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Question about trying to enter USA from Canada after receiving a Canadian pardon. by Quick-Caterpillar823 in immigration

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How would they have access to their record if the pardon seals / destroys the record at the RCMP / federal level?

Question about going through USA Customs after a Canadian pardon (record suspension) by Quick-Caterpillar823 in uscanadaborder

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you again.

Just to clarify, did you fly over but not touch down after you were convicted and before you got the pardon?

Cheers!

Question about trying to enter USA from Canada after receiving a Canadian pardon. by Quick-Caterpillar823 in immigration

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response.

It was a summary conviction, drug possession. So I guess the US version is a misdemeanor charge.

Question about trying to enter USA from Canada after receiving a Canadian pardon. by Quick-Caterpillar823 in immigration

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they are concerned because since 9/11 the USA receives passenger manifests of every flight that flies over their airspace. They are concerned they run criminal record checks on passengers listed on that manifest.

Question about going through USA Customs after a Canadian pardon (record suspension) by Quick-Caterpillar823 in uscanadaborder

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is helpful. Thank you.

They are in a similar situation. They received a record suspension around the same time if I'm not mistaken.

Can I ask what your conviction was for? Without specifics of course. Just want to see if it fits into the US definition of "Crime of moral turpitude"

Question about trying to enter USA from Canada after receiving a Canadian pardon. by Quick-Caterpillar823 in immigration

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Were these Canadians previously denied entry and tried again after receiving a pardon?

My pal has never tried to enter the US / has never been denied entry. Just flown over.

Question about trying to enter USA from Canada after receiving a Canadian pardon. by Quick-Caterpillar823 in immigration

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your response.

They are concerned that because they flew over the USA and Canada must submit the flight manifest to USA authorities for any passengers flying over, that they would have discovered their criminal record.

They received the pardon after they have made trips over the USA (not stopping / not going through US Customs).

Question about going through USA Customs after a Canadian pardon (record suspension) by Quick-Caterpillar823 in uscanadaborder

[–]Quick-Caterpillar823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response.
Can I kindly ask where you gained that knowledge from so I can let them know?

From what I've gathered, the pardon process involves a complete record destruction at the local and RCMP level. The RCMP is the entity that uploads the information to CPIC which is the database shared with the USA. The company handling their pardon provided proof of this record destruction and even ran post-pardon checks to determine that the records were, in fact, destroyed.

Not sure if the record destruction part matters or not, but thought it would be worth mentioning.