Visiting Canada with ETA

[Eden3301]

Hi, thanks in advance for reading this and helping me out.

My fiance was deported from the US for overstaying his ESTA by 67 days. He has a completely clean record - no misdemeanors and definitely no felonies in ANY country - besides this deportation. I know that Canada and the US share intel with each other...does my fiance still qualify for an ETA for Canada?

And also, another situation, I am currently on probation. At some point, I'm going to ask permission to cross over to Canada for a week to visit my fiance (if he's eligible for ETA). I am a US citizen and I live right next to the border, so if it's before I am off probation, I planned to go to the border and apply for a TRP right then and there instead of filing online, as I know I am inadmissible to Canada until my record is clean at the end of probation.

If my fiance is not eligible for ETA, do you think we should file for a TRP for him as well? Thanks again!

 

[Buletruck]

I would say his chances of an eTA are low to non existent if he has been deported. Does he qualify for an eTA/is he from a non visa required country? Easiest way to find out is to spend the $7.00 and find out. And don't lie on the application....that will get him banned for 5 years.

As for a TRP for you, that's hit and miss. You may get one at the border, you may not.

 

[Eden3301]

I would say his chances of an eTA are low to non existent if he has been deported. Does he qualify for an eTA/is he from a non visa required country? Easiest way to find out is to spend the $7.00 and find out. And don't lie on the application....that will get him banned for 5 years.

As for a TRP for you, that's hit and miss. You may get one at the border, you may not.

Yes, he is from a non visa required country. We definitely weren't planning on lying on the application. Thanks for your response. Any tips on filing for a TRP, then? I thought I read somewhere that deportation from the US alone wouldn't make someone inadmissible to Canada though...

 

[scylla]

Hi, thanks in advance for reading this and helping me out.

My fiance was deported from the US for overstaying his ESTA by 67 days. He has a completely clean record - no misdemeanors and definitely no felonies in ANY country - besides this deportation. I know that Canada and the US share intel with each other...does my fiance still qualify for an ETA for Canada?

And also, another situation, I am currently on probation. At some point, I'm going to ask permission to cross over to Canada for a week to visit my fiance (if he's eligible for ETA). I am a US citizen and I live right next to the border, so if it's before I am off probation, I planned to go to the border and apply for a TRP right then and there instead of filing online, as I know I am inadmissible to Canada until my record is clean at the end of probation.

If my fiance is not eligible for ETA, do you think we should file for a TRP for him as well? Thanks again!

You're actually inadmissible to Canada for longer than the end of your probation. Once your probation is over, you'll still be inadmissible. You would have to wait five years after probation is over and then apply for rehabilitation. Once rehab is approved would you become admissible to Canada again.

I'm not sure what the chances are of a TRP being approved before probation is over. Guess you can go to the border and find out...

 

[Eden3301]

You're actually inadmissible to Canada for longer than the end of your probation. Once your probation is over, you'll still be inadmissible. You would have to wait five years after probation is over and then apply for rehabilitation. Once rehab is approved would you become admissible to Canada again.

I'm not sure what the chances are of a TRP being approved before probation is over. Guess you can go to the border and find out...

I consulted with a lawyer about this already. My record will be expunged, so I won't have to file for anything at that point. And anyway, it's worth trying to file the TRP before probation is over, just to see...only 200$. I suppose the worse that happens is it gets denied. :'D

 

[Eden3301]

I consulted with a lawyer about this already. My record will be expunged, so I won't have to file for anything at that point. And anyway, it's worth trying to file the TRP before probation is over, just to see...only 200$. I suppose the worse that happens is it gets denied. :'D

Sorry, let me correct myself. My record won't be expunged* It's a delayed sentence. Anywho, I came across as a bit surely. I know the lawyer said I'd be fine, but if I'm not, I'd hope that a TRP would be granted. One can only try, anyway!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Yes, he is from a non visa required country. We definitely weren't planning on lying on the application. Thanks for your response. Any tips on filing for a TRP, then? I thought I read somewhere that deportation from the US alone wouldn't make someone inadmissible to Canada though...

It doesn't make him inadmissible. It just makes him undesirable as a visitor. He is a high risk to overstay because someone who abuses immigration privileges in one country generally has no issues doing so in another country.

 

[zardoz]

Hi, thanks in advance for reading this and helping me out.

My fiance was deported from the US for overstaying his ESTA by 67 days. He has a completely clean record - no misdemeanors and definitely no felonies in ANY country - besides this deportation. I know that Canada and the US share intel with each other...does my fiance still qualify for an ETA for Canada?

And also, another situation, I am currently on probation. At some point, I'm going to ask permission to cross over to Canada for a week to visit my fiance (if he's eligible for ETA). I am a US citizen and I live right next to the border, so if it's before I am off probation, I planned to go to the border and apply for a TRP right then and there instead of filing online, as I know I am inadmissible to Canada until my record is clean at the end of probation.

If my fiance is not eligible for ETA, do you think we should file for a TRP for him as well? Thanks again!

You should be aware that even if an eTA is granted, CBSA has a right to refuse entry based on previous immigration history and could either outright deny admission or ask that he withdraw his application to enter. An eTA is not a free pass.