Wife and I will be riding into Canada this year. She had a DUI over 10 years ago and when she ran her DMV report it didn't come up.

Should we be worried?

Anyone else out there get in with a DUI on their record?

 

Maybe give Canadian customs a call. Probably better information than that from a message board.

 

Someone asked me that question years ago because I was crossing the border every year. I know you could be turned away but there are ways to get around it. Just a quick search I found this.. http://www.ezbordercrossing.com/the-.../#.UvGUGhYo6Uk

 

And another which says they can go back ten years... http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g1...nvictions.html

 

Here's a Canadian gov't link that looks like it may help....but advises your wife's conviction is really up to the local border officer's discretion. I thought maybe she could just take her passport down to the consulate's office in Atlanta and have them run it, but no dice according to their website.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa...lity/index.asp

 

Canadians going into the states have the same issues. Is it just me or does it seem stupid our countries worry about this ****. If you watch the news recently a Canadian was not allowed to enter Washington state because of a marijuana charge which the US customs knew nothing about but the person truthfully answered the question. I mean it is legal to smoke it there and you cannot enter for having smoked it. so what you have a DUI, how does that make a difference.
Maybe if both countries stopped worrying about the small stuff we can take care of the bigger problems

 

In 2000 I rode into Canada with a friend who did 12 years in Sing Sing in New York.
His 12 years was not for a dui. Times have changed.