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IRPRPART 9 Temporary ResidentsDIVISION 3 Work Without a Permit
r.187

Business visitors

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🍁 In Simple Terms

Sets out additional categories of persons who may work without a work permit, including refugee claimants, protected persons, and certain other foreign nationals.

Affects: Immigration applicants (economic, family, humanitarian)
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 187
Specific cases

(2)The following foreign nationals are business visitors: (a)foreign nationals purchasing Canadian goods or services for a foreign business or government, or receiving training or familiarization in respect of such goods or services; (b)foreign nationals receiving or giving training within a Canadian parent or subsidiary of the corporation that employs them outside Canada, if any production of goods or services that results from the training is incidental; and (c)foreign nationals representing a foreign business or government for the purpose of selling goods for that business or government, if the foreign national is not engaged in making sales to the general public in Canada.

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In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 187 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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