**PR but DUI, in USA now, can I return to Canada?

[zardoz]

Hello, I need your advice. Sadly I too have been an idiot for which I am terribly ashamed. I am a PR for many years and was convicted of a DUI Sept 2017 ; I have completed the requirements by the province and have my license back .. I need to leave overseas and want to make sure that I can return home to Canada. Please tell me if I can or not????

If you are a Canadian Permanent Resident, you have the right to reenter Canada (subject to certain conditions). IRPA 19(2). Not a Charter right.

 

[pd1988]

If you are a Canadian Permanent Resident, you have the right to reenter Canada (subject to certain conditions). IRPA 19(2). Not a Charter right.

 

[pd1988]

So can you please expand what IRPA 19[2] means??? in basic language

 

[zardoz]

So can you please expand what IRPA 19[2] means??? in basic language

Read it for yourself...

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/section-19.html

 

[pd1988]

Ok thank you ... I guess then it is at the discretion of the border officer if I meet requirements.. I believe I do as I have full time employment for like 26 years and pay my taxes every year, own a home etc ... is that what it means??

 

[zardoz]

Ok thank you ... I guess then it is at the discretion of the border officer if I meet requirements.. I believe I do as I have full time employment for like 26 years and pay my taxes every year, own a home etc ... is that what it means??

No. It means that if you are a Permanent Resident, and can establish this to the satisfaction of the immigration officer, they must let you enter.

 

[pd1988]

ok thank you...... I think I have all the documents required... Thank you for your time I do appreciate it .. this forum is awsome with the like of you with so much knowledge that most of us don't have !!!!