Rehabilitation Application

Individuals wishing to enter Canada, either permanently or temporarily as visitors, foreign workers, and international students, may be denied entry if they or their dependents are deemed criminally inadmissible on the grounds of either criminality or serious criminality. However, there are ways to overcome inadmissibility and successfully gain entry to Canada if the government of Canada considers them criminally rehabilitated under either “Deemed Rehabilitation” or  “Individual Rehabilitation”

Therefore, foreign nationals who are criminally inadmissible to Canada are not permitted to enter Canada for any reason, without first obtaining special authorization from Canadian immigration authorities. Authorization can come in the form of a Temporary Resident Permit application, or a Criminal Rehabilitation application.

To receive Criminal Rehabilitation, an offender must ask the Canadian government for permission to enter Canada. They must express remorse for their actions, as well as demonstrate how they have developed as a person and overcome their criminal behavior.