Banned From US, Seeking a Way In

[jagota_j]

Hi there,

This inquiry is regarding a friend of mine. She came to Canada in 2001 and got her citizenship in 2011.

In 2002, she tried to illegally cross from Canada to US without a US visit visa and was consequently banned for 5 years (from 2002-2007). She did this to meet her husband who was working in US at the time.

Then in 2009, after the 5 year ban was uplifted she again tried to cross the US border without a US visa, again got a ban but this time for 10 years. She did this because she had to get the immigration landing process done for her daughter and had to drive her through there to the US border.

Sometime back she had also applied for a visit visa which was refused by the US embassy on the grounds that she might not leave US and return back to Canada.

Now her father-in-law is in extremely bad health in US and she deeply desires to visit him but the current US ban prevents her from doing so.

Is there any work around by which she can visit her father-in-law in US? Is there any kind of pardon she can apply for?

I know she screwed-up twice but trying to see if there's anything that can be done for her.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and share your perspectives.

Thank you

Cheers

 

[Ron1977]

Canadian citizens DO NOT need a visa to goto US. They can simply cross the border by showing their citizenship card or passport.

Best

 

[zardoz]

Canadian citizens DO NOT need a visa to goto US. They can simply cross the border by showing their citizenship card or passport.

Best

She already has a 10 year ban. That trumps everything.


@ jagota_j Applying a scattergun approach to raising a question is not the best way. You should have raised a single thread so that the supplied answers can all be in context. At the moment you have multiple people wasting their time giving you identical/conflicting answers all over the place.

 

[jagota_j]

@Ron1977, zardoz: I appreciate you sharing your perspectives
@zardoz: I do see the value in that. Was just thinking of having as much coverage as possible to have as diverse perspectives on the issue as I could.