Criminality & DUI
A conviction, including impaired driving, can make you inadmissible for years. A TRP handles the trip; rehabilitation fixes it permanently.
Most common Temporary Resident Permit
Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) — inadmissible to Canada? There may still be a way in.
A Temporary Resident Permit can let you enter or stay despite a criminal record, a DUI, a medical issue, a misrepresentation finding or a past removal. It turns on one test: does your reason to be here outweigh the risk?
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Rehabilitation timeline
Are you already deemed rehabilitated?
For many single, non-serious offences, enough elapsed time can resolve inadmissibility on its own. Check where you sit before assuming you need a permit.
Your history
Two questions.
Includes any fine paid, probation ended, and licence suspension served — not the conviction date.
In Canada, impaired driving is generally treated as serious criminality.
The test
What an officer is weighing.
01
A compelling reason to enter
Your purpose must be significant and documented — work, family, medical treatment or a business obligation that cannot be met another way.
02
How serious the inadmissibility is
A single old offence is treated very differently from recent or serious criminality. Honesty about the facts is essential.
03
Time since the event
The further back it sits, and the cleaner your record since, the stronger the case — and you may already be deemed rehabilitated.
04
Evidence of rehabilitation
Completed sentences, treatment, restitution and a stable life carry real weight when they are documented.
05
Risk to Canadians
The officer must be satisfied your presence poses no meaningful risk. Third-party evidence beats assertion every time.
06
Complete disclosure
Hiding an offence is worse than the offence. Non-disclosure turns a fixable problem into misrepresentation.
Common situations
When a TRP is the right tool.
Inadmissibility comes in several forms, and the route out depends on which one applies to you.
Misrepresentation
A misrepresentation finding usually carries a multi-year ban, and a TRP is sometimes the only way to enter during it.
5-year banMedical inadmissibility
Where a condition is treated as a danger to public health or an excessive demand on services, a TRP can bridge the gap.
Previous removal or overstay
A removal order or serious overstay can bar re-entry, and an authorisation to return may also be required.
Inadmissible family member
You may be inadmissible because of a family member, so the application must address the whole picture.
Business & urgent travel
A contract, a conference, a medical emergency or a funeral can all support a compelling need to enter.
A TRP is not always the right tool. If your only problem is a lapse of temporary status and your spouse or common-law partner is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, a public policy under subsection 25(1) of IRPA may let you be processed for permanent residence from inside Canada instead — and a TRP issued for a lack of status does not put you outside it. See the spousal public policy.
How we work
How we build a TRP application.
01
Identify the exact inadmissibility
We pin down the provision that applies and whether rehabilitation, an authorisation to return, or a TRP is the right instrument.
02
Build the need-versus-risk case
We assemble the evidence showing your purpose is compelling and the risk is low — that is the entire test, in one package.
03
Prepare complete disclosure
Court records, sentence completion and a submission letter that meets the problem head on rather than hoping it is missed.
04
Plan the permanent fix
A TRP is a bridge. Where possible we map the route to criminal rehabilitation so this stops recurring.
Confidential assessment
Find out where you actually stand.
Tell us what happened and when. A licensed RCIC will assess whether a TRP, criminal rehabilitation, or both is the right route — and how strong your case really is.
Questions about inadmissibility and TRPs?
We keep every common question — eligibility, documents, timing, fees and processing — answered and updated in one place.
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General information only, not legal advice, and current as of July 2026. Rules, fees and processing times change — confirm current requirements on canada.ca before filing. Contacting us does not create a client–consultant relationship until a written retainer is signed. IRCC makes all final decisions.
TRP review
Is a temporary resident permit your only way in?
Send a few details. A licensed RCIC reads your profile personally, then replies with the routes that genuinely fit, the ones that do not, and the consultation fee and next available times.
- Read personally by a CICC-licensed consultant — never a bot, never a salesperson
- A written shortlist of the programs you realistically qualify for
- Consultations are fee-based; you get the fee and available times by reply
CHK Immigration Services — Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (CICC). Offices in Brampton and London, Ontario. Submitting this form does not create a client–consultant relationship; IRCC makes all final decisions.