USA Visa

FutureGirl

Planning on visiting NY, USA next year.

One person that is coming with us has a previous conviction from 3+ years ago. They will need to apply for a visa, just wondering if anyone knows roughly how far in advance a visa should be applied for.

And when you apply how long does one last? Do you have to specify the travel dates on it?

Thanks!

blindman

FutureGirl wrote: »

Planning on visiting NY, USA next year.

One person that is coming with us has a previous conviction from 3+ years ago. They will need to apply for a visa, just wondering if anyone knows roughly how far in advance a visa should be applied for.

And when you apply how long does one last? Do you have to specify the travel dates on it?

Thanks!

A few threads on here re this topic

Anecdotal one

One more

Another one

danielthomark

FutureGirl wrote: »

USA........ a previous conviction from 3+ years ago. They will need to apply for a visa

Depending on what the conviction was, they MAY need a visa. (example, one simple DUI doesn't need declaring).

Depending on what the conviction was, and whether they need a visa, 3 years MAY be to soon to get a waiver.

FutureGirl wrote: »

roughly how far in advance a visa should be applied for

It it needs a waiver that can take months, so the sooner they apply the better.

FutureGirl wrote: »

And when you apply how long does one last?

1 trip, 1 year, 10 years, depends how it goes.

The "normal" B-2s are 10 years, but they are now extremely difficult to get for normal travelers.