Visiting Canada with a DUI

[millis]

Hi.
I have a DUI in Norway from 1.5 years ago, but I want to visit a friend of mine in Canada. I've read a lot about it, and figured that my best chances to get in are to wing it? But some places it's been said that on the declaration card you get asked about criminal convictions, but the ones I find it doesn't say anything about it. I will be travelling by plane from Norway via either UK or Amsterdam, and I've read that since I'm coming from norway I don't need to apply for a visa or anything. So my question is really, do I have a chance of coming in? And do I need any other papers than the declaration form I get on the plane (visa or something)? Any information about anything around this topic would be really helpfull, thanks

 

[millis]

Here is one of the declaration forms I found:
w w w ..cbsa.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/e311-eng ..pdf

(take away the spaces and extra punctuation marks, not allowed to post links..

 

[zardoz]

Hi.
I have a DUI in Norway from 1.5 years ago, but I want to visit a friend of mine in Canada. I've read a lot about it, and figured that my best chances to get in are to wing it? But some places it's been said that on the declaration card you get asked about criminal convictions, but the ones I find it doesn't say anything about it. I will be travelling by plane from Norway via either UK or Amsterdam, and I've read that since I'm coming from norway I don't need to apply for a visa or anything. So my question is really, do I have a chance of coming in? And do I need any other papers than the declaration form I get on the plane (visa or something)? Any information about anything around this topic would be really helpfull, thanks

DUI = Inadmissible to Canada.

This is for a period of 5 years after conviction AND any sentence+probation that was imposed, so a 2 year ban would mean 5 years after the ban ends.

See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=152&t=8 for more information.

 

[scylla]

Agreed with Zardoz. You are inadmissible to Canada for five years. There is a very good chance you will be refused entry into Canada when you arrive and will be put on the first plane back home. Is there some small chance you might manage to get into the country? Yes. But by law, you are inadmissible and you shouldn't be at all surprised if you are turned back.