Canadian denied entry to the USA
So to keep it short but detailed, I am Canadian and been travelling to the USA over the years for pleasure.
A few years ago, I wanted to visit a friend in Saudi Arabia, so I booked a flight that was going from Canada to the US(layover) and then saudi airline from USA to Saudi Arabia. After going through security and all that and about to board the plane in Canada, they tell me that you are not allowed to go to Washington DC where the layover is.
I filed a FOIA asking why I was denied entry to the U.S but all I got was my travel entries into the USA, no detail why I was told I can't go to the USA.
My question is does anyone know what the reason could be? If I was not able to go to Saudi, would that make sense why the USA denied my entry to Washington because USA would be a layover destination?.
Feel free to ask me questions, my son is in the USA working and I would like to visit him so trying to find an solution.
Am I able to just book a flight to the USA and see if it happens again?
Best Answer
(not knowing any more details than what you give us)
Maybe you are one of many cases of duplicate identity in the Homeland no fly list that will generate a false positive.
You need to get as much official documentation of your citizenship you can get your hands on and check with airlines (or maybe the DHS or the Canadian equivalent) to see if you are on the no fly list and if possible to get out of the no fly list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Fly_List#False_positives
Good luck with that.
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There are a number of reasons why Canadians are denied entry to the US. First and formally is due to a criminal record. If you have one, the US border officers have access to it and will refuse you entry even if you are only transiting through American soil. Have you previously overstayed on a visit the to US? That's another reason why they can deny you entry. There is actually a huge bunch of reasons: medical conditions, no fly list, etc. Either way, now that you've been refused, you will need to get an entry waiver. You can read my blog about my experience obtaining and utilizing an I-194 waiver. http://uswaiver.blogspot.ca/ Good luck, good travels.
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