Traveling trough Canada to Alaska
I am planning a trip to Alaska in June with my son and grand son and have been trying to find specific info on the Canadian web sites as to what is required. My wife and I have valid US passports.I fo...
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JaxDad wrote:lakeside013104 wrote:
Canadians allow Americans with DUI convictions to enter their country IF they have a 'waiver' issued by Canadian authorities.
There is a substantial fee involved to acquire this waiver and not every first time applicant of this waiver is granted one. The fee is for each waiver application and each waiver process can be time consuming, meaning several months to acquire.
Lakeside
I'm not sure what 'waiver' you are referring to, but a TRP (I linked to it above), costs $100 (Canadian) and a multiple entry permit is $150.
I wouldn't think that's "substantial" and I'm told a TRP can be issued in 10 in 30 minutes.
Great news. Things must have changed from a few years back. I have heard about long wait times from some folks I came in contact with. Hope the OP has a swift turn around time for his son's wavier, if he applies for one.
Lakeside
