Can I take a flight to Canada which stops in the USA, if I have restrictions from entering the USA?
I am a Canadian citizen and I have been denied from the USA in the past 2 years and last year I entered illegally and was caught and given voluntary departure, but I do not have a criminal record in the USA or Canada.
NOW - I am currently in Costa Rica and looking to fly back to Canada, and it would be ideally priced with a stop in the USA. I am not banned from entering the USA for any amount of time but CBP has said I need to present 12 consecutive months worth of pay stubs and rent receipts proving my ties to Canada. Is there any way I can take a flight from Costa Rica with a stop in the USA? Is my onward flight ticket proof enough? Or will I be turned back before boarding in the airport in Costa Rica? Is there a number I can call to ask US customs about my legal situation?
Best Answer
Sorry, but you have to enter the US when you have a stopover there. That's a constant hassle for people who have connecting flights to catch there (or even just a fuelstop during which they have to deplane). They all have to go through the ESTA process (or even apply for a visum).
As a Canadian you wouldn't normally need either, but as you're blacklisted you wouldn't get approved anyway.
You could I guess call the US consulate or embassy in Costa Rica and ask, but I'm pretty sure that's the answer you'd get.
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