What happens if you get denied at the border?

[pauly2]

If you are driving in and get denied, i understand you just drive right back.


If you are taking a flight and get denied what happens? Do you just book a flight back at the airport right then or you have no option?


What happens if you get denied at the border when on a bus?

 

[Leon]

If they don't want to let you enter Canada, in the airport, they will keep you close until they can find you a flight back and you can expect that they will escort you to the gate. Who pays, no idea. I suppose you will have to pay for the flight but if you don't have money or a card, I suppose they will pay for it and try to bill you back. You would not have an easy time returning with a debt like that open.

When you arrive on a bus, I don't know. They may try to send you back on another bus I suppose.

 

[PMM]

Hi

If they don't want to let you enter Canada, in the airport, they will keep you close until they can find you a flight back and you can expect that they will escort you to the gate. Who pays, no idea. I suppose you will have to pay for the flight but if you don't have money or a card, I suppose they will pay for it and try to bill you back. You would not have an easy time returning with a debt like that open.

When you arrive on a bus, I don't know. They may try to send you back on another bus I suppose.

1. No return ticket, airline pays to remove you. Bus, you are taken off and escorted to the US side.

 

[pauly2]

Hi

1. No return ticket, airline pays to remove you. Bus, you are taken off and escorted to the US side.

Can you explain this? So they would drive me to the us side or could i walk to the other side? And how long would that take?


So that means i have to wait for the next bus that is coming from my destination in canada to usa even if its the following day since there usually are 1-2 buses that go daily? Would that mean i have to stay at that place overnight?

 

[scylla]

Can you explain this? So they would drive me to the us side or could i walk to the other side? And how long would that take?

Canadian immigration officials would escort you (i.e. walk you over) to US immigration and hand you over to US immigration officials.

 

[pauly2]

Canadian immigration officials would escort you (i.e. walk you over) to US immigration and hand you over to US immigration officials.

How long is the walk? Im a bit confused so if they walk me to us immigration, then is that the place im suppose to take the bus back to the usa? Because from my memory, when i took a bus from canada back to the usa the two times i did that, i dont recall stopping at the canadian border, we stopped at the us border and thats when they ask you questions like where you are from and where you are going.


So the us border and canadian border is basically the same area except opposite streets? Im pretty sure someone know what im trying to ask but im not making it clear with my words.

 

[scylla]

If you are coming by bus into Canada, then you stop at Canadian immigration (not US immigration), off load there with all of your luggage, and everyone has to go through immigration one by one.

When you are coming by bus into the US, then you stop at US immigration.

 

[pauly2]

If you are coming by bus into Canada, then you stop at Canadian immigration (not US immigration), off load there with all of your luggage, and everyone has to go through immigration one by one.

When you are coming by bus into the US, then you stop at US immigration.

Yes i understand this. But i mean if im not allowed into canada at the canadian immigration, you said they will escort me to the us side so i could take a bus there. But is that the us immigration they are escorting me to? Are they basically on opposite sides of the street? Because you mention they just walk me over there and from what i recall, isn't the place where ppl stop at canadian immigration and the ppl who stop at us immigration, aren't it a completely different place? Because i had thought i would need a cab ride to the other side to go back to the usa.


Does it make sense what im asking here?

 

[zardoz]

The border is a very thin line and the border posts will be quite close together. Certainly a very short walk.

 

[rhcohen2014]

The border is a very thin line and the border posts will be quite close together. Certainly a very short walk.

there are some borders you have to cross a bridge before entering the other country. if it's like that, then yes i suspect they will drive you to the US border and hand you over to US immigration. i suspect they will only make you walk if the borders are close by. you will always be escorted, or they may call the us to pick you up. no one knows for sure. again, it's one of those things that can't be predicted until it actually happens.

there is much confusion about the 6 mo. rule for visa exempt visitors. The whole theory of "resetting" your clock on your 6 mo. allowable time in canada has yet to be proven in my opinion. I for one don't believe it to be true, as I've been told by border agents it is 6 mo. per CALENDAR year. so this may be the reason you will run into issue.

The options the border agents have are to let you leave on your own, or they will issue you an exclusion order which means you can not enter canada for 1 year.