Usa and criminal records

cheap_charlie

I am reading this with interest as my OH had a visa - he was under the impression he needed it following a conviction at magistrates for filing his tax return late which resulted in a £75 fine. He got the visa without any problems (this was just before 9/11) but a year or so ago he had to do a Disclosure check and nothing came up on his criminal record...which meant all those waits for me at the Embassy in London were a waste of time.

Might therefore be easier (and possibly cheaper) to have a Disclosure check done on yourself before applying.

Thomas99

cheap_charlie wrote: »

following a conviction at magistrates for filing his tax return late which resulted in a £75 fine.

This is DAFT, you can not get a "conviction at magistrates" for filing a tax return late. HMRC can impose a penalty, then if you do not pay it, they can take you to the County Court, but not to a Magistrates Court. The only way you can end up at a Magistrates Court is for a committal hearing for tax evasion (my girlfriend works at HMRC)

hammy_the_hammer

it's so blindingly obvious what to do if you are joe public and committed some minor offence in the UK

stoneman

oshoshitzu wrote: »

I know quite a number of people who have been to the USA and never disclosed their criminal records

As I have stated on many occations, the U.S. immigration authorities have no access to our criminal data base, so they have no way of knowing if you have a record or not, end of story. The only info that they might get is from our intelligence agencies for counter terroist activities. I have a conviction and visit the states 4-5 times a year, and have never disclosed said conviction. I am not advocating doing what I do, just stating info from the office of the bleeding obvious.;)

Riq

Not the USA, but when I went to Australia they stopped me at customs asking me if I had a criminal record? To which I replied...

"No sorry, I didn't realise I still needed one"


*sniggers*

Megalomaniac

Riq wrote: »

Not the USA, but when I went to Australia they stopped me at customs asking me if I had a criminal record? To which I replied...

"No sorry, I didn't realise I still needed one"


*sniggers*

:T :T :T :T :T :T

dzug

princesslizzie wrote: »

Does anyone know if this applies if you were charged under 18 (OH?)?

Yes - if you follow the rules you still have to apply for a visa. However, juvenile crime is ignored in deciding whether you get one.

princesslizzie

dzug wrote: »

Yes - if you follow the rules you still have to apply for a visa. However, juvenile crime is ignored in deciding whether you get one.

My boyfriend did a lot of stupid stuff as a teen and got done for TDA so technically we could have a problem going to the US it's just whether or not we disclose it.

dzug

What's TDA?

Tojo_Ralph

dzug wrote: »

What's TDA?

I would hazard a guess that TDA is an acronym for Taking and Driving Away, ie, car theft.