DUI] Canadian immigration police

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (marc_scirocco)]

If you are crossing the border out west, you could always say you are headed
to Alaska. Very few chances of not letting you in. Just leave your guns at
home.

Canada-USA should have harmonized entry/immigration laws, and just open up
the border.

Oops, no politics here...

Cheers.

Marc

> 
> 
> A friend of my father tried to drive his mobile home into 
> Canada from the USA at some obscure border crossing in 
> Montana or North Dakota or some shit.
> He was planning a week long stay and had reservations etc.
> 
> He was given an on-the-spot background check which turned up 
> an arrest for possession (no conviction) of marijuana in 
> something like 1972. He was turned away and denied entry.
> 
> Sorry, but you never can tell what is going to happen. Even 
> 55 year old clean cut husband and wifes driving motor homes 
> for vacation are subject to the strictest of laws.
> 
> -Marc
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org] On 
> Behalf Of Spewey
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:07 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: [OT: DUI] Canadian immigration police
> 
> I got such great help from the canucks last time....
> 
> *[disclaimer]* /actual legal advice is not to be given or 
> taken under any circumstances. This is all anecdotal and 
> make-believe./
> 
> Say my friend's mom is retiring to Canada and he was set to 
> attend school there starting in August BUT...
> 
> Last month he decided to rather unwisely drive 98 mph on his 
> way home from the bar. He blew just over and got a DUI and a 
> Careless. Looking through Canadian gov't websites he 
> determined that DUI makes one INADMISSIBLE. Oh, shit. He got 
> a lawyer and the charges were dropped to Careless only which 
> still carries a 90 day suspension but no DUI on the record.
> 
> Now we can't figure out just how this affects him. Some 
> websites show revocation as a naughty crime by itself. The 
> state will be slow to correct their records and much 
> theoretical agony is being had.
> 
> Visa-wise, he was planning to apply there. The paperwork for 
> criminals into Canadia is incredibly complex. Traffic 
> violations are classed as minor so technically he is legal. 
> Should he worry? Why are y'all so strict or is it all legal 
> mumbo-jumbo that no one bothers with?
> Border-wise, US DUI offenders probably enter Canada thousands 
> of times a day, right?  He's never ever done anything else wrong :(
> 
>