Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Vulnerable workers

• 207.1 (1) 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 in the context of their employment in Canada and if they

  • (a) hold a work permit issued under subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) or (iii); or

  • (b) previously held a work permit issued under subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) or (iii), have applied for a renewal of that permit under subsection 201(1) and are authorized to work in Canada under paragraph 186(u).

• Marginal note:Family member of vulnerable worker

  (2) A work permit may be issued under section 200 to a foreign national in Canada who is a family member of a person described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b).