open work permit needs to meet

Requirements of SDS category

You will be able to support the Canada open work permit application of your spouse and apply Canada student visa along with spouse if you fulfil the SDS conditions of student visa.

These are as below

  • The first one is that you must have an IELTS band score of 6 in each of the four models of reading listening speaking and writing
  • The second one is that you must have paid the tuition fee for one full year for your course in Canada
  • The third condition is that you must have GIC certificate of Canadian dollars 10000
  • The fourth condition is that you must have your upfront medical examination

Above are the requirements of SDS visa for Canada