How deportation from the USA can affect your entry to Canada?

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The United States and Canada both are sharing their security information at all ports of entry. The information includes candidate’s immigration and criminal records even from long ago. It means if anyone wants to enter Canada from the US then Canadian border officers will check their all previous U.S removal or deportation orders. Even, those who have been previously deported from the U.S. the Canadian officer will grab more information to know the reasons and they may deny your entry to Canada. Your record of being deported from the USA or any other country can adversely impact your Canadian immigration applications. Doesn’t matter whether you want to work, study or live in Canada, it will impact your both temporary and permanent stays in the country. It means you should know the process of how to remove orders from the U.S and other countries to ensure your entry to Canada.

Know how to overcome inadmissibility to Canada because of foreign deportation

In case, you have been deported from the US or another foreign country then you will be considered criminally inadmissible to Canada. To overcome your deportation status you will need a permanent clearance from the Canadian consulate. For this, you have to apply for criminal rehabilitation. The Canadian government will offer you status to resolve inadmissibility. It will be last permanently as long as the individual will not re-offend and make indefinite travel in and out of Canada.

A person who was deported from the U.S. due to criminal conviction and has been completing their sentence since for more than five years then they can apply for Canadian criminal rehabilitation. Canadian Consulate will handle the application and in the process, a person needs to prove that they will not pose any risk to Canada or its citizens.

The key consideration in criminal rehabilitation is that it establishes the equivalent offense in Canada. For example, according to Canada, some criminal acts are less severe whereas other are treated as serious criminality. In case, if you have been sentencing to any crime for ten years or more then it is considered as a serious crime. In case, your criminal record show serious criminality then the traveler will face more issues in the future.

It includes long processing times, additional scrutiny, and high application costs ($1,000 CAD) from the Canadian government. In case of non-serious criminality, you need to pay $200 CAD as a processing fee. The standard process time of your application is approx. 12 months after its submission. 

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