🍁 In Simple Terms
Follow the rules of your stay, or you can lose the right to be in Canada. For visitors, students, and workers this is the catch-all ground: overstaying, working or studying without a permit, or coming in without the documents you needed. For permanent residents it usually means one thing: not spending enough time in Canada (at least 730 days over any five years).
Affects: Anyone entering or staying in Canada
Legal Text: IRPA Section 41
41 A person is inadmissible for failing to comply with this Act (a)in the case of a foreign national, through an act or omission which contravenes, directly or indirectly, a provision of this Act; and (b)in the case of a permanent resident, through failing to comply with subsection 27(2) or section 28.
In Practice
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 41 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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