Paris Hilton must check in with Border Services before hitting Montreal
I thought Paris Hilton’s conviction and past jail time history is where it belongs…in the past. But the past comes back to haunt her whenever she travels overseas. Even to Canada.
Paris Hilton will have to give at least one autograph before she sets a dainty foot in Canada this weekend - on a request to enter the country submitted to the Canada Border Services Agency.
That’s because the ex-con’s record isn’t limited to her self-titled debut album, “Paris,” which came out in 2006.
A misdemeanour traffic violation led to a criminal conviction for the 27-year-old celebrity that resulted in her spending 22 days behind bars last year.
“The record still stands,” said deputy sheriff Oscar Butao of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “That doesn’t come off unless she gets it expunged by the judge. It still stands.”
Hilton is due to appear at a downtown Montreal Brown’s shoe store on Saturday to peddle her line of shoes - “Paris Hilton Footware” - which includes platforms, stilettos, flats, wedges, and sporty styles. The first 200 people to make a purchase will get an autograph.
A spokeswoman for the event was not immediately available for comment.
Robert Gervais, a spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency, says Hilton will have to apply for a permit to enter Canada because she has served time. He says she can do it at one of Canada’s consulates in the United States or at the embassy in Washington, D.C.
The model and actress can also do it at the border.
“People who do have a criminal record can be refused admission to Canada,” Gervais said, citing changes made to immigration laws in 2002. He wouldn’t comment on Hilton’s case specifically, although he noted “she has entered before.”
That trip - to visit a Montreal club last September - could make it easier for Hilton but she still has to follow the process.
“It’s applied uniformly based on the information that we have on the individual who seeks entry to Canada,” Gervais said.
Via Canadian Press
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