paulwidnes1

hey guys a few years back i was in canada on the working holiday visa for 2 years i returned to the uk , no worries , recently however i got into a scrap and got charged with 2counts of assault , now i have a long distance relasionship with my canadian girlfriend and i plan on visiting her at christmas will i be aloud ? I got community service and a fine , british citizen thankyou

Former Lancastrian

Thats a conviction that will render you inadmissible to Canada.
You can apply for a temporary resident permit to overcome the inadmissibility.

Read this link about TRP's
Temporary Resident Permits (TRPs)

With it just being a recent conviction you won't be able to apply for rehabilitation until 5 years after completing any sentence imposed i.e. when fine paid off in full and CSO is completed.

Its probably easier for her to visit you.

Aviator

Probably easier to find a new girlfriend closer to home!

paulwidnes1

its alright gents , flew in lastnight on a cheap ticket , didnt get asked anything , yeh ive finished my cs and fines payed ages ago plus id already had the electronic authorisation no worries

christmasoompa

you won't get 'asked anything', the onus is on you, the traveller, to check out the laws of the country you're travelling to.

Paying your fine or finishing Community Service doesn't have any bearing on it, it's five years from the end of sentence, so you've got a while to go until you could even apply for criminal rehab (not that it seems you did!). The ETA also has no bearing on things, on the ETA application page it clearly states that you cannot visit Canada with convictions but seems you ignored that bit.

Put simply, you've entered Canada when you shouldn't have done and ignored FL's advice (who by the way is a CBSA officer) to apply for a TRP. Let's just hope you're not found out eh?

And I hope you've no plans to apply for PR in the future, because you may well just have scuppered that.

Aviator

Not being asked does not necessarily make you admissible.

rivingtonpike

Welcome to Canada. If you've just come for a holiday and you cause no trouble then I personally don't see the problem. If, however, you've come with the intention of staying long-term and you've ignored the rules, I hope you're sent back to the UK.

Aviator

How loud do you want to be? You missed Christmas, it was a tad over 2 months ago (or in 10 months time and you are a bit early!)

paulwidnes1

lol im only here for a few weeks , i,dont intend on staying anyway shes coming home with me in a month , the bloke gave me 6 months and no,im,not a trouble maker , made a silly,mistake , we all,do

Vulcanoid

None of that is relevant.

You became criminally ineligible to enter Canada when you were convicted. Merely paying fines etc is not enough, you will be eligible to apply for rehabilitation five years after you paid them (and the sentence as a whole was completed).

If you already had an eTA, you will be familiar with the questions it asks; like 'have you ever been arrested', or 'ever committed or convicted of a crime'. If you ever apply for a new one, or any future status to be with your girlfriend, you will need to declare those. Because of that, it will get looked at by eyes, they match your entry/exit records, see that you entered when you were not eligible, and insert problem here up to ban from entering Canada.

mikelincs

No, not everyone, in fact the majority of people don't.

DaleBoy

Everybody gets found out eventually...

Aviator

Some do, not all.

welsh113

Good ole censorship gotta love it...... People are saying false facts on here to scare people, I for one think this is wrong.

Vulcanoid

People are saying you should follow Canadian immigration law when immigrating to Canada. Your entreaty to commit a additional offences in order to gain a kind of conditional PR that can be removed, and have you deported, at any time, is wrong.