Pre-admission experience of immigrant

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on July 31, 2026.

Definition

Pre-admission experience refers to the category under which an immigrant was authorized to enter Canada for temporary residence purposes before admission as a landed immigrant or permanent resident.

Immigrant refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a permanent resident (landed immigrant). Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group.

Usage

The Classification of pre-admission experience of immigrant applies to immigrants who landed since 1980.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

There are no relevant internationally recognized standards.

Classifications

• Classification of pre-admission experience October 10, 2023 to current

Additional information

See:

• Immigrant status of person

Relation to previous version

• Pre-admission experience of immigrant July 31, 2026 to current

  The definition of "immigrant" has been modified, but the meaning is unchanged.

• Pre-admission experience of immigrant October 10, 2023 to July 30, 2026

  This was the departmental standard from October 10, 2023 to July 30, 2026.