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Can You Travel To Canada With Driving Under The Influence Offences?

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If you are a foreign national and have committed or been convicted of a driving under the influence offence or any other criminal offence

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Reis Pagtakhan
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Scott Bell
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Jessica Jensen
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If you are a foreign national and have committed or been convicted of a driving under the influence offence or any other criminal offence, you may be criminally inadmissible to Canada – meaning that you may not be allowed into Canada.

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) convictions are not treated the same in the U.S. as in Canada. Canada's fines and penalties for drunk driving are far more severe than the United States.

On December 18, 2018, new DUI laws came into effect in Canada that categorize all DUI offences as "serious criminality" for immigration purposes.

Previously, only DUI offences that resulted in death or bodily harm were found to be serious criminality. Now, the following driving offences committed on or after December 18, 2018, are also considered to be serious criminality offences:

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