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[quote=Anonymous]This is all documented on the government websites for both US and Canada. No need to hypothesize.

What you can do
Depending on the crime, how long ago it was and how you have behaved since, you may still be allowed to come to Canada, if you:

convince an immigration officer that you meet the legal terms to be deemed rehabilitated, or
applied for rehabilitation and were approved, or
were granted a record suspension or
have a temporary resident permit.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility/overcome-criminal-convictions.html#a1

Otherwise, they might just make you stay in the terminal.

I had a super cranky immigration officer in Sweden almost deny my family entry for a night we were planning on spending there on a long layover. She tried to get my young kids and husband to sleep on the airport floor since we didn't technically *need* to leave our transit area. I had to show documentation of the hotel we had reserved, as well as explain to her in very detailed terms how even though the hotel's check out time was 11am, we would be leaving at 6am in order to catch our flight. I've also had officers in many countries just stamp my passport with nary a question at all. (I have no criminal history of any kind, ftr).

Basically, in many cases you're subject to the whims of the immigration officer and they could either say "that was 20 years ago and you meet our criteria to be deemed rehabilitated" or "you don't, sleep on the floor." [/quote]

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