After Being Deported From Canada, Is It Still Possible To Relocate To The Us?

[Willywillwilly10]

I was deported from Canada for assault 2 years ago. Is it still possible for me to go get a visa to the US? Or do they automatically refuse me because I was deported from Canada?

[Buenchico]

You'll be ineligible to travel to the USA under the Visa Waiver Program (i.e. with an ESTA), so you'll need to go through the long-winded visa application process (which includes attending an interview at the US embassy). However most forms of assault aren't classed as 'crimes of moral turpitude' by the US authorities, so there won't be an automatic bar to you entering the USA. It will be a discretionary matter for the embassy staff to consider, so there can't be a definitive answer to your question.

However you should commence any visa application several months before booking any travel to the USA in order to allow plenty of time for a decision to be arrived at.

[Buenchico]

PS: I've just noticed the word 'relocate', rather than 'visit', in your post.

I suspect that, if you're seeking to move to the USA, rather than to simply visit as a tourist, you'd find it exceptionally difficult (if not impossible) to do so. Firstly, you need to have specific grounds for doing so (such as being able to provide a service that US citizens can't do just as well, like professional sportsmen and internationally-acclaimed movie stars, or family ties). The vast majority of people from the UK (and from other countries where the USA's green card immigration system isn't available) simply aren't eligible to take up residence in the USA.

Friends of mine were eligible to move to the USA because they'd got close family there. However it still took them 2½ years to clear all of the hurdles of the US immigration system (and that was without having any problems such as yours with the Canadian authorities).