Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.

Section 187 — Business visitors

For the purposes of paragraph 186(a), a business visitor to Canada is a foreign national who is described in subsection (2) or who seeks to engage in international business activities in Canada…

Section 188 — No permit required

A foreign national may study in Canada without a study permit if they are a family member or a member of the private staff of a foreign representative who is properly accredited by the Department of…

Section 189 — Expired study permits

A foreign national who has made an application under subsection 217(1) is authorized to study without a study permit until a decision is made on the application if they have remained in Canada since…

Section 189.1 — New study permit application

A foreign national who has submitted an application for a new study permit in accordance with section 217.1 is authorized to study at the designated learning institution , as defined in section…

Section 190 — Visa exemption — nationality

A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they are a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1.1; are a British citizen, a British overseas citizen who…

Section 191 — Class

The visitor class is prescribed as a class of persons who may become temporary residents.

Section 192 — Visitor

A foreign national is a visitor and a member of the visitor class if the foreign national has been authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a visitor.

Section 193 — Conditions

A visitor is subject to the conditions imposed under Part 9.

Repealed

Section 194 — Class

The worker class is prescribed as a class of persons who may become temporary residents.

Section 195 — Worker

A foreign national is a worker and a member of the worker class if the foreign national has been authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a worker.

Section 196 — Work permit required

A foreign national must not work in Canada unless authorized to do so by a work permit or these Regulations.

Section 196.1 — Restrictions

A foreign national must not enter into an employment agreement, or extend the term of an employment agreement, with an employer who, on a regular basis, offers striptease, erotic dance, escort…

Section 196.2 — Abuse

For the purpose of this Part abuse consists of any of the following: physical abuse, including assault and forcible confinement; sexual abuse, including sexual contact without consent; psychological…

Section 197 — Application before entry

A foreign national may apply for a work permit at any time before entering Canada.

Section 198 — Application on entry

Subject to subsection (2), a foreign national may apply for a work permit when entering Canada if the foreign national is exempt under Division 5 of Part 9 from the requirement to obtain a temporary…

Section 199 — Application after entry

A foreign national may apply for a work permit after entering Canada if they hold a work permit; are working in Canada under the authority of section 186 and are not a business visitor within the…

Section 200 — Work permits

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) — and, in respect of a foreign national who makes an application for a work permit before entering Canada, subject to section 87.3 of the Act — an officer shall…

Section 201 — Application for renewal

A foreign national may apply for the renewal of their work permit if the application is made before their work permit expires; and they have complied with all conditions imposed on their entry into…

Section 202 — Temporary resident status

A foreign national who is issued a work permit under section 206 or paragraph 207(c) or (d) does not, by reason only of being issued a work permit, become a temporary resident.

Section 203 — Assessment of employment offered

On application under Division 2 for a work permit made by a foreign national other than a foreign national referred to in subparagraphs 200(1)(c)(i) to (ii.1), an officer must determine, on the basis…

Section 204 — Agreements or arrangements

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national who intends to perform work under an agreement or arrangement between Canada and the government of a foreign state or an…

Section 205 — Canadian interests

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national who intends to perform work that would create or maintain significant social, cultural or economic benefits or opportunities for…

Section 206 — No other means of support

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national in Canada who cannot support themself without working, if the foreign national has made a claim for refugee protection that has…

Section 207 — Applicants in Canada

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national in Canada who [Repealed, SOR/2017-78, s. 9] is a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class set out in Division 2…

Section 207.1 — Vulnerable workers

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national in Canada if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the foreign national is experiencing or is at risk of experiencing abuse…

Section 208 — Humanitarian reasons

A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national in Canada who cannot support themself without working, if the foreign national holds a study permit and has become temporarily…

Section 209 — Invalidity

A work permit becomes invalid when it expires or when it is cancelled under section 209.01, 209.02 or 243.2.

Section 209.01 — Cancellation due to error

An officer may cancel a work permit that was issued to a foreign national if the officer is satisfied that the work permit was issued based on an administrative error.

Section 209.02 — Cancellation

A work permit that was issued to a foreign national is cancelled if the foreign national becomes a permanent resident; or the foreign national is deceased.

Section 209.1 — Definition of document

For the purposes of this Division, document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked.

Section 209.11 — Foreign national — subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1)

An employer who has made an offer of employment to a foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) must, before the foreign national makes an application for a work permit in respect…

Section 209.2 — Foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1)

An employer who has made an offer of employment to a foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) must comply with the following conditions: during the period of employment for which…

Section 209.3 — Foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(iii)

An employer who has made an offer of employment to a foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(iii) must comply with the following conditions: during the period of employment for which…

Section 209.4 — Conditions imposed on all employers

An employer referred to in section 209.2 or 209.3 must report at any specified time and place to answer questions and provide documents, in accordance with section 209.6; provide any documents that…

Section 209.5 — Circumstances for exercise of powers – sections 209.6 to 209.9

The powers set out in sections 209.6 to 209.9 may be exercised in the following circumstances: an officer or the Minister of Employment and Social Development has a reason to suspect that the…

Section 209.6 — Answering questions and providing documents

If any of the circumstances set out in section 209.5 exists, an officer may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with the conditions set out in section 209.2, require an employer to report at any…

Section 209.7 — Examination of documents

Section 209.8 — Entry to verify compliance with section 209.2

Subject to subsection (5), if any of the circumstances set out in section 209.5 exists, an officer may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with the conditions set out in section 209.2, enter and…

Section 209.9 — Entry to verify compliance with section 209.3

Subject to subsection (5), if any of the circumstances set out in section 209.5 exists, the Minister of Employment and Social Development may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with the…

Section 209.91 — Exemption from certain conditions

The following employers are exempt from the application of sections 209.11 and 209.2: the government of a foreign state that makes an offer of employment to a foreign national in respect of the…

Section 209.911 — Collection of information

The Minister of Employment and Social Development may collect information related to an employer’s compliance with the conditions set out in section 209.2.

Section 209.92 — Disclosure of information

An officer may, for the purposes of determining whether a work permit is to be issued to a foreign national under subsection 200(1), of making a determination under paragraphs 203(1)(a) to (g), if…

Section 209.93 — Definitions

The following definitions apply in this Division. large business means any business that is not a small business. ( grande entreprise ) small business means any business, including its affiliates,…

Section 209.94 — Purpose of Division

The purpose of this Division is to encourage compliance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations and not to punish.

Section 209.95 — Violations

An employer referred to in subsection 209.2(1) or 209.3(1) who fails to comply with one of the conditions set out in the provisions listed in column 1 of Table 1 of Schedule 2 — if the failure to do…