getting into canada with a past dwi

[Detroitpilot22]

Hey i was wondering if anyone has been in my shoes. I made a mistake 3 years ago and got an operating while impaired charge. I am over that part of my life but I have heard that you can't get into canada with one of these things? This will really hurt my employment chances. Anyone that has any feedback would be great.

 

[lodgepilot]

dui

you can but it cost you $200 a trip!

 

[chperplt]

Just call in sick for those trips....

 

[Bandit60]

Getting into Canada

DUI= No way

Terrorist= welcome with open arms.

 

[bafanguy]

Hey i was wondering if anyone has been in my shoes. I made a mistake 3 years ago and got an operating while impaired charge. I am over that part of my life but I have heard that you can't get into canada with one of these things? This will really hurt my employment chances. Anyone that has any feedback would be great.

Is there more to the story or am I just missing something here ? Why are you going to Canada...vacation...work ? If you are going to work, do you have a work visa, Canadian tickets, and a job waiting there ?

How would the Canadians know you had a dwi if you're an American...or a Canadian for that matter if it happened in the USA ? Will they just turn you back at the border ?

I guess I'm just not getting the drift of the situation.

 

[Detroitpilot22]

supposidly, they can look up your information with the usa now, and they consider that offense a felony. They also say you cant get in i guess, I have never tried it. My point is, is if i work for a company that has to fly into canada, and i get there and they tell me to get lost, that would be not good.

 

[Diesel]

We go to canada all the time snowmobiling from maine.

A couple of my buddies have OUI's.

In the state of maine they put a hole in your liscence so canada knows that you've had an oui.

We've many buddies get turned away at the border once the inspector sees the hole.

 

[Lead Sled]

Hey i was wondering if anyone has been in my shoes. I made a mistake 3 years ago and got an operating while impaired charge. I am over that part of my life but I have heard that you can't get into canada with one of these things? This will really hurt my employment chances. Anyone that has any feedback would be great.

I used to fly for a company that flew into Canada alot (I had a Canadian work permit and we paid the Canadian taxes on one of our jets so we didn't have to screw around with the cabbotage laws.) Yes, you may have a problem. We had a plant manager and a pilot that couldn't go to Canada. Call the people at CANPASS and get the poop straight from them.

'Sled

 

[pilotyip]

Provided you have no history of this offense you can contact a Canadian Atty. go through a rehabilitation process. cost around $1500 Candian. It is all legal paperwork. I know of two pilots who were successful in getting access to CANPASS by going through this process.

 

[Detroitpilot22]

can you go through this canpass program if it has been less than 5 years? I thought you couldn only get rehabilitated if if was more than 5 years since the offence

 

[trip]

You would be eligible for "rehabilation" (read money$$) if the offense is 5yrs ago or older.

I think your SOL.


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.html

http://www.travelcanada.ca/tc_redesign/pdf/us/Travelling_to_Canada/Entry_Felonies.pdf

 

[Huggyu2]

I've never heard of this. Yet another reason I'm finding to really dislike the Canadian gov't (but I love the Canadian people!!! Why don't you folks get rid of the liberals. They're breeding and have invaded our country!!)

 

[whaleroast]

You don't want to go to Canada.
Trust me on this.
Canada is like a 1930's version of England 40 years in the future.
Except without Big Ben.
And the House of Commons.
And King Arthur.
And Madonna's crappy accent.
Canada sucks.

 

[bafanguy]

In the state of maine they put a hole in your liscence so canada knows that you've had an oui.

We've many buddies get turned away at the border once the inspector sees the hole.

Good grief !! I guess Big Brother has another brother.

 

[Spooky 1]

DUI vs Canada

Contact the NBAA. They covered this information before and yes it would appear to be true. I have heard of pax arriving in Canada and being turned back with a previous DUI on their records. However, there is a process to overcome this. Washington state is another one of those staes that will punch a hole in your drivers lisc. when you get arrested for a DUI. Makes it very hard to cross the border at Blaine. Can also keep you out via a boat. Kind of amazing since the Canadians take a certain amount of pride in being smashed most of time. I guess you would be to if had to live in that part of the world with that form of goverment.

 

[O-Line]

http://www.travelcanada.ca/tc_redesign/pdf/us/Travelling_to_Canada/Entry_Felonies.pdf

Alright am I reading this right? If it's been more than 10 years, you are "deemed rehabilitated" and you are good to go. Without any more paperwork or hassle?

 

[Hung Start]

Hmmm, not sure how they would know. If memory serves me right, I don't think it asks that question anywhere on a CanPass form. And the hole on Maine drivers goes away after 10 years. So, when asked, I just showed my passport. I never was asked the question, and flew into Canada 3-5 times a month, maybe more.

Sad thing is the Canadian inspectors never, ever gave any trouble, I used to have more grief coming back to home. Custom's tried to wack us 5 grand for have 1 passengers birth day off by 1 day. Gave me all kinds of grief in front of the pax. Really, really torqued me.

I did like Canada, just never understood what they were saying half the time. And gas in litres, speed in Kilo's,, and who was that really ugly gal on the coins?

 

[pilotyip]

The Canadians do a background check that makes the US one look like a cake walk. They find out about a old high school DIU in 1984 for a guy approaching 40 years old. We have had guys get turned down after getting a clean check in the US. But they then pay the Canadian Atty. and they are reabilitated

 

[bafanguy]

The Canadians do a background check that makes the US one look like a cake walk.

That's a surprise. I can remember seeing a segment of "60 Minutes" some time back dealing with Canada's immigration policy and the whole thing appeared to be a joke even to the former Canadian immigration official they interviewed. He was alarmed at the type of people they were letting in the country almost unrestricted. "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves ? Sure...come on in !! We won't know where you are or what you're doing once we let you in, but come on anyway ".

Now they stop some US citizen because he had a DUI years ago ? This is typical government logic...wait...is that an oxymoron ?

 

[trip]

Its just another scheme to grub some more of your hard earned money. Your deemed an easy target that will have to pay.