Michael Oykhman

Having a criminal record can negatively affect your chances of obtaining Canadian citizenship. However, criminal charges and criminal records may not necessarily impede your ability to obtain citizenship. For convictions and offences outside of Canada, you may be able to overcome criminal inadmissibility by either applying for rehabilitation or by being deemed rehabilitated if a minimum of 10 years have passed since you ...

If you are a Canadian citizen you cannot be deported if you have criminal charges or get a criminal record. If you are a foreign national or a permanent resident, criminal charges or a criminal record may result in your deportation. If you are a foreign national or permanent resident and are charged with an offence, the police will submit a report to the ...

If you have outstanding criminal charges your ability to travel to the US may be affected. Having pending criminal charges for which you have not been convicted does not automatically prevent your entry into the US. Admission to the US is discretionary, which means that the immigration official with whom you interact when attempting to enter the US can decide whether or not to ...

A criminal record will affect your life in numerous ways. Certain employment and volunteering opportunities are not available to people who have a criminal record. This is particularly true of any jobs working in a position of trust, in healthcare, or with vulnerable individuals or children. A criminal record may also impede your ability to travel, as certain offences will bar entry to certain ...

If you have been charged with a criminal offence (typically a Criminal Code or Controlled Drugs and Substances offence) you will get a criminal record if you are convicted, either after trial or pleading guilty. Of course, if you win the case at trial you will not have a criminal record.  But you don’t always have to take the case to trial to avoid ...