eTA Options

[foxc01]

Hi All, I'm wondering if anybody can shed some light on a situation.

I'm due to fly into Toronto from the UK on the 28th July 2016. I applied for an eTA but it is currently in progress.

I declared a DUI conviction from 2002 which I assume is what is holding up my application. I completed a case specific enquiry today providing more information and declaring I had visited Canada in 2012.

I see my options are as follows:

1) Don't fly and loose my airline ticket
2) Take advantage of the fact that I can travel without an eTA - Air Transat have confirmed this


I'm worried that if I do fly and the application is denied whilst I am travelling, I'll be refused entry in Toronto and I'll have to get a flight back home....

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[carobbermuda]

we are waiting for my husbands to be approved. When I filled out the form to check the status of it, he was told not to travel to Canada until he heard back. I think that once you are in the system that you had better not go there until you are given one. If there is any length of time until a return flight home they can lock you up until that time.
As to losing your ticket, hopefully you can put it on hold. Of course there is a fee but you should not lose the whole thing.