Canada - visa required for children when on temporary work permit?

[lamprey42]

I am wading through the CIC website currently but thought someone on here might have recent experience.

I have just got a positive dual intent LMIA for a job and so am applying for both a work permit and PR. My husband is applying for an open work visa in the same application. I can't work out if our kids need a visa (pre-school age). The CIC website says they do not need a study visa as they are dependants of someone with a work permit. However, as far as I can work out UK citizens can only stay 6 months without a visa.

Hopefully this will become clearer when I look through everything again tomorrow but any advice much appreciated.

[ksb76]

We are here on a work visa and my two have a visa and permission to be educated here. Will check in our documentation when I get home exactly what they have. We just got our visas at the airport when we arrived so there was no additional dependent visa paperwork that they needed though.

[lamprey42]

Thanks ksb79. I thought that might be the case but finding the website quite confusing. I don't think they need study visas as currently 3 so not even kindergarten for a while but wanted to make sure we had done the right paperwork for them.

[westcoastnortherneragain]

if you are going as a family they will get a visa based on what ever one your DH and you have, no need for a study visa

[lamprey42]

Thanks westcoast that's what we concluded in the end. Didn't want to get it wrong and be turned away on arrival!