Dui/ non-conviction involving Canada/Mexico

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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,
My name is Zack, and I have been pursuing a career in this wonderful thing we call flying. I’m not here to speak about my past DUI and all that entails. I have to my knowledge, read every thread available on this forum regarding DUI’s and there severity etc etc… Of which I own fully, but my question lays in different pastures, which follows.
So right at 2 years ago, I was arrested for a DUI, case went to court, prosecution completely dropped all charges, nothing more was in that sense done through the court. I know the seriousness of the offense with the arrest itself. As I said I have tried to do as much research as I could to find this out of my own before posting. My question, ladies and gentlemen, is now that I have this 1 blemish. I won’t say “on my record” because in that sense my record is spotless… but since I have this 1 blemish on my “arrest history” how and what does that do for my entry into Canada/Mexico with a airline. I am aware of TRP, and the other night permanent route to admissible entry. I spoke to a regional recruiter a few months ago, and his response was “yes, we hire people with DUI’s, after 5 years so that they can get cleared to fly to Canada etc.” I don’t believe he understood the circumstances with my specific case. Bottom line question… did the case getting dismissed enable free travel for me for a career. Or will I still have to jump that TRP/admissions hoop (which seems to be a killer). Not that the DUI already isn’t. Like I said ladies and gentlemen, I understand the severity of my action, my question lays in what I have asked about the admissions hoop. If it does, then it would seem to reason I wait to start ATP until more time passes to get to that 5 year mark. If getting the case dropped opens that door tho, I could respectably start soon and that wouldn’t be a problem with hiring on at a regional in the next few years. I just wouldn’t want to finish with my hours and then be sitting at idle because I’m missing 1 year and some change on being able to fly all the routes a carrier flies.
Thank you for reading this and any information you can provide.
Have a blessed day and upcoming weekend.

Sincerely,
Horton

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Honestly, you are asking questions that are very better suited for an aviation or Canadien immigration attorney. These are complex questions that I think would be better to refer to experts in the matter.

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I appreciate the info. I’ll reach out to a Canadian immigration attorney and see what they had to say. Figured I would exhaust this resource first, thought someone on here might have some info on the topic at hand. Thanks Chris.
Horton

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For anyone that reads the this thread and may have the same question. I contacted a Canadian immigration attorney and discussed the situation. The immigration lawyer told me that since the charges were dropped then I would have no problem in the realm of my admissibility into Canada. He did suggest getting a letter of opinion from a attorney stating that basically if your arrest record is found and questioned then that document is a quick and effective way to clear it up, which he said was about 750.00.

Cheers,
Horton

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Interesting. Thanks for the update.

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What are the chances of making it to the majors with a scenario like Zack had, I know someone In a similar situation. Although I’m not sure zack just beat it with a lawyer or he truthfully wasn’t under the influence, but either way the case is still similar.

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It’s best to contact the airlines directly for questions like these.

Tory