Getting into Canada DUI
#41
I don't know what your friends deal was, maybe his crime was more severe in which case you do have to send it in, or maybe you just misunderstood what he said. I do know that the Canadian GOVERNMENT website, says that you don't need to send in the paperwork once you are deemed rehabilitated.
BUT TO BE DEEMED REHABILITATED YOU DO (D0) HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK AND PAY THE FEE. You can't just self declare that you are legal to enter Canada because it's been more than 10 years. Maybe they will consider you automaticallly rehabilitated, but they still want your $200+ and for you to wait until they review your application for at least a year. I don't know about the border, but the Canadian Consulate does require this. My buddy had a DUI, not murder or drugs, etc. YOU STILL HAVE TO APPLY!!! If you are thinking about just going to Canada because it's been over 10 years and you think (in your mind) that it's okay, call the Canada Consulate and ASK them first!!!
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BUT TO BE DEEMED REHABILITATED YOU DO (D0) HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK AND PAY THE FEE. You can't just self declare that you are legal to enter Canada because it's been more than 10 years. Maybe they will consider you automaticallly rehabilitated, but they still want your $200+ and for you to wait until they review your application for at least a year. I don't know about the border, but the Canadian Consulate does require this. My buddy had a DUI, not murder or drugs, etc. YOU STILL HAVE TO APPLY!!! If you are thinking about just going to Canada because it's been over 10 years and you think (in your mind) that it's okay, call the Canada Consulate and ASK them first!!!
Here's the link, see for yourself.
Overcoming criminal inadmissibility
What I will concede is that you have to show the immigration official or border agent that you meet the requirement for deemed rehabilitated. So maybe you can send that information to the consulate and they can give you a paper or something, I don't know. Maybe that's what your friend did. But it clearly states there is no application for being deemed rehabilitated. My understanding is that as long as you can bring proof to the border official that its been 10years since your sentence completion, you are good to go and dont have to pay anything.
#43
That doesn't even make sense. Why even mention anything about ten years if you go through the same procedure as the 5 year process. After 5 years you have to apply, after 10 years, you are deemed rehabilitated. Again it's not in my mind, it is what is posted on the Canadian GOVERNMENT website. Now if you want to work or live in Canada, you have to apply for a VISA like everybody else. But in order to be deemed rehabilitated, you do not have to apply, only meet the criteria. Here is another link to the Canadian immigration website clearly stating that there is no application for being deemed rehabilitated. So either you misunderstood your friends story or Canada just really doesn't like your friend. Or i guess the Canadian GOVERNMENT website could have been wrong for at least the past three years that I've followed it, but somehow I doubt that.
Here's the link, see for yourself.
Overcoming criminal inadmissibility
What I will concede is that you have to show the immigration official or border agent that you meet the requirement for deemed rehabilitated. So maybe you can send that information to the consulate and they can give you a paper or something, I don't know. Maybe that's what your friend did. But it clearly states there is no application for being deemed rehabilitated. My understanding is that as long as you can bring proof to the border official that its been 10years since your sentence completion, you are good to go and dont have to pay anything.
Here's the link, see for yourself.
Overcoming criminal inadmissibility
What I will concede is that you have to show the immigration official or border agent that you meet the requirement for deemed rehabilitated. So maybe you can send that information to the consulate and they can give you a paper or something, I don't know. Maybe that's what your friend did. But it clearly states there is no application for being deemed rehabilitated. My understanding is that as long as you can bring proof to the border official that its been 10years since your sentence completion, you are good to go and dont have to pay anything.
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