lets say you are a canadian in the u.s. illegally, and dont want to be deported back to canada. can you then request that you be deported to mexico instead, and enter mexico on a holiday visa?
2006-12-31 13:40:58 · 7 answers · asked by healthy life 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
or lets say you are a russian in china and want to get deported to vietnam instead of russia. and enter viet nam on a holiday visa.
2006-12-31 13:41:36 · update #1
Yes! Believe it or not you can chose which country to be deported to upon officially being ordered removed from the United States by an immigration judge.
The catch: the government of the country you pick must formally accept you through notification to the secretary of Homeland Security.
While it's possible, the government of Mexico would need a pretty good reason to accept a Canadian illegally present in the United States. In other words, it's highly unlikely.
2006-12-31 14:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by Scooter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can only be deported to a country that will have you, normally one that you hold a passport for. If you have your passport, and can obtain a visa for another country, you should use that to travel there yourself.
Even if the Immigration authorities were ready to be flexible - which is pretty unlikely - the third country would be unlikely to accept you on a tourist visa if they think you are not really intending to return to your home country, for example because you had overstayed/claimed asylum/whatever in the other country. Visas can be cancelled at any time, especially if they think you have obtained it fraudulently, by giving false information about your true intentions.
2006-12-31 22:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the current removal procedures, you get to designated the country you want to be removed to. You can only pick one country, however (no list of alternates). You cannot be removed to a country adjacent to the US or a US territory unless you are a citizen of that country - your hypothetical Canadian couldn't request deportation to Mexico. The government can disregard your choice if the country refuses to take you. In that case, you will be removed to your country of citizenship, unless they refuse to take you. Then you go down a list of possible alternatives (where you were born, where you last lived, etc.). If no one will take you, or if you can't be deported to any country that will take you because you will be tortured or killed if you return, then you get to stay in the US, usually in custody.
2007-01-04 12:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by Eddie S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. And why the hell would you go to another country where you would also be an illegal. And with very good odds that that other country isnt as kind as the USA and instead of deporting you from that other country they jail you or worse.
2006-12-31 21:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why, would you not want to come back to Canada? If you were Legal here to begin with? Which now I admit, I am questioning,am I wrong? What are you running from? Mexico? You are up to no good, I think! Holiday Visa? And then what? Cuba? S.A.? Good luck!
2006-12-31 21:56:23 · answer #5 · answered by DORY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to disappoint you. But a person can be deported only to the country he/she belongs to. Or, equivalently, to the country that issued his/her passport. The deportee does not get to choose where he/she wants to be deported. (Thats why in cases where a person's nationality cannot be established, the undocumented illegal alien is kept in jail indefinitely.)
2006-12-31 21:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by ramshi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, but you could lie and say you are Mexican.
2006-12-31 21:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