Hi, this is my first post here, I opened an account based on an old thread that I came across:
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...o-the-usa-with-a-criminal-record.88652/page-7
Even though there were many irrelevant comments, there were some great posts as well, very informative, so I'll try my luck here. Although I do know that ultimately I will have to consult a lawyer and ask him a few hypothetical questions.
My story is simple, but a little complicated to start, so please bare with me.
I'm from the Uk, but when I was 6, my parents moved to France, and since that age, I have always been a resident there, officially speaking.
I moved back to the Uk when I was 17, and stayed until I was 25, at which point I went back to France. But whilst I was there, I picked up a conviction possession with attempt to supply of a controlled substance (xanax, it was counted as a class c, as I didn't have a prescription, I had around 800)
All the details of the case aren't clear in my mind, as it has been a while, but I was put on tag for 2 months and given community service, it was one of those sentences that would be cleared after 5 years (? from what I recall).
In the mean time, I have acquired an Irish passport (legally - through my mother).
If I was to try and apply for residency in Canada, and didn't mention Britain, is there any chance that I would make it passed the back ground checks? Would such a conviction even show up after the 5 years? My finger prints are in the data base, so if they checked with interpol I might be on there, but I read an article from a few years back that interpol had less than 200,000 prints, so I doubt mine would be there.
What I am basically looking for, is someone who knows or knows of someone who had a criminal record and managed to get permission to live in America or Canada. Or any other relevant information
Thanks for reading.
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...o-the-usa-with-a-criminal-record.88652/page-7
Even though there were many irrelevant comments, there were some great posts as well, very informative, so I'll try my luck here. Although I do know that ultimately I will have to consult a lawyer and ask him a few hypothetical questions.
My story is simple, but a little complicated to start, so please bare with me.
I'm from the Uk, but when I was 6, my parents moved to France, and since that age, I have always been a resident there, officially speaking.
I moved back to the Uk when I was 17, and stayed until I was 25, at which point I went back to France. But whilst I was there, I picked up a conviction possession with attempt to supply of a controlled substance (xanax, it was counted as a class c, as I didn't have a prescription, I had around 800)
All the details of the case aren't clear in my mind, as it has been a while, but I was put on tag for 2 months and given community service, it was one of those sentences that would be cleared after 5 years (? from what I recall).
In the mean time, I have acquired an Irish passport (legally - through my mother).
If I was to try and apply for residency in Canada, and didn't mention Britain, is there any chance that I would make it passed the back ground checks? Would such a conviction even show up after the 5 years? My finger prints are in the data base, so if they checked with interpol I might be on there, but I read an article from a few years back that interpol had less than 200,000 prints, so I doubt mine would be there.
What I am basically looking for, is someone who knows or knows of someone who had a criminal record and managed to get permission to live in America or Canada. Or any other relevant information
Thanks for reading.
