Hello everyone, im new to the site and this is my first posting. I have been living in the United States since I was 5 years old and I am 23 now. I graduated from UNLV on August 2008. A week after, immigration came to my house and arrested me and my family for overstaying our visa's. I spent two months in jail before finally being deported. I do not blame my family for my unfortunate situation. Even though I had nothing to do with the case since I was a minor at the time, I was labeled a fugitive and as a result have been exiled for ten years. I love my family, they put me through school and now that I have finished, I am their only hope left.
We are living in the Philippines now and im still trying to adjust. I was planning on taking the NCLEX here but realized that it was only good for the US. I plan to relocate to Canada to work as an RN over there but I do not even know where to start. If anyone has information and is willing to share please do so. I am stuck in a rut and am in need of some real help. Thank you all for your time and God Bless. I do not have readily available internet access as I must go to cafes to log in so I may not respond right away. Thank you all again for your help.
I have read that too but it only addresses criminal convictions. You're right she should probably ask a canadian immigration lawyer before going forward.
Deportation from a country is considered a criminal conviction, that is the point that I have been trying to make.
Suzanne4 Could you please explain what you mean by "cannot get a satisfactory police clearance"? What do you mean by "satisfactory" here?
Just asking because I know somebody whose husband was deported 2 years ago and she has been offered a job in BC and is thinking of moving there with him.
That person can be offered a job, but that does not mean that the husband will get a visa to join her there. Remember that employers do not offer visas, only governments do. And we have seen this happen in the past quite a bit, the nurse will get the visa, but not the spouse will not be able to accompany them.
Good point, I have been searching for several hours yesterday and today on if that could be grounds for inadmissibility into Canada and I have found nothing yet so that would be nice if OP of this statement could explain the impact that this could have (if any and how).
Being deported especially for overstaying a visa is not a criminal offense, does not endanger anybody, and does not pose a security threat. Yes, it will show up on the FBI police certificate but what happens then?
I feel that a lot of times people confuse criminal law and immigration law. It is not the same.
When one actually spends time in an immigration detention center, that is most definitely counted against them. And it is considered a criminal event, if one is required to spend time there and is not just voluntarily deported and permitted to leave the country on their own. When they are required to be escorted out of the US, things change.
There are threads here on what is needed to do to be able to work in Canada, please use those threads for specific information. One is also that a local license is in hand, before they will even look at the application. But then again, this is also not a spouse, but the actual nurse that is involved with immigration issues.
Have not seen one that has been deported from the US after spending time in the detention connected with the federal prison able to get a visa to work in Canada. It is just not happening, has not happened either.
Well, I dont understand how you dont see that your statement may be inciting fear.
It is not a point of inciting fear, but things that each and everyone of you need to be aware of. The internet is not anonymous, no matter what you may think. For each and every computer that you use, it is assigned an IP address. One can easily be fuund thru this, there is nothing secret about it. And also one of the reasons that we try to keep people for remaining s anonymous as possible here, but it is still not fool-prrof. This is something that everyone should be aware of.
So it is not inciting fear, but instilling common sense.
When one actually spends time in an immigration detention center, that is most definitely counted against them. And it is considered a criminal event, if one is required to spend time there and is not just voluntarily deported and permitted to leave the country on their own. When they are required to be escorted out of the US, things change.
I'm sorry Suzanne, but you are wrong.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), in an Apr. 6, 2006 report entitled "Immigration Enforcement Within the United States," offered the following:
"The INA [immigration and Nationality Act] includes both criminal and civil components, providing both for criminal charges (e.g., alien smuggling, which is prosecuted in the federal courts) and for civil violations (e.g., lack of legal status, which may lead to removal through a separate administrative system in the Department of Justice). Being illegally present in the U.S. has always been a civil, not criminal, violation of the INA, and subsequent deportation and associated administrative processes are civil proceedings. For instance, a lawfully admitted nonimmigrant alien may become deportable if his visitor's visa expires or if his student status changes.
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Deportation from a country is considered a criminal conviction, that is the point that I have been trying to make.