Hi all,
I'm an Australian working in Australia but attached to a Canadian lass and chances are I would be looking at moving to Canada in 18 months to two years.
My query is, due to me making the biggest f@#% up in my life and getting charged with DUI have I seriously affected or prevented my chances of 1: entering Canada and 2: gaining employment (airlines specifically). It is a first and only offence and very out of character which can be backed up by character references.
I can take any smart a$$ comments about being stupid but any serious info would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately it will be very difficult if not impossible to enter Canada with a DUI.
You should talk to a lawyer and see about a pardon. I think you can also get some sort of waiver to enter Canada temporarily from the Canadian government, but it might only be for public speakers and things like that.
You can enter the U.S. with a DUI, it's close anyways.
First off, talk to a lawyer. Maybe find a Canadian lawyer through the Law Society of Canada? Google search, etc.? There are a lot of well intentioned, good people on this site, but most really have no clue as to how a DUI would effect a visit to Canada. Good Luck.
A visit should be no problem since you probably don't need a visa to come here. To live and work here you will need an immigration lawyer. Shop around since they all charge differnet amounts.
Like Flyinphil said try to get a Pardon in Australia it will help. I know of pilots in the US who were turned away at the boarder since they had the DUI. ( there were entering using their drivers license and the search turned up the DUI) If they came on their passports it would not have shown.
I know of a pilot in the US who was 19 and got a DUI then 32 years later when he was denied a CANPASS in Canada for a flying job in the US his American employer furloughed him until he can get the pardon and then apply for the Canpass permit.
I don't know about applying for a vias into Canada but as far as flying goes a DUI in Canada has no effect on your pilots license as far as Transport Canada is concerned.
I had a DUI when I was flying water bombers and the only problem it posed as far as my job went was someone had to drive me to the airport for six months.
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You can't enter Canada with a DUI, visa or not. An american trying to cross the border into Canada will be turned away if their record indicates a DUI.
A Canadian can cross into the U.S. regardless of a DUI.
There must be a Canadian embassy or consulate nearby, or just phone the morons in Ottawa. Get it from the horse's mouth and follow the lawyer advice. If you were a mass-murderer, a gun-., a drug lord or an ex-nazi you'd have no problem. Osama is running a depanneur in Montreal.
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While I certain appreciate the gentlemans entrance list of requirements to Canada.I believe he is error. It is quite obvious he is dealing with Old Canadian Immigration requirements. This revised version also includes...........Jewish.......... blind .........mentally challenged..........transgendered...........in wheelchair.........speaks no English....No education and a strong desire to become a Liberal Fundraser. Only people with a strong Criminal..violent .history need apply.
Doc, if you are so untrustworthy and your morals are so low as to be unacceptable to be in the Hells Angles you would fit right in with the gang in Tower C in TCCA.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately Cat Driver and tcas2 I satisfy none of your entry requirements so I am screwed.
I have emailed a Canadian immigration lawyer and tried to contact the Canadian Consulate in Sydney but they have obviously contracted the Australian beuracratic syndrome of not knowing how to answer the phone.
My best hope is to have a spent conviction recorded where I will not have to disclose it (I am in the only Australian State with no provision for recording a non conviction).
Anyway, fingers crossed and again thanks for the replies.
have I seriously affected or prevented my chances of 1: entering Canada and 2: gaining employment (airlines specifically). It is a first and only offence and very out of character which can be backed up by character references.
