Canada Border Services Agency and Permanent Residents

permanent resident: The government will also be allowed to bypass the usual admissibility hearing before issuing a deportation, according to Toronto Star. That means that a convicted person would no longer have an opportunity to have their deportation reviewed.A representative from Canada Border Services Agency said that removing the admissibility hearing for permanent residents significantly streamlines the current process which means faster removals and cost savings to taxpayers. Under the proposed Removal of Serious Foreign Criminals Act, permanent residents convicted of a serious crime will be ineligible for a record suspension — otherwise known as a pardon. But the definition of a serious crime is broad — if a permanent resident has been convicted of a crime carrying a maximum penalty of ten years or more or has been given a sentence greater than six months, they could be sent straight home. Impaired driving causing bodily harm2. Ten crimes that could send landed immigrants home:1. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.