DUI and getting into Canada
Jan 1st 2015, 10:19 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Yes but whether using an American or British passport he will be denied entry due to his DUI, which is irrelevant to his nationality(ies). Therefore he wont evade anything if he uses a UK passport "instead of" an American one, which is by the way incorrect; you are implying that using a "different" passport than the US one would be "violating" something when actually you dont have to use a US passport to enter Canada. Both US and UK citizens get 6 months visa waiver. So if OP wasnt DUI he could in fact use his british passport if he wanted the stamp in there for whatever reason. It isn't illegal.
Jan 1st 2015, 10:19 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
dgagitw gave you some excellent advice in post #8. I recommend you pursue it.
Jan 1st 2015, 10:21 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Another point on this. If a Briton comes to Canada for a vacation, and they have a DUI, they also are inadmissible. Commonwealth or not, doesn't absolve the criminal history.
dgagitw gave you some excellent advice in post #8. I recommend you pursue it.
dgagitw gave you some excellent advice in post #8. I recommend you pursue it.
Jan 1st 2015, 10:25 pm
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Jan 1st 2015, 10:27 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Yes but whether using an American or British passport he will be denied entry due to his DUI, which is irrelevant to his nationality(ies). Therefore he wont evade anything if he uses a UK passport "instead of" an American one, which is by the way incorrect; you are implying that using a "different" passport than the US one would be "violating" something when actually you dont have to use a US passport to enter Canada. Both US and UK citizens get 6 months visa waiver. So if OP wasnt DUI he could in fact use his british passport if he wanted the stamp in there for whatever reason. It isn't illegal.
That would be an offence.
Last edited by Photoplex; Jan 1st 2015 at 10:30 pm.
Jan 1st 2015, 11:05 pm
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Jan 1st 2015, 11:06 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
CBSA would see his file from the US and see that he lives there and has a DUI there.
Jan 1st 2015, 11:28 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Thanks all. This is the one and only time I have ever been in trouble so I am trying all options. BTW is there any other countries I would have trouble getting into?
Jan 2nd 2015, 3:39 am
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Australia perhaps - they are very strict if you have a criminal record
Jan 2nd 2015, 4:59 pm
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Re: DUI and getting into Canada
Very different to Canada in that they don't have "inadmissability" as such, there is a lot more leeway on a case by case basis.
