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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 2:06 am
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Originally Posted by ashill




Right, but isn’t the issue that DUI is criminal in Canada but not the US? In that case, would there be an arrest or criminal conviction? And if not, how would it enter a database that CBSA could access by scanning the passport?

Having never driven drunk, let alone been ticketed or convicted of DWI, I’m blissfully ignorant of the process....
DWIs and DUIs in the US can result in time behind bars. And in the US, to get locked up in a jail or prison is supposed to be for just those arrested and/or convicted for a criminal violation of law.
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