Immigration and citizenship inadmissibility, enforcement and violations
Find out more about requirements for entering Canada, immigration violations and appeals, criminality, the detention review processes and immigration admissibility hearings.
Services and information
Services and information
Find out if you can enter Canada
Reasons for inadmissibility, how to overcome criminal convictions, and temporary resident permits for those who are inadmissible
Overcome criminal convictions
Ways you may be allowed to come to Canada if you have committed or been convicted of a crime including rehabilitation and record suspension.
Appeal your immigration decision
Appeal to the Immigration and Refugee Board about sponsorship, removal orders and residency obligation requirements
Consequences of unauthorized work
Learn about the consequences of unauthorized work and how to work legally as a temporary resident
Security screening
Who does the security screening for your immigration or citizenship application and how to get information on the status of a security screening
Revoking citizenship
Why your citizenship could be revoked, how it affects your status in Canada and how to renounce your citizenship
Authorization regime and humanitarian exception for activities in terrorist-controlled areas
Intended to provide a shield from criminal liability for immigration-related activities when assisting vulnerable populations in terrorist-controlled areas
Arrests, detention and removals
Enforcing immigration laws in Canada
What the Canada Border Services Agency can do to individuals who are not allowed into Canada, including arrests, detainment, and removals
Immigration detention review and admissibility hearings
How the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada conducts hearings for people inadmissible to, removed from or detained in Canada
Authorization to return to Canada
How you can return to Canada if you’ve complied with a removal order
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Convicted of impaired driving
How you can come to Canada and apply for criminal rehabilitation if you’ve been convicted of impaired driving.