Why You Could Be Denied Entry Into Canada
You may wonder to yourself why you were denied entry into Canada, you might have arrived at the port of entry asking admission into Canada and the port of entry officer might have refused you entry and you might have asked yourself why did this happen.
A reason that could prevent you from entering Canada is inadmissibility. If the port of entry officers consider you a danger to the health and safety of Canadians, your entry to Canada would be denied.
There are two categories under inadmissibility which are “criminal inadmissibility and medical inadmissibility”.
Under the criminal inadmissibility, Canadian immigration authorities are quite strict when it comes to even minor criminal offenses such as DUI, and criminal offenses committed outside could deny a person entry to Canada.
If an immigrant has a medical condition that is likely to endanger the health or safety of the public or causes excessive demand on the Health and Social Service of Canada, and if the immigration officers suspect that the applicant might stay longer than six months the officer may refuse the applicant entry.
The definition of admissibility is intentionally vague so the Canadia immigration can keep anyone out of the country, so what do you do if you are denied entry into Canada?
A temporary resident permit also known as a TRP is a type of visa application that requests a person who would otherwise be inadmissible to Canada to enter Canada on a temporary basis with compelling reasons to visit Canada.
And the purpose of visiting Canada could include one of the following:
- Traveling for business purposes
- Traveling to see a close family member
- Traveling for emergency purposes
Applicants applying for a TRP must prove to the Canadian immigration officials that they do not pose a danger to the health safety and security of the Canadian public and that at the end of their temporary stay they will return to their home country.
A TRP s can be issued for any length of time, and for a maximum of three years. the length of stay allows on a TRP will vary based on the reasons given by the applicant for their stay in Canada.
For example, if you require to come into Canada for a business day of two weeks the port of entry official might want to only issue a TRP for the two weeks day even though a maximum TRP can be should be issued for three years at a time, and usually, the port of entry officers like to limit the stay further than a Canadian Consulate might.
TRPs allow immigrants temporarily access to Canada even if they’ve been deemed inadmissible. A foreigner who plans to visit Canada regularly should really consider a more permanent solution.
Applicants who are denied entry on criminal inadmissibility may be eligible for criminal rehabilitation, and in certain cases if a client has a criminal conviction that occurred five years ago or longer, the applicant may be eligible to make an application for criminal rehabilitation to enter Canada.
A criminal rehabilitation application that is approved will essentially wipe out the criminal inadmissibility that prevents the applicant from entering Canada.