If you cannot support yourself without working, and you are either a refugee claimant whose claim has been referred to the Refugee Protection Division or a person under a removal order that cannot be carried out, a work permit can be issued to you. Claimants from a designated country of origin have to wait: no permit until at least 180 days have passed since the claim was referred.
(1)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 (a)has made a claim for refugee protection that has been referred to the Refugee Protection Division but has not been determined; or (b)is subject to an unenforceable removal order.
(2)Despite subsection (1), a work permit must not be issued to a claimant referred to in subsection 111.1(2) of the Act unless at least 180 days have elapsed since their claim was referred to the Refugee Protection Division.