will my wife be able to follow me to Canada with a DWI (7 years ago?)

[bosh]

I am moving to Toronto to start a job there this fall. My wife was convicted of a DWI 7 years ago, and I was wondering whether this will present a problem for her coming with me. I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but she was under the legal alcohol limit--she was just involved in a minor traffic accident and deemed intoxicated. Who makes the decision on whether she can come through? Is it the agent at the border when we come in?

Thanks!

 

[canadavisa13]

she is deemed inadmissible to canada as of now DUI is a serious criminal act in canada and she needs to be 10 or 5 years if i am correct(seniors can correct me) since this happens and apply for a pardon before she can enter canada.

 

[PMM]

Hi

I am moving to Toronto to start a job there this fall. My wife was convicted of a DWI 7 years ago, and I was wondering whether this will present a problem for her coming with me. I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but she was under the legal alcohol limit--she was just involved in a minor traffic accident and deemed intoxicated. Who makes the decision on whether she can come through? Is it the agent at the border when we come in?

Thanks!

If 5 years have passed since the completion of the sentence, then she can apply for rehabilitation. At the present time she is inadmissible to Canada. See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/rehabil.asp

 

[bosh]

Thanks so much.