Favelado
J'adore South Shore
Priceless.
Travelling from the UK to the USA with a criminal record
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Chris_Tian
New Member
Hi all, need some advice. Basically when i was younger (12 yrs ago) i committed fraud was caught and given a community service and i didn't complete it. So there may or may not be a warrant for arrest for me. Would the US be able to flag this up and deny me entry if i filled in all no's on the ESTA? Thanks
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
That's his question.
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
Not an insult you're much troubled with I'd wager.
I don't know the answer to his question (singular). Hopefully, someone will be able to help. A search on behalf of a family member brought me to this thread, thus identifying Urban to me for the first time.
harpo
Listening to Radio Jackie
The consensus on this thread is, no, if you don't tell them. There are plenty of examples here of people travelling there with criminal records and having no problems. However, once you tell them, they'll know for ever more and then it'll become a problem.
Don't you have to apply for an online entry permit now before going? If that comes back clean, no problems.
This must be Urban's most oft-resuscitated thread.
Manter
Lunch Mob
It is the thread that won't die
Manter
Lunch Mob
If you've read the thread you'll know the consensus is they'll never know. If we're wrong you'll be arrested. <<shrug>>
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
just what i was about to post
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
yeh no skin off our noses one way or another
Manter
Lunch Mob
We get less and less helpful and people still ask the same bleeding question. If you read the first few pages people were quite nice....
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
before our milk of human kindness curdled
Manter
Lunch Mob
ok i have read this from start to finish, i wanted to ask a question, i am traveling to florida (disney) with my young son and partner, both of us have a criminal record, myself is from 15 years ago serious assault, im not to concerned about this as i will say i though it was spent etc, its more my partner who 18 years ago was arested for burglary,nothing else untill 5 months ago where he was charged with battery and given a 12 month suspended sentance. when we were arrested years ago it was the old ink fingerprints, im thinking that theses might not be on the new system? alo a friend has been trying to scare me by telling me when she went her husband had his fingerprints taken and all his cautions came up from 18 years ago, is this true, now we aplied for estas and were accepted, having ticked no to the questions. all we were told at travel agents is aplie for estas and go, now its only because of my friend saying about criminal records that i now know this, surely this must happen to hundreds of people, then they get to the airport and discover this, then america would be turning away a LOT of tourists. ok there are a few people on here who say they went and had no issues, ive yet to find anyone who has been refused entry on here, what do you think our chances are?
If you are not a "wanted" person on Interpols lists or ever overstayed in the USA before you will be OK. The US does not have access to the PNC so your "record" wont show up with them. Now before somebody posts another "I have a conviction....." question PLEASE,PLEASE read the thread beforehand.
I have never found on the web any stories of people being turned away because of previous.
The fingerprints and pic are for their records to check if a crime is committed whilst visiting and more importantly to them that you have left the USA when you said you would.
https://www.nacro.org.uk/what-we-do...-records/travel-and-immigration,1652,NAP.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ormation-held-on-the-police-national-computer
Tick NO and enjoy your trip!
I have never found on the web any stories of people being turned away because of previous.
The fingerprints and pic are for their records to check if a crime is committed whilst visiting and more importantly to them that you have left the USA when you said you would.
https://www.nacro.org.uk/what-we-do...-records/travel-and-immigration,1652,NAP.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ormation-held-on-the-police-national-computer
Tick NO and enjoy your trip!
Lovetotravel
New Member
Ok so I went to the Embassy today and this was the run down....
I arrived at 8.45 to find a massive queue already outside the Embassy. You queue up and get ticked off a list also showing your passport print out of appointment and DS160 form. You then get in the next queue where you eventually go through security which is the same type as at the airport. You CAN take your mobile phones in which was brilliant because if you take a friend or relative they are not allowed in with you.
Once inside the Embassy you are given a number at reception, now I'm not sure what the initials stand for but mine was a V and most other peoples were an N, I think the N's could mean Emigrating or working Visa applications.
