Temporary Resident Permits
Applying for a Temporary Resident Permit, or TRP, is the best way to be granted entry to Canada for a particular trip or a series of related trips. This is how American athletes get into the country despite DUI’s or other offenses. About 10,000 TRP’s are granted every year and many are to people with less than stellar pasts.
A TRP is an application that requests entry to Canada for a specific time period despite a criminal conviction. A TRP only grants entry to Canada for a fixed time period – although you can enter and leave Canada multiple times within that timeframe. A TRP is only valid for one year from the date of issuance.
To be granted a TRP, the applicant will need to demonstrate a required need for entering Canada, such as work, an emergency situation, or a humanitarian/compassionate reason. The goal on a TRP application is to demonstrate that the individual is not a threat to Canadian security during the period they will be in Canada, and to convince the office that their reason for being in Canada during that period may be a benefit to Canada (for example, if the person is attending a work meeting and will be bringing business to Canada).
