Your wife can stay 6 months from the date she entered Canada. She can also request an extension for another 6 months on a condition that you will still have a valid work permit at the end of the extended 6 month period. " Z; C [( K, k, g& L 4 l: ~4 O1 D" \$ W5 p/ r' u# uThe 3 month validity you mentioned is not the period of time your wife can stay in Canada. That is the time your wife must enter Canada after she got her visa. ; Z- C% Q6 T/ f1 C; v$ }, Q4 B" F / F; W. b; y& U; v& A9 RFor more inforamtion, you could call Citizenship & Immigration Canada. The number should be listed on the blue pages of Bell telephone books, the White pages.