Getting into Canada with a DUI Conviction

[westbranch]

Going into Canada has always been easy for us. Coming back into the US is always a much bigger pain. Pretty ridiculous that US citizens have to give up constitutional rights to get back into our country. All it takes to lose constitutional rights is living within 100 miles of an international border "zone".

 

[bowtech840]

How is that ironic? Punish offenses is the key term. Don't commit an offense you won't be punished, it's pretty simple. No one is being forced to buy, consume, or drive after consuming.

Is it ironic that you can't shoot people yet there are gun stores everywhere?

I find it far more ironic to commit an offense and then bitch about the consequences.

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I find it ironic that they are so strict about who they let in due to alcohol related offense but it’s ok for the locals to be drunk at 8am and hang out at the gas station? Seen it about every morning I’ve been up there the last 5 years when I fill the boat up. Their country their rules but makes a guy wonder.


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[bowtech840]

Going into Canada has always been easy for us. Coming back into the US is always a much bigger pain. Pretty ridiculous that US citizens have to give up constitutional rights to get back into our country. All it takes to lose constitutional rights is living within 100 miles of an international border "zone".

I’ve had the same experience. Getting into Canada has always been the typical few questions and “have a good trip”. Getting back into the states I’ve had a couple bad experiences. One was a disaster. Pulled up to the booth and could tell from the moment I rolled the window down that the border officer was going to be an asshole.

Started by asking the typical questions but then asked “when was the last time you crossed the United States border”

I said “last Tuesday”

then he said “when was the last time you crossed the United States border”

I paused and again replied “last Tuesday”

he started getting worked up and said “I’m going to talk slower so you will understand, when was the last time you crossed the United States border”

I said “all I can think of is last Tuesday we drove over it to get into canada”

he got worked up and said “NOW! The answer is NOW! You crossed the Canada border last Tuesday! Pull your vehicle up to that spot, park and don’t get out.”

I pulled my truck up to the spot like he said and waited. About 20 minutes later he walked up to the rear driver side of my boat trailer with his hand on his pistol and ordered me to get out of the truck but face away from him. I did as he said and then he requested I turn toward him and he pointed at a door and told me to start walking toward the door. Once inside he sat me down and kept questioning me about a crime committed in Nevada. I kept telling him I’d never even been to Nevada. Agitated he said he would give me time to think about it and left the room. I sat there for another twenty minutes thinking wtf. He came back in handed me all of my documents and said your free to go. I asked what the issue was and he said your free to go let’s just leave it at that. Pissed me off at the moment but I laugh about it today. Just feel kind of helpless in those situations.


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[KHNC]

How is that ironic? Punish offenses is the key term. Don't commit an offense you won't be punished, it's pretty simple. No one is being forced to buy, consume, or drive after consuming.

Is it ironic that you can't shoot people yet there are gun stores everywhere?

I find it far more ironic to commit an offense and then bitch about the consequences.

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I dont live in canada anyway. So i dont really give a shit how they do it. But, I have seen far more liquor and beer stores in Sask than i have gun stores in NC. I know, i stopped at several of them every time i was there. Plus i have never had a DUI, and i have gotten into canada easily every time. But, easy availability usually increases the chance for an offense.Not like you can go to a gun store drunk and buy a handgun. Not the same comparison.

 

[sneaky]

And then there is always the judge mental person with their comments... sorry we can’t all be holier than thou as you are sir.


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How was that being judgmental? That was just a statement of fact. It's like the old saying, throw a rock into a pack of dogs... the one that yelps is the one that got hit.

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[sneaky]

Yeah, i dont have one either, but judgey douches always surface dont they? Good to have those types in the open anyhow. Small d**ks and all...

I've buried family members killed by drunk drivers. You think I give a damn about your short dick opinion? Not hardly.

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[bowtech840]

I've buried family members killed by drunk drivers. You think I give a damn about your short dick opinion? Not hardly.

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Odds are you have family members that have drove drunk as well - point is drunk driving has effected many of us and I would being willing to bet most anybody that drinks alcohol at some point in their life has drove over the legal limit. Maybe unknowingly but it’s still happened. It doesn’t take much to get to .08. A few drinks while out for dinner with wife or with friends and it could happen. I think in this thread a dui paints the picture of the town drunk who drinks a case of beer and drives home every night.


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[dtrkyman]

I thought it was already that way? A friend of mine had been there 3 or 4 years in a row and they stopped him from entering one year for an arrest when he was 18 years old(was in his 30s at the time). He was never convicted and that was supposed to be off his record!

He never went back!


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[tracker12]

Well when you fill out the entry document they will ask you would be my guess.

 

[Downeaster]

Lacking the ability to understand basic social skills (as in offering nothing to an honest question in order to take the opportunity to judge and ridicule) automatically earns one "witty banter", as its assumed that anything else would be "overly elevated", and therefore wasted.
Thanks for stepping in though, I imagine you are cut from the same cloth. Enjoy each others company...Im out.

 

[kswhitetail]

Update: New DUI Border Crossing Restrictions Not Retroactive

 

[ddavis_1313]

How was that being judgmental? That was just a statement of fact. It's like the old saying, throw a rock into a pack of dogs... the one that yelps is the one that got hit.

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Join the holier than thou group! lol.


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[HornPorn]

Update: New DUI Border Crossing Restrictions Not Retroactive

Hopefully this is still the case. I went to the NWT in Aug of 2018 without issue (DUI in 2001, open container in 2000, reckless driving in 1999). I don't recall being asked about criminal offenses when I went through customs in Toronto Airport. Do they do a background check while you are standing there? Filled a few forms out and declared my 30K in cashiers checks (for trophy fees), and handed them the paperwork for my rifle, and they said have a nice day.

I have a stone sheep hunt in BC next year and will be fully paid by next May. If I were to get refused entry, it would be not only a huge disappointment but I would be out $50K as well

Did anyone with an old DUI fly from US to Canada this year and what was your experience??

 

[Pk_in_Dallas]

I have been going up there for ten years. Know a couple guys that got DUI’s. I believe the first two years after getting a DUI/DWI you are definitely not getting into Canada. Their laws view a DWI similar to a felony offense. Like many of said it’s all up to the discretion of the customs agent. I have been told that you can pay a couple hundred dollars for something and it will allow a one time pass. My dad hunted with a guy that got a DWI back in the 80s and they detained him for over 30 minutes when they arrived Sask.


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[grfox92]

I see this thread is 3 years old, but since it's back at the top I'll participate.

My uncle lost a deposit on a moose hunt in New Brunswick because he had an almost 10 year old DWI and could not be garanteed entry into Canada.

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[Nickofthewoods]

 

[thinhorn_AK]

While I don’t care what laws other countries implement, I have always felt that their needs to be reciprocity. If they are going to keep Americans out for having DUIs then we should do the same to Canadian citizens. When o lived overseas I was always annoyed how the USA would hand out 5-year visas like candy but I had to re apply and sit in the police station for a few hours every 6 months.

As for that Canadian policy, they have been doing it for awhile. I know a guy who went to hunt stone sheep in 2014 and he had to hire a lawyer in order to get it worked out so he could hunt.

 

[ToolMann]

Question: How do they know? Not having a DUI (not judging either and definitely not a saint) does it show on your DL or do the Canadians just have access to the info?

 

[FLATHEAD]

Been to Nelson B.C. once, and the Canadian at the border was concerned about some OTC allergy medicine we had for my son. Apparently, he didnt have much to do.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Well hell it looks like , Canada & Mexico can deny entry depening on agent to agent , better call the conselent to get a visa