hey! there isnt many people on here that know the refugee process inside and out. but my husband was also a refugee (failed) so i know it pretty well!.
so first. your fiance was denied, has he received the paperwork in the mail yet stating all the reasons for beign denied? if not he will get that next. these papers can take 1 month-12 months to receive. it was about 6 months from the hearing date that we finally recieved the papers.
after this your fiance will receive a offer for PRAA. this could take another 3-8 months to receive.
One he receives this. if he wants to apply for PRAA he will have 30 days to submit the form asking for PRAA than he will have another 30 days or so (i cant quite remember ) to submit extra evidence. After the evidence is submitted it will take about 2-6 months for the PRR answer, which is NO 95% of the time.. alot of people do the PRAA to have extra time to get things in order. this is what we did, we did the praa because we werent quite ready to submit the sponsorship application. so it bought us some time.
Once you receive the answer for PRAA, CBSA officers will come to your fiances house and give him a letter with a date for him to meet with a CBSA officer. at this meeting they will give you a removal date! usually the maximum is 30 days but most people get 3 weeks, depends how nice the officer is.
than on the removal date your husband MUST leave canada before or on that day if he overstays they will put out an arrest warrant for him and come looking for him (very bad idea! it will make sponsoring him so much harder)
as for the work permit. no, even if he is denied he can still be approved for a work permit.
my husband was denied and 8 months later received his new work permit valid for one year.
although even if you have a work permit they wont let you stay any longer. (down side)
so you are planning to sponsor your fiance i assume?
hopeing you have a few months left before he is actually asked to leave.
get all your evidence together as soon as you can, make the evidence very strong!! and submit it as soon as you are married and have your marriage certificate! this way the process will be well underway and may be close to complete before he is even asked to leave
may i ask what country he is from??
if you have any more questions feel free to ask! like i said im quite familiar with the refugee process.