I am a United States citizen and my boyfriend is a Canadian citizen.
In the past year he has flown to the US twice to visit me, but on his
third visit, they denied him entry from Toronto into the United States
because of a prior criminal conviction from 1999. They said he had to
submit a form for advanced permission to enter as a non immigrant,
which they said could take up to two months to get approval.

We thought it was a mistake since he had already been here twice
without incident and any problems clearing customs at all. He then
decided to fly to Vancouver and drive down through Washington. He was
stopped at the border and they found out he had a previous denial in
Toronto the day before. They proceeded to arrest him. The jails were
too full so they let him go and told him he had to go back to
Vancouver and that he would have to come to Washington for a hearing.

So my questions are:

Does anyone know what the ramifications of what he has done are?

Approximately how long will it take for his hearing and will he be
able to come back to the United States? Someone said up to 5 months
just for the court date.

Should he still submit the paperwork for advance permission to enter
the United States as a non immigrant?

Why would he be denied on the third visit and not from the start?


Any information or previous experience with this matter will be
helpful.

Thank You!
PR

The US is cracking down alot on immigration, and they are checking alot more on peoples backgrounds etc.

I personally have no idea what the ramifications are, but I do believe that when you try to get around being denied entry, that you'll be in some serious trouble..

Also I believe due to this violation, he will be banned from the US for a period of time, I think the max is 10 years..

all in all, my suggestion would be that if you are serious about him, you look into moving to Canada..

~ Jon

Disclaimer1 : I have no legal training, and all this is my own supposition..

Disclaimer2: No lawyers were harmed in the posting of this message..