Inadmissible to Canada: Travel to Canada After A Conviction, Second Edition

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Author: Marisa Feil
ISBN 10: 1-936360-74-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-936360-74-8
Copyright Date Ed: March 7, 2019
Pages: 128
Binding Information: Softcover
Size: 6 ✕ 9 Inches (US)

Inadmissible to Canada: Travel to Canada After a Conviction is a book designed for attorneys and practitioners in the United States representing clients facing criminal charges. The book describes how a conviction in the United States may prevent a person from traveling to Canada. There is a ton of information on pleading down offenses, avoiding Canadian inadmissibility, alternatives to pleading guilty, sentencing guidelines and inadmissibility waivers. You will find useful practice tips on the following and more:

The types of offenses that will prevent your client from traveling to Canada
The effects of non-guilty verdicts & diversion programs
Pardons, expungements & dismissals
Temporary inadmissibility waivers
Permanently resolving inadmissibility with rehabilitation
Implications for travel after Canadian legislative amendments legalizing marijuana and increasing penalties on impaired driving

Inadmissible to Canada: Travel to Canada after a Conviction

The book is short, written by a Canadian immigration attorney who seems to have developed a practice assisting U.S. citizens convicted of various crimes in the United States or in Canada to be able to return to Canada. I learned that the Canadian system is complicated (not unlike the U.S. immigration system) and that admissibility after a conviction can depend on the type and circumstances of the offence. U.S. convictions are compared to their Canadian counterparts, with the adverse consequences determined by that assessment. It became clear to me that successfully navigating the Canadian system after a conviction would be difficult without assistance from competent Canadian counsel.

That may be the point of the book: If you or your clients have a U.S. DUI conviction and want to travel to Canada, it may be best to find Canadian assistance. Marissa Feils book can help you understand the rules, providing guidance regarding the process and the information that you will need, but in the end you might decide to call her to ask her to accept your case.

... While I hope never to need this book or Ms. Feils services for any family member, I will keep it on my bookshelf just in case.

See the whole review at: http://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/wisconsinlawyer/pages/article.aspx?volume=89&issue=11&articleid=25276