Overcoming Criminal Inadmissibility: Foreign Convictions

If you were convicted of or committed a criminal offense outside Canada, you may overcome this criminal inadmissibility

• by applying for rehabilitation, or
• you may be deemed to have been rehabilitated if at least ten (10) years have passed since you completed the sentence imposed upon you, or since you committed the offense, if the offense is one that would, in Canada, be an indictable offense punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of less than ten years.
• If the offense is one that would, in Canada, be prosecuted summarily and if you were convicted for two (2) or more such offenses, that period is at least five (5) years after the sentences imposed were served or to be served.