I’ve heard people getting banned from country’s and I want to know what you have to do to get banned and how they know you are banned from that country
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Countries are able to choose how hard or easy it is for certain categories of people, or for specific people, to enter.
The norm is to require a “visa” – basically, the traveler has to fill out some paperwork in advance of their trip, telling the country why they want to enter, and the country’s governmental offices can either let them in for a certain amount of time for a certain purpose, or refuse to let them in.
A lot of countries will have “visa waivers” with other countries that they trust. For example, an American citizen with a passport and a clean criminal record can come and go to Canada for tourism or shopping pretty freely.
Anyway, back to the point. At a basic level, a country can choose who it lets in. They absolutely can and do maintain lists of specific groups and people who they will just plain not let in. These lists are accessible to all of their border guards. A lot of countries will “ban” people for having a criminal record, or for having a record of drunk driving, or for being a member of a certain religion, or for ever having consumed cannabis.
The choice is ***entirely*** up to the country’s government. They have “sovereignty” – they have the final say in who is allowed in.
Oh, and the border guards themselves have a lot of discretional power. Putting aside the USA-Canada “visa waiver”, a US border guard can choose to refuse entry to a Canadian citizen for having a very minor criminal record, and from that point forward, that Canadian citizen is basically “banned” from the USA – they will have to fill out visa paperwork and hope for visa approval the next time they ever want to enter the USA.
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