Is Canada tightening its border security?
Oct 8, 2007 | 8:37 pm
#1
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Is Canada tightening its border security?
I had one friend who was turned away for an old DUI-4 years ago.
There is a fix=but I do no know how stringent they will be.
http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-...tml?id=2439698
There is a fix=but I do no know how stringent they will be.
http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-...tml?id=2439698
Oct 9, 2007 | 6:51 am
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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I don't think there a change in policy here, Canada has been turning back recent (i.e. within the last 5 years) DUIs when they know about them for a long time, what's changing is that the various US authorities are getting better at consolidating these kinds of records so it's now more likely that a past DUI will show up on the screen when you try to cross the border. Time was a misdemeanor DUI wouldn't necessarily make it into FBI files, no longer.
FWIW DUI 4 years ago isn't easily fixed, it's possible (though difficult and potentially expensive) for business travel or for a family emergency but not for tourism, you need to be 5 years past completion of sentence to take advantage of the easier fixes (which are still not necessarily all that easy).
FWIW DUI 4 years ago isn't easily fixed, it's possible (though difficult and potentially expensive) for business travel or for a family emergency but not for tourism, you need to be 5 years past completion of sentence to take advantage of the easier fixes (which are still not necessarily all that easy).
Last edited by Bytepusher; Oct 9, 2007 at 5:52 pm