Refusal to US due to admission to previous drug use on flagpole run

[wanderinggypsy]

Last time I "flagpoled" for my second visa I was interrogated by the US customs and I was so nervous I admitted to previous use of drugs in my youth which I haven't touched in years. He gave me a “Notice of Refusal of Admission/Parole into the United States” told me in futirte I have to say I was refused entry into the states and sent me on my way back into Canada which I obtained my visa.

I recently was granted my PR so I decided to treat myself on a vacay to Hawaii seeing as I have to leave and re-enter, now my concern is I have been reading up on flagpoling and admission to drugs and that this can be terms for dismissal in the future. The online application for my ESTA asked if I had ever been refused to US which if I answered yes I couldn't proceed so I answered no and now reading otherwise. Does anyone have any advise on this topic?

 

[scylla]

Last time I "flagpoled" for my second visa I was interrogated by the US customs and I was so nervous I admitted to previous use of drugs in my youth which I haven't touched in years. He gave me a “Notice of Refusal of Admission/Parole into the United States” told me in futirte I have to say I was refused entry into the states and sent me on my way back into Canada which I obtained my visa.

I recently was granted my PR so I decided to treat myself on a vacay to Hawaii seeing as I have to leave and re-enter, now my concern is I have been reading up on flagpoling and admission to drugs and that this can be terms for dismissal in the future. The online application for my ESTA asked if I had ever been refused to US which if I answered yes I couldn't proceed so I answered no and now reading otherwise. Does anyone have any advise on this topic?

You need to post this question to a US immigration forum. However no matter what you do, answer all questions truthfully. The US is far less tolerant when it comes to misrepresentation.

US immigration forums:

https://forums.immigration.com/
https://immigrate2us.net/forum/forum.php

 

[LifeDreamer]

You are admissible since that was in your youth, however you'll need a waiver of inadmissibility which is a very lengthy process, and then a visa unless you became Canadian by then. In the mean time, don't attempt to enter the US regardless of whether you had ESTA approved or not.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Last time I "flagpoled" for my second visa I was interrogated by the US customs and I was so nervous I admitted to previous use of drugs in my youth which I haven't touched in years. He gave me a “Notice of Refusal of Admission/Parole into the United States” told me in futirte I have to say I was refused entry into the states and sent me on my way back into Canada which I obtained my visa.

I recently was granted my PR so I decided to treat myself on a vacay to Hawaii seeing as I have to leave and re-enter, now my concern is I have been reading up on flagpoling and admission to drugs and that this can be terms for dismissal in the future. The online application for my ESTA asked if I had ever been refused to US which if I answered yes I couldn't proceed so I answered no and now reading otherwise. Does anyone have any advise on this topic?

Tthe administrative refusal received when flagpoling is not a real refusal and doesn't need to be declared in future; this has been confirmed many times by US CBP. The fact that the officer told you that you have to declare it indicates that you received an actual formal refusal.