This is an initial checklist for a spouse’s open work permit application. We may request additional documents based on the need for your application and current requirements.
Standard Documents
Valid Passport – all biography, signature pages and pages with any visa and stamps (if applicable)
Digital Photo – click here for photographs specifications
Complete the Applicant Details Form at YCI.co website
Complete the Family Information Form at YCI.co website
Marriage licence/certificate or Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union (if applicable)
Representative Submission Letter (to be provided by YCI before submission)
Use of Representative Form IMM5476 (to be provided by YCI before submission)
Travel History (if applicable, such as boarding passes)
Educational documents – all mark sheets, certificates and achievements since 10th grade
Immigration Medical Exam – (Required for most countries including India, Pakistan, China)
Employment Documents
Applicable if you have employment history. Please share as many as you have. The list is broad to cover common scenarios.
Experience Letters
Joining Letters
Leave of Absence
Promotion Confirmation Letters
Salary Slips past 6 months (if currently employed)
Current Resume
Letter from employer confirming position, salary and length of employment and/ or employment contract. (If currently employed)
Financial Documents
You can include financial documents for both the applicant and dependents regardless if dependents are applying together or not. For example, if you have married and have savings and income under spouse name, savings in children’s name, you can include all those too.
Account Statements for 6 months
Investments like Fixed Deposits (FDs), Bonds, Stocks
Savings and Investments in Children’s Name (if applicable)
GIC balance of student spouse in Canada (if applicable)
Rental Income Proof (if applicable)
Income Tax Filing Documents (3 years recommended)
Net Worth Certificate
Property Valuation (Not applicable if obtaining a net worth certificate)
Financial Sponsor Documents
Example parents, siblings or in-laws, if they are financially supporting you for this application.
Gift Deed or Financial Support Affidavit
Bank Statements
Investments like Fixed Deposits (FDs), Bonds, Stocks
Proof of funds transfer if funds are already transferred to Applicant’s or Dependent’s account
Net Worth Certificate (for parents/in-laws it can be joint with the Applicant)
Proof of Relationship
From The Host Spouse in Canada
Valid Passport – all biography, signature pages and pages with all visas and stamps (if applicable)
If the Host Spouse in Canada is – Student
Study Permit (current and expired, if any)
Coop Work Permit (current and expired, if any)
Letter of Acceptance
Tuition Fee Receipt
Confirmation of enrolment (COE) issued by the DLI and program schedule (timetable)
Grades/Transcripts for the completed portion of studies (Official or Unofficial)
If the Host Spouse in Canada is – Skilled Worker
Starting January 30, 2023, family members of most foreign workers can apply for an open work permit. A few exceptions may apply to family members of low-skilled workers: i. the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and ii. the Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Work Permit or Acknowledge of Receipt (AoR) of PGWP application submission
Letter of Employment confirming job, income and job responsibilities for NOC review
Salary Slips (4 to 6, if available)
Dependents Documents
Applicable when you are applying with dependent spouse and/or children
Dependent Children
Definition of Dependent Child under section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations:
(i) is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, or
(ii) is 22 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before attaining the age of 22 years and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition.
(i) is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, or
(ii) is 22 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before attaining the age of 22 years and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition.
Valid Passport – all biography, signature pages and pages with any visa and stamps (if applicable)
Digital Photo – click here for photographs specifications
Complete the Applicant Details Form at YCI.co website
Birth Certificate
Current and past Canada immigration status documents (if applicable)
Travel History (if applicable, such as boarding passes)
Upfront Medical – (Required for most countries including India, Pakistan, China)
👉 Signature Authorization (optional): please provide a good-quality clear copy of your signature on a plain white paper with blue ball pen. This will allow us to digitally insert your signature, saving trees and time. Alternative, you may decide to manually sign the application forms and send us scan or paper copies.
On This Page
Standard Documents
Employment Documents
Financial Documents
Financial Sponsor Documents
From The Host Spouse in Canada
If the Host Spouse in Canada is – Student
If the Host Spouse in Canada is – Skilled Worker
Dependents Documents
Dependent Children