从2014年12月22号起可以给属于加拿大境内配偶团聚移民类别（spouse or common-law partner in Canada class, SCLPC）的申请人发放开放式工签，只要递交了SCLPC申请就能申请工签，而无需等到移民局原则上批准 (approval in principle）其移民申请。
(1) 已经递交了SCLPC类别的移民申请，但还没得到原则上批准的申请者，如果要想获取开放式工签，需要:
1. 填写IMM5710；
2. 附上相应的申请费；
3. 注明自己要申请的是开放式工签；
4. 将所有材料邮寄至CPC- Vigreville.
(2) 对于已经收到了原则上批准的SCLPC申请者，他们可以选择在网上申请开放式工签。
(3) 对于新的SCLPC申请者，可以一起递交配偶团聚申请和开放式工签的申请，附上相应费用，并将这两份申请同时递交到CPC – Mississauga.
CIC即日开始给合格的SCLPC申请者发放开放式工签。如果你的申请是在2014年12月22号后接收的，CIC会在四个月内审理完你的开放式工签申请（从收到申请的当日算起）。
体检要求也适用于该类别的开放式工签的申请。
这个政策目前处于试用期，一年后CIC会对其进行评估，以最终决定如何最有效地受理SCLPC申请者的工签。
申请开放式工签，SCLPC申请者需要满足如下条件：
1. 已经提交了SCLPC类别的移民申请；
2. 其配偶（加拿大公民或是移民）已经为他递交了担保申请；
3. SCLPC申请与其担保人住在同一个地址；
4. SCLPC申请者拥有有效的身份（持有访问者签证，学签或工作签证）。
相关链接：
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/updates/2014/2014-12-22.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/admissibility/open.asp
英文原文：
Program delivery update – December 22, 2014
Summary
Effective December 22, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will commence issuing open work permits to certain spouse or common-law partner in Canada class (SCLPC) applicants before the approval in principle decision is made.
Applicants who have already submitted an application for permanent residence under the SCLPC class but have not yet applied for an open work permit should complete an Application to Change Conditions, Extend my Stay or Remain in Canada as a Worker (PDF, KB) (PDF, 452.86 KB) form [IMM 5710], include the appropriate fee, indicating that they are applying for an open work permit, and submit it to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville, at the following address:
CPC – Vegreville
WP – Unit 777
6212-55 Avenue
Vegreville, AB
T9C 1X6
If an SCLPC applicant has already received approval in principle, they have the option of applying for an open work permit online.
New SCLPC applicants should complete a permanent residence application and an open work permit applications, include the appropriate fees, and submit both simultaneously to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga.
CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants in the current SCLPC inventory. SCLPC applicants whose permanent resident applications are received after December 22, 2014 will have their application for an open work permit processed within four months of receipt of their work permit application.
Standard medical requirements for open work permits apply.
After one year, CIC will assess this pilot and determine how to most effectively process open work permits for SCLPC applicants moving forward.
Updated instructions
Open work permits
Link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/admissibility/open.aspQualifying foreign nationals who have submitted an application for permanent residence under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada (SCLPC) class.
Officers will issue open work permits to SCLPC applicants if they meet the following requirements:
a PR application has been submitted under the SCLPC class;
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident spouse has submitted a sponsorship application on their behalf;
the SCLPC applicant resides at the same address as the sponsor; and
the SCLPC applicant has valid temporary resident status (as a visitor, student or worker).
