[Vision2020] Updated security laws Canada

Wed Mar 21 16:01:35 PDT 2007

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style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>Not sure if you all know 
this.&nbsp; I recently had a friend with a DUI on his record 5 years 
ago&nbsp;get turned around at the border in Vancouver.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Travel to Canada Entrance Advisory</DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>Members are 
advised<IMG alt=Send hspace=1 src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/i.p.send.gif" 
align=absMiddle border=0> to remind customers traveling to Canada of a long 
standing law that may deny them entrance if they have ever been convicted of 
a criminal offense. The list of inadmissible classes include those that have 
been convicted of: 1) a minor offense (including shoplifting, theft, 
assault, possession of an illegal substance, etc.); 2) an _indictable_ 
criminal offense (including assault with a deadly weapon, manslaughter; 
etc.), or 3) Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>According to 
Canada_s Web-site, it is possible to have some offenses cleared in advance 
of travel by submitting an application for a Minister_s Approval of 
Rehabilitation. </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 
Verdana">ASTA has discussed this situation with the Canadian Embassy and is 
advised that most applications for rehabilitation are granted if:&nbsp; 1) 
they involve a single offense, 2) the record is clean for the stated time 
(depending on the offense) since the conviction and 3) the paperwork is all 
in order. </SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>The process 
becomes more complicated and takes longer as the seriousness of the crime 
increases and can take up to six months for serious felonies. One DWI and a 
10-year clean record can be approved at the border without a fee or other 
process than providing the proper paperwork, but there is an obvious risk in 
trying to gain entry that way.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>According to a <A 
title=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/23/NEVIUS.TMP 
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/23/NEVIUS.TMP" 
target=_blank>report in the San Francisco Chronicle</A>, the Canadian 
government, to help enforce its law, is now sharing criminal databases used 
by law enforcement in the United States as part of post-9/11 initiative 
called <A 
title=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021206-1.html 
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021206-1.html" 
target=_blank>Smart Borders</A>. We are advised that Canada expects anyone 
seeking entry to Canada to "confess" their convictions even if not asked, on 
the theory that everyone is presumed to know the law.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>Members are urged 
to advise customers of this law when booking travel. Failure to inform 
customers about this law could lead to a claim of breach of fiduciary duty 
against the agency. This information should be disclosed at the 
point-of-sale and documented in the Passenger Name Record (PNR) or printed 
on the itinerary. Here is a sample form of itinerary remark:</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>_Travelers to 
Canada are advised that they may be denied entrance if they have ever been 
convicted of a criminal offense, including minor criminal offenses and 
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)."</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt" face=Verdana>Complete 
information can be found on Canada_s Web-site at: <A 
title=http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/visas/inadmissible-en.asp 
href="http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/visas/inadmissible-en.asp" 
target=_blank>http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/visas/inadmissible-en.asp</A>.</FONT></P></DIV></div></html>.

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