Can A Person Immigrate To Canada With A Minor Criminal Conviction?

Posted February 23rd, 2010 by immigratecanada and filed in immigrate to canada

i am currently living with my south african boyfriend in south africa. he wants to immigrate to canada as soon as possible.i am canadian and we want to get married but we looked into it and the rules state that u cant have a criminal record if u want to immigrate under any circumstance. he just got busted for smoking a joint. it wasnt even anything serious. his country has a **** legal system and he didnt even get a trial. they wont excuse his record for 10 years in south africa. is there any hope?