Refugee or work permit

[samedger]

Hello,
I have a friend who is eligible to apply for work permit since she is a Lebanese. She is currently in Canada in visitor visa.
if she apply to a work permit, will that impact the application of refugee claimant if she decide to apply as a refugee after, or it is better to apply for a refugee first ?
Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Sam

 

[CanGoldDigger]

It depends. If you need to work already. You'd better apply for a work permit. It doesn't impact a refugee application.

 

[canuck78]

Hello,
I have a friend who is eligible to apply for work permit since she is a Lebanese. She is currently in Canada in visitor visa.
if she apply to a work permit, will that impact the application of refugee claimant if she decide to apply as a refugee after, or it is better to apply for a refugee first ?
Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Sam

Also depends on how much a person has been affected by recent conflict in Lebanon. If home has been impacted and have been displaced you likely have a much higher chance of asylum even if country conditions change. Given processing times between 1-2 years and potentially longer and huge backlogs country conditions may have changed by the time of a hearing but the record of claiming asylum will never go away.