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The Canadian Border and Criminal Convictions (Part 3 - Rehabilitation)

By Aaron

There are three ways to enter Canada if you have a criminal conviction: Deemed Rehabilitation, Streamlined Rehabilitation and Approval Rehabilitation. As most posts on this site, this is an overview. Each case has its own special set of circumstances. The purpose is to provide a broad review of the rules applicable.Deemed Rehabilitated is applicable if at least 10 years have passed since one has complete all the terms of the judgment and sentence. In addition, deemed rehabilitation requires the person has only been convicted of one offense and the offense would be punishable in Canada by a maximum term of imprisonment of less than 10 years (violent crimes and property crimes will often exclude you from Deemed Rehabilitation). There is no requirement to fill out forms or fees if you qualify for deemed rehabilitation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on October 17, 2007 (boomark / email).