Basic Requirements

Individuals may be inadmissible to on any of the following grounds, which are defined in Sections 34 to 43 of the Immigration And Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Protection Regulations:

Security grounds
Violating human or international rights
Serious criminality
Criminality
Organized criminality
Health grounds
Financial reasons
Misrepresentation
Non-compliance with the Act or Regulations
An inadmissible family member

These provisions and certain exemptions apply to all permanent residents, foreign nationals and protected persons in different ways. The following is a chart, which illustrates the various grounds of admissibility, the legal reference in the Act and Regulations, and the class of individuals for whom these provisions and exemptions apply.

To view the legal references in the Act or Regulations, please click IRPA or the Regulations.

Grounds of Inadmissibility to enter or remain in Canada		Foreign Nationals	Permanent Resident	Protected Person
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act	Regulation

A - 34 (1) Security	R14 & R20	x	x	x
A - 34 (2) Security Exemption		x	x	x
A - 35 (1) Human/International Rights Violators	R15 & R16	x	x	x
A - 35 (2) Human/International Rights Violators Exemption		x	x	x
A - 36 (1) Serious Criminality	R17 & R18	x	x	x
A - 36 (2) Criminality	R17, R18, & R19	x		x
A - 37 Organized Criminality		x	x	x
A - 37 (2) Organized Criminality Exemption		x	x	x
A - 38 (1) Health Grounds	R1 "excessive demand", "health services", "social services" & R24	x		x
A - 38 (2) Health Grounds Exemption	R24	x		x
A - 39 Financial	R21	x		x
A - 40 (1) Misrepresentation	R22	x	x	x
A - 40 (2) Misrepresentation Exemption	R22	x	x	x
A - 41 (a) Non-Compliance with Act		x		x
A - 41 (a); A - 27 (2); A - 28 Non-Compliance with Act			x
A - 42 Inadmissible Family Member	R23	x

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