A deportation order has no expiry date. Returning to Canada at any point afterward requires written authorization, and no waiting period clears it. Two narrow situations differ: a deportation based on an inadmissible family member carries no authorization requirement, and a removal order under a security certificate follows the same permanent rule.
(1)For the purposes of subsection 52(1) of the Act, and subject to subsection (2), a deportation order obliges the foreign national to obtain a written authorization in order to return to Canada at any time after the deportation order was enforced.
(2)For the purposes of subsection 52(1) of the Act, the making of a deportation order against a foreign national on the basis of inadmissibility under paragraph 42(1)(b) of the Act is a circumstance in which the foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain an authorization in order to return to Canada.
(3)For the purposes of subsection 52(1) of the Act, a removal order referred to in section 80 of the Act obliges the foreign national to obtain a written authorization in order to return to Canada at any time after the removal order was enforced.