You could be found inadmissible for Security reasons which include the following :

• • espionage
  • subversion (attempts to overthrow a government, etc.)
  • violence or terrorism
  • membership in an organization involved in any of these

The IRPA states that inadmissibility on security grounds may result where it is found that a permanent resident or foreign national is engaging in an act of espionage that is against Canada or that is contrary to Canada’s interests;

• 34 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for

  • (a) engaging in an act of espionage that is against Canada or that is contrary to Canada’s interests;

  • (b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government;

  • (b.1) engaging in an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada;

  • (c) engaging in terrorism;

  • (d) being a danger to the security of Canada;

  • (e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada; or

  • (f) being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (b.1) or (c).

You could be found inadmissible for human or international rights violations which include the following:

• • war crimes
  • crimes against humanity
  • being a senior official in a government engaged in gross human rights violations or subject to international sanctions

As per section 35 of IRPA,Permanent residents or foreign nationals may be found to be inadmissible for human or international rights violations for the following reasons:

• 35 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for

  • (a) committing an act outside Canada that constitutes an offence referred to in sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;

  • (b) being a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;

  • (c) being a person, other than a permanent resident, whose entry into or stay in Canada is restricted pursuant to a decision, resolution or measure of an international organization of states or association of states, of which Canada is a member, that imposes sanctions on a country against which Canada has imposed or has agreed to impose sanctions in concert with that organization or association;