{"id":1193,"date":"2016-11-09T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:57:02","slug":"flying-to-canada-with-a-criminal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/flying-to-canada-with-a-criminal-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying to Canada with a criminal record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBAA has posted\u00a0useful updated information on flying to Canada with previous convictions, which may affect your passengers, or crew. <strong>Canada is known for refusing entry to the country if you have a DUI charge<\/strong> on your record.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<p>If denied admission because of a DUI, a traveler\u2019s options depend on the time elapsed from the completion of the sentence or probation period, not the arrest date.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If it has been 10 years or more, you\u2019re automatically deemed rehabilitated, and the border agent welcomes you to Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Between 5 and 10 years from the completion of a sentence or probation, travellers can apply for \u201ccriminal rehabilitation,\u201d which documents that someone is \u201cno longer a public safety threat in Canada and costs up to $1,000, said Healy.<\/li>\n<li>For those whose sentence or probation ended less than 5 years ago, Canadian border officials can offer a one-time free temporary resident permit. The permit, which costs $200, is good for up to a year, and you can enter and leave Canada as needed during the approved period. A traveler can apply for a permit at a consulate or at the border, but a traveler\u2019s ability to use this option at the border is at the discretion of the border official involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, from tomorrow, November 10, 2016 &#8211; most people will need an eTA to enter Canada. <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/end-of-canada-leniency\/\">More on that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBAA has posted\u00a0useful updated information on flying to Canada with previous convictions, which may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[110,716,715,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-1193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-special-report","7":"tag-canada","8":"tag-dui-charge","9":"tag-entry","10":"tag-eta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}