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ARTICLE · 23 MAY 2019

Immigration Consequences Of Canadian Criminal Offences

There are numerous grounds of inadmissibility contained in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 1 (IRPA). However, this article will focus on the grounds of criminal inadmissibility described in A36.

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When criminal lawyers represent their clients, they may not always consider the immigration implications of the case. However, unless their client is a Canadian citizen, many criminal offences will have potentially adverse consequences. A brief discussion of immigration consequences arising from Canadian criminal offences is provided below.

Overview of criminality grounds

There are numerous grounds of inadmissibility contained in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 1 (IRPA). However, this article will focus on the grounds of criminal inadmissibility described in A36. Inadmissibility based on related grounds such as security (A34), human or international rights violations (A35), and organized criminality (A37) are outside the scope of this article.

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