You then take a seat in amongst the maybe 300 people already there all looking at the same screen that bleebs whats seems to be every 30 seconds showing a new number. This gave me the idea that things were moving pretty fast and that the talk of spending hours in there could be false! Iet me tell you, I was there for nearly FOUR hours!!! When your number comes up you go to the window specified where they ask for your passport and DS160 form and also the V something or other form (the one where YOU have to write what your criminal record was about). The guy seemed pleasantly surprised that I had done as the website said and brought it with me. He then took my fingerprints on a light scanning machine. He asked me the purpose of my trip to which I replied Holiday, he also asked if I had been issued a Visa before.
He typed a few lines and then said take a seat and wait. This was the longest waiter EVERRRR... like 3 hours!!! The beeping drove me nuts and I went from being terrified to calm more times than I can remember. When I eventually saw my number come up for the second time I went to a different booth. The lady was very pleasant and I immediately felt at ease. She asked me the purpose of my journey, what my job was and if I owned a house here. Holiday, Bookkeeper, and yes was my answers. She asked for my police certificate read my V page about my crime (shoplifting value £10 21 years ago) then said have you done anything since to which I replied no definitely not. She then said I see no reason why you should not be admissible, you will get your visa in 3 to 5 days.... have a good day! I hope this helps someone. P.S my Police cert said No live Trace which means you have a conviction/s that are spent. Oh and after me spending £5 on pics they didn't even ask me for one.. maybe the one I used for the DS160 form online was suitable to use for the visa
I arrived at 8.45 to find a massive queue already outside the Embassy. You queue up and get ticked off a list also showing your passport print out of appointment and DS160 form. You then get in the next queue where you eventually go through security which is the same type as at the airport. You CAN take your mobile phones in which was brilliant because if you take a friend or relative they are not allowed in with you.
Once inside the Embassy you are given a number at reception, now I'm not sure what the initials stand for but mine was a V and most other peoples were an N, I think the N's could mean Emigrating or working Visa applications.
You then take a seat in amongst the maybe 300 people already there all looking at the same screen that bleebs whats seems to be every 30 seconds showing a new number. This gave me the idea that things were moving pretty fast and that the talk of spending hours in there could be false! Iet me tell you, I was there for nearly FOUR hours!!! When your number comes up you go to the window specified where they ask for your passport and DS160 form and also the V something or other form (the one where YOU have to write what your criminal record was about). The guy seemed pleasantly surprised that I had done as the website said and brought it with me. He then took my fingerprints on a light scanning machine. He asked me the purpose of my trip to which I replied Holiday, he also asked if I had been issued a Visa before.
He typed a few lines and then said take a seat and wait. This was the longest waiter EVERRRR... like 3 hours!!! The beeping drove me nuts and I went from being terrified to calm more times than I can remember. When I eventually saw my number come up for the second time I went to a different booth. The lady was very pleasant and I immediately felt at ease. She asked me the purpose of my journey, what my job was and if I owned a house here. Holiday, Bookkeeper, and yes was my answers. She asked for my police certificate read my V page about my crime (shoplifting value £10 21 years ago) then said have you done anything since to which I replied no definitely not. She then said I see no reason why you should not be admissible, you will get your visa in 3 to 5 days.... have a good day! I hope this helps someone. P.S my Police cert said No live Trace which means you have a conviction/s that are spent. Oh and after me spending £5 on pics they didn't even ask me for one.. maybe the one I used for the DS160 form online was suitable to use for the visa
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reason i asked the question again was because the charge was very recent and not years back like most the replies on here. just wanted to make sureThere are plenty of 'proper' answers on this thread and I don't have time to waste going over and over the same thing for people who can't read. You seem to enjoy continually licking this particular window though so go for it
I know a lot of people have posted the same things on this but I'm travelling to Las Vegas in 3 weeks as my father has bought a small apartment there. I have a pending (very small 0.01g coke) drugs charge. I have plead not guilty and the next hearing is not till October. Will the border control be able to see this and will the fact my dad has bought a place make them check us any more? I also have my ESTA that is still valid from last year. (My father is also unaware of the charge so I'm hoping nothing shows up or I'll be deported and homeless)
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I don't think that's very helpful at all.
5t3IIa
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no probably not, was the only reply they got too
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