Denied Entry Into Canada

**andersonc_tx** · 05-11-2005, 01:39 AM

To whom it may Concern,
I do not think this will ever reach the right person. However, I do not care at this moment. I'm going to write to anyone who may lend an ear to me. On May 6th, 2005, I intended on flying to Vancouver to visit a friend whom i met on-line, and had never had a face to face visit with. I did fly to Vancouver, but was detained by Immigration, and denied access to the country. The reason I was denied entry is because i had a misdemeanor marijuana charge 5 years ago in which i paid for in full, by going to county jail for a short period of time. By all means, I'm not saying that I'm an innocent or perfect person in any way. I know that it's one of the laws over there, or so i was told by the rude Immigration officer that assisted me. I was not intending to stay in the country. I just wanted to visit someone for 8 days. I will not get into any specifics, but Ive used every penny that i had at the moment to get there to see this lady friend of mine. We had everything planned out as to what we were going to do while i was there. I never even got to see her face. At one moment, we were closer than we have ever been physically. But, because of an old misdemeanor marijuana charge, I was not allowed to enter and meet her. That to me, is the most crazy thing i had ever heard. I half way expected someone from a hidden camera show to jump out at the last minute and say that I'd been the victim of a bad prank. I know it sounds like I'm just complaining. But, if you knew how my lady friend and I feel about each other, and how long we've been planning on seeing each other for the 1st time, then maybe you'd understand what i'm feeling right now. I'm not the type to usually write a letter to a source that I have no idea if they're even the one i should write to. I do not complain on a regular basis, but to fly from Houston to Phoenix , then to Vancouver only to be turned away from entering, and visiting the one I love, is simply maddening. I'm not one to fly on the regular either. So, five straight take-offs and landings was not my idea of a vacation, even though i traveled so far. If I'm not sending this letter to the right person, or maybe you just don't care to answer me back, I'll understand. Thats life sometimes. I'm not homeless or starving like a lot of others, so i cant complain too much at all. I do not know what else to say , except that if I'd been a convicted felon, I'd kind of understand why I was denied access. A misdemeanor marijuana charge from five years ago, should not have prevented me from seeing the only person in this world that I would travel so far to be with. I hope this e mail finds the eyes of someone who has a heart like mine. I can only say that I really wanted to visit her and to do all the little things she had talked about doing while I was visiting. I'm not asking for a free trip to Vancouver again, or anything at all. I'm just very upset at the moment, and hope to God that someone never has to go through this again. Call it wishful thinking. In closing, I'd just like to say that I'd do anything to have been with this woman whom i love with all of my heart and soul today. But instead, I'm sitting here, back in Texas, after a long day and an even longer night of switching planes three times on the return trip. Thank you for your time, if you've read this. If not, then so be it. -------Just a Concerned American citizen in love - James C. Anderson