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    Default Can a Foreign National Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    Hello,

    I was charged, never convicted of common assault. The courts offered me a 12 month Peace Bond which I signed. This Peace Bond is in effect until June 2011.

    If I attempt to travel to the US will I be deemed inadmissible?

    Thank you for any advice.

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    Default Re: Can I (a Canadian) Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    If I attempt to travel to the US will I be deemed inadmissible?
    Probably not, since a Peace Bond is civil, not criminal.

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    Default Re: Can I (a Canadian) Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    from Wiki (I know)

    A peace bond, in Canadian law, is an order from a criminal court that requires a person to keep the peace. Usually, other conditions are attached such as a requirement to abstain from certain activities or avoid communicating, directly or indirectly with certain individuals and/or avoid certain locations or individuals, A peace bond is entered into in lieu of criminal charges or as a requirement for charges to be withdrawn.
    The bond can last for up to twelve months. Violation of the peace bond can make one subject to arrest or result in a fine. It is written under Section 810 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
    sounds like probation down here. I suspect it might be problematic. Might depend on what it was for. From what little I could gather, Canada will allow you to travel to the US but the US authorities have the right to prevent your entry into the US due to the Peace Bond.

    I would suggest calling before you attempt to travel.

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    Default Re: Can I (a Canadian) Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    Ok, thank you.

    I was thinking about contacting the border crossing to see if I will have problems. I want to be sure when I go down there.

    Will they give me a definite answer if I call them?

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    Default Re: Can I (a Canadian) Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    http://www.canadianlegal.org/travel_waivers.php

    that website has some info for you.

    and from what I understand, nothing is definite until you actually cross the border. Like with all things, the decisions seem to change depending on who is the guard at the moment.

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    Default Re: Can I (a Canadian) Enter the U.S. While Under a Peace Bond

    Thanks, I read that site before finding expertlaw . Ya its too bad that nothing is definite... This list of excludability was taken from that site, it does not include my offence..


    What are Grounds of Excludability?
    (EXCERPT from the Immigration and Nationality Act, Sec 212 [8 U.S.C. 1182].) Criminal and Related Violations

    Crimes of Moral Turpitude AND Controlled Substances
    Exceptions: the offence occurred before your 18th birthday (5 years have since passed following the date of the commission of the offence and release from imprisonment), there is only one offence where the maximum penalty is 1 year and the sentence imposed was 6 months or less. Includes attempting to commit or commission of an offence for which there was no conviction.

    Controlled Substance Traffickers - Includes “assister, abettor, conspirator, or colluder”
    Conviction of 2 or more offences with a combined sentence of 5 or more years
    Prostitution and Commercialized vice
    Certain aliens involved in serious criminal activity who have asserted immunity from prosecution
    Other Grounds

    Health Related Problems
    Security and Related Violations
    Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators
    Document Violations

    This whole situation was really brutal, i was slapped in the face, and i subsequently pushed the person away so as to not get slapped again, after several minutes, (so my lawyer said self defence was not an option). It was not a violent push or anything, and in the statement the victim said I "kind of pushed her".

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