Hi,
I apologize if this question has already been addressed but I have looked and have not found it thus far.
I am a Canadian Citizen applying to sponsor my spouse from the US, through an outland application ie. buffalo.
As we are awaiting the application to go through, as I have found out, it could talk quite a while from 6 to 12 months, can my spouse apply for a work permit if she has been offered a job by a Canadian employer and the employer of course gets an LMO etc..
If she can apply for a work permit while awaiting PR, would it be from inside Canada or from outside Canada?
I have seen on the CIC site that if she has applyed from PR and the application is in process, she can apply for a work visa, but this does not clarify what the case is, if she were to applying through the US, an outland application.
Thank you so much in advance.
-Steven

Your wife is eligible to apply for a work permit if she receives an offer of employment. As you mention, such an offer could be subject to the requirement of a Labour Market Opinion approval prior to the eligibility for the work permit itself. Such an application would generally be process outside of Canada, including - possibly - at a port of entry.

If the sponsorship application had been conducted inland, then she would have been eligible to seek an open work permit following approval-in-principle of such an application. I believe that this is the situation that you are referring to on the CIC site. As your sponsorship does not appear to be inland, those specific provisions would not apply.

Thank you David.
Your help is very much appreciated.
-Steven