Exceptions to the Safe Third Country Agreement with CanadaThird Country Agreement • June 14th, 2007
The U.S. and Canada have an agreement preventing people who first enter one country from applying for asylum or refugee status in the other. This means that if you entered the U.S. first and then try to apply for asylum in Canada, you may not be able to. However, there are exceptions to the agreement that may allow you to apply for asylum in Canada, even if you came to the U.S. first. For one thing, this agreement only applies to you if you are planning on arriving at entry ports on the U.S.-Canada land border. It does not apply if you plan on arriving in Canada at air or marine ports.
What is the Safe Third Country Agreement?Third Country Agreement • March 29th, 2016
The Safe Third Country Agreement states that a refugee who applies for a refugee claim at a land border will not be permitted to enter Canada to make the refugee claim unless he/she qualifies under an exception to the agreement. The Safe Third Country Agreement applies to refugees who want to enter Canada via land crossing from the United States.
