How to answer "have you ever been refused admission"

[Jersey Girl 2]

I asked this in another forum, but wanted your input:

My husband was turned back at the Canadian border because he didn't have enough evidence of ties. But he returned later that day with lots of documents and was admitted. He was photographed and fingerprinted.

The question asks if he has ever been refused admission. If we answer "yes," there's no place on the form to give an explanation. If we answer "no," it might be construed as a lie.

What's the best answer?

[Marilyn. 340]

choose YES and then attach a piece of paper as a supplement which explains what happened....

I did this...

[wally 0]

definintely answer yes...we were denied once, photographed and fingerprinted...I crossed over a couple of times after without any problems

during our interview, we were asked the same question again...it seemed to me they already knew about it

[Jersey Girl 2]

Thanks. The consensus is to answer "yes" and provide an explanation on another sheet, rather than glossing over an event that's definitely on their radar.

[Emancipation 2]

I just wanted to note that being photographed & fingerprinted at the US boarder is pretty common. I work for a company that is back & forth over the US boarder and all our guys have been photographed & fingerprinted, and never denied admission. I was down to the US in August to visit my fiancée and they fingerprinted & photographed me, seems to be pretty standard practice these days for the US Immigration to do that upon arrival. Just wanted to be sure that you knew he wasn't the only CDN that was. This appears to happen when you fly into the US (in my case and my company's case).

Edited January 3, 2007 by Emancipation

[girl 37 7]

The answer is yes. If your husband has a copy of his denial (the sheet with his photo, fingerprint, and the reason for denial), he should take it with him to his interview. (The consular offficer in Vancouver thanked me for bringing it and said it makes their job much easier.)

[Kathryn41 3,205]

yep - the answer is yes and put an asterix (*) next to the answer with a separate page including the details. Under the circumstances you described it shouldn't cause him any problems at all. He was turned back for not having enough documentation to prove his visitor status; once he provided the documentation, he was admitted. Theyare not going to hold that against him:-). - the border officials were just doing their jobs - they asked your husband to comply with their regulations, and he did.