Serious Criminality
A foreign national or permanent resident may face criminal inadmissibility or removal from Canada due to serious criminality.
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Serious Criminality: Reasons for Inadmissibility or Grounds for Removal from Canada
Here’s a summary of serious offenses that can render an individual inadmissible to Canada or subject to removal:
Convictions within Canada:
Indictable Offenses: Convicted of an indictable offense punishable by a maximum sentence of at least ten years.
Prison Term: Convicted in Canada and received a prison sentence of at least six months.
Convictions outside Canada:
Equivalent Indictable Offenses: Convicted outside Canada of an act that would be classified as an indictable offense in Canada, punishable by a maximum sentence of at least ten years.
Equivalent Hybrid Offenses: Convicted outside Canada of an act that would be treated as a hybrid offense in Canada, also punishable by a maximum sentence of at least ten years.
Criminal Acts Committed Outside Canada:
Serious Indictable Offenses: Committed an act outside Canada that, if perpetrated within Canada, would be classified as an indictable offense punishable by a maximum sentence of at least ten years.
Remedies for Serious Criminality to Support your Canadian Admissibility
Serious criminality can only be addressed through a Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) or a criminal rehabilitation application. Unlike other circumstances, a foreign national cannot be deemed rehabilitated merely by the passage of time.
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