Serious- will we get US visas?

pazza2000

dorsetjohn wrote: »

Relax , you will be fine . You will get refused if you keep ringing people up and asking questions . You went last year , Homeland Security will see that you were let in last year and why should it be any different now . Fill the ESTA in online and it will return fine

Chill Baby and maybe you take your boyfriends stance and smoke a big Reefer !!!!!!!!:rotfl:

Correct, you will be 100% fine. Dont worry about it at all...

glitter123

If you have ever been arrested, cautioned or convicted then you should apply for a Visa to enter the US. Just because a conviction is regarded as "spent" here doesnt mean anything when applying to US.
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/niv/arrests_and_convictions.html

glitter123

DanielD2008 wrote: »

Do fingerprints not only get taken for major arrests ? (murder etc).

I wouldnt have thought fingerprints get taken for possesion of cannabis which would therefore mean if the US people stopped you then investigated there would be no trace of fingerprints.

UK National DNA database holds more than just fingerprints on everyone who's been held in police custody. Its the largest database held by any country.

glitter123

There is a "wizard" on the embassy site to help assist whether a visa is required

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/visawizard/index.html

lindsey_toffee_girl

all this stuff scares me the more I read the more i get confussed

lindsey_toffee_girl

If like Lynds says they do not have access to our info then the finger prints cant be linked?
I thought this was incase you commit any crime etc while you are there, they can find you and identify you easier?

FH_Brit

SimbaK2K wrote: »

As I said, they don't have a record, the US don't have access to UK police records, so just apply and it should be okay. If it gets refused online then you'll need a visa, but otherwise it should be fine.

This poster is suggesting that you "withold" information - guess what? If they found out you did not disclose a criminal record you will suffer far more serious consequences (especially since 9/11) that you are committing fraud to obtain entry!

My Advise - don't listen to people who may have "got away with it in the past" ask the people who matter to avoid dissapointment.

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rctour.html

Have a good trip

FH_Brit

Here's another point - in the UK there is The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act that allowd you to say you have a clean record - well heres the point that I have to make to most people during my work, you are travelling to USA and any British law is irellevant The US might not have access to PNC records (Police National Computer) or any other official records (Data Prtotection Act prevents "sharing" of information) but Court Records/Newspaper reports/Crime Statistics are all "public accessable" and whats stopping the USCIS (Customs/Immigration service) checking any court record to see if you had a convicton

lindsey_toffee_girl

This is the thing you could of been arrested for a number of things though on the actual form it only asks about moral turpitude or subistance abuse therfore a lot of people could honestly answer no to what the VWP asks though if you look around the subject that is when it says anyway who has been arrested is ADVISED to get a visa!

consultant31

There's a list of crimes (and whether they involve Moral Turpitude) here

http://www.nlada.org/DMS/Documents/1068321140.08/Flachart.pdf

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