Husband sstayed in US too long

This is about my husband

He's a Canadian citizen. He went to the US in May of 2008 and was refused entry for not having ties to canada. He got a job, etc and then went back in June of 2008. He was admitted and given an I-94 stapled into his passport telling him to leave by August 10, 2008.

He overstayed and did not leave until February 9, 2009 as his girlfriend at the time was american with cystic fibrosis and he did not want to leave her, he left when she passed away.

There's nothing in his passport about leaving or overstaying and he was never deported. he left willingly and was never informed of a ban.

Now, he and I got married in January. I'm American and we've applied for my permanent residency in Canada. If I have to go to an interview, it will be in America and he'd like to come with me. But he's worried he won't be allowed into the country.

It will have been16-18 months since he returned. And he has a lease, job, wife near the end of the PR process, a bunny, etc.

Will he be allowed to enter or is he going to be banned from entering? I heard that Canadians can't be banned from the US though....

Thoughts? Worth the cost of a plane ticket?

If he overtstayed by 180 days he would be banned. he needs to obtain proof that he left US before Aug 10 2008 + 180 days. This would be done -- as instructed on his I-94 -- by handing back the I-94 to a CDn agent as he re-entered Canada.

He overstayed less than a year but 180 days or more so a 3-year bar would apply. The bar would attach to him when he departed on February 9, 2009.

You heard wrong, Canadians can and have been barred for overstaying among other violations.

If he cannot prove he departed before the expiration on the I-94, he may require legal guidance to address the bar and become re-admissible.