can i travel to canada with a possetion of marijuana charge under 5 grams? (crime)
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Four years ago i was charged with possetion of marijuana. I didnt get any jail time, just probation. I never been to jail or anything. I wish to go and race at your new race track in ontario. With your goverment against crimalization of small amouts of marijuana are my chances good to enter from the us? Or am i ****ed and couldnever race in canada? Your race tracks are amazing and theres some good comp there!
Perhaps your marihuana posession charge was just a misdemeanor like a traffic ticket., If you dont have to travel too far to a Canadian race track you might just take the trip and not bring up the issue of the marihuana charge.. the worst that can happen is you are denied entry and have to return home, nothing ventured nothing gained eh..If you do try to cross the border under no circumstances do you want to bring your stash of pot along with you..
You could also call the Canadian border you plan on crossing and speak to an agent about your admissability.
Thanks guys. I'm also reading that a posession charge under 10 grams I think is a summery offense in Canada and shouldn't bar my entry. Then I'm hearing under the Imagration act or something, any crime bars entry. There both kinda conflicting statements! But I'll check with the border guys just in case.
The pot charge may be so insignificant that it wont automatically pop up on their computer,
If they ask you have you ever been arrested ?you now have a decision to make as how you answer.
I'd personally answer no but i cant counsel you on what you feel comfortable answering.
Thanks guys. I'm also reading that a posession charge under 10 grams I think is a summery offense in Canada anis a conviction in d shouldn't bar my entry. Then I'm hearing under the Imagration act or something, any crime bars entry. There both kinda conflicting statements! But I'll check with the border guys just in case.
Note that whether it is a felony or misdemeanor (in the US), summary or indictable (in Canada), a conviction in the US is a criminal conviction in Canada. Canada makes no distinction between US felonies and misdemeanors--if it results in a conviction in the US, it is generally a conviction in Canada. Thus making you inadmissable.
Don't check with the border guys. Call your local Canadian consulate, and get the straight dope (sorry) on how you can enter Canada with your marijuana conviction.
That's not how it works, ChevySpoons. If the elements of the U.S. offence would make it an indictable offence in Canada, then you are inadmissible. If it's a "hybrid offence" (one that could be charged either summarily or through indictment in Canada), then you're inadmissible. Canada has quite a strict admissibility law, likely to mirror that of the U.S. which is amongst the strictest in the world, but a U.S. crime that is not against the law in Canada does not render someone inadmissible to Canada, nor does a U.S. crime that is so minor that it would be a summary offence in Canada.
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