1%er
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When you come back you can tell us if you had your picture taken, I'd be surprised if you do
Clearly ruffneck23 didn't have his photo taken last month and I didn't have mine taken when I last went
Travelling from the UK to the USA with a criminal record
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Clearly ruffneck23 didn't have his photo taken last month and I didn't have mine taken when I last went
ruffneck23
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I don't think I did lol , it may vary from airport to airport, all I remember is the finger printing and trying to look normal....
And if they did take my photo , it made no difference
And if they did take my photo , it made no difference
1%er
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For sure they will have captured your facial image (video) but that is different from taking your picture, I have traveled to many airports in the USA and can never remember having had my photo taken, it may have happened, but it would have been many years ago as I can't remember it, if it did.I don't think I did lol , it may vary from airport to airport, all I remember is the finger printing and trying to look normal....
And if they did take my photo , it made no difference
My only reason for questioning it in the first place is because "wrong" information on a thread like this needs to be challenged, if others read what they know is bullshit they may well think the whole thread is bullshit.
joustmaster
offcumdun
I've been photographed when arriving in a few different countries.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
You're a moderately well known singer-songwriter, though.
joustmaster
offcumdun
I'm like a scaled up, hairy version of kylie
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Evidently it is retina cognition, which I didn't appreciate is different to retina scanning.
I have been fingerprinted and had photo taken ( actually infra red retina recognition as it turns out) every time I've travelled stateside since 2005 at least.
So, I know it probably sounds a bit tasteless to say it, but what with everything that's happened over the past few days with ISIS, no doubt the airports (particularly US airports) will be on high alert.
Bad news is I expect this will make the wait in customs even more unbearable... Good news though, I doubt very much they are going to give two shits about anyone entering the country unless a known terror suspect! Safe to say I think anyone concerned about ravelling with minor convictions or arrests should stop fretting now!
Bad news is I expect this will make the wait in customs even more unbearable... Good news though, I doubt very much they are going to give two shits about anyone entering the country unless a known terror suspect! Safe to say I think anyone concerned about ravelling with minor convictions or arrests should stop fretting now!
Reno
The In Kraut
LOL
WELL... Hello everyone!
I am back, from an AMAZING 5 days in NYC! Oh my gosh, I cannot stress enough how unnecessary it was to worry over this stuff. PLEASE, please, if you have any nervous reservations about having a small conviction or arrest or anything like that, just GO. You will not regret it, and you will not get caught out.
We got on our plane at Heathrow with no probs after showing our ESTA's and sat there for the 7.5hr flight slightly nervous about what might occur at the other end. My partner is a nervous person as it is, so I had to keep reminding him to stay calm and not act weird in any way! haha, but he was absolutely fine.
We flew to Newark, not JFK, and the customs queue was TINY (thank god!) it took us a matter of minuets to reach the customs desk. Looking around at the customs officers, they all looked really intimidating and harsh so we were getting really worried by this point, naturally, but you must keep reminding yourselves that it's THEIR JOB to intimidate you and make you feel nervous. So don;t let them win! Anyway, we walked up to our desk and... miraculously, we got a super friendly officer! he smiled and said 'Welcome to the United states, are you here on holiday?' to which we both smiled and replied 'yep!' - I told him we were travelling for my 30th birthday and he wished me a happy birthday and asked what sorts of things I had planned on our trip (he was trying to catch us out by asking things like 'do you know what restaurants you're going to eat at or attractions you want to see?' etc) I told him we had tickets for the Lion King show on Broadway that my family had bought me and he grinned and said 'AWESOME!' haha
This was all going on whilst he was quickly scanning our finger prints, which took seconds.
The ONLY thing he looked at was the form we both filled out on the plane, which stated our hotel address and whether or not we had anything to declare (food, plants etc) He honestly barely looked at our ESTA forms! He looked at our passport photos and studied them fairly well before looking at us to make sure we were the same people, as they always do and then stamped our forms and wished us a happy holiday. It was so pain free and simple. We just acted totally normal and answered his questions honestly and quickly and made sure we were polite and friendly.
I think we WERE lucky to get such a pleasant officer, to be fair. Some of the other ones seemed to really be grilling people and making them a bit uncomfortable, but everyone got through no worries, and I am SURE that my partner can't have been the only person on that flight with a criminal past, no matter how small. They have no access to your criminal record whatsoever, and like people have said here before, the ONLY way they will know anything is IF YOU TELL THEM!
So, go... go on your holiday to the states, and just TICK NO in every box. You will be fine. I promise you
I am back, from an AMAZING 5 days in NYC! Oh my gosh, I cannot stress enough how unnecessary it was to worry over this stuff. PLEASE, please, if you have any nervous reservations about having a small conviction or arrest or anything like that, just GO. You will not regret it, and you will not get caught out.
We got on our plane at Heathrow with no probs after showing our ESTA's and sat there for the 7.5hr flight slightly nervous about what might occur at the other end. My partner is a nervous person as it is, so I had to keep reminding him to stay calm and not act weird in any way! haha, but he was absolutely fine.
We flew to Newark, not JFK, and the customs queue was TINY (thank god!) it took us a matter of minuets to reach the customs desk. Looking around at the customs officers, they all looked really intimidating and harsh so we were getting really worried by this point, naturally, but you must keep reminding yourselves that it's THEIR JOB to intimidate you and make you feel nervous. So don;t let them win! Anyway, we walked up to our desk and... miraculously, we got a super friendly officer! he smiled and said 'Welcome to the United states, are you here on holiday?' to which we both smiled and replied 'yep!' - I told him we were travelling for my 30th birthday and he wished me a happy birthday and asked what sorts of things I had planned on our trip (he was trying to catch us out by asking things like 'do you know what restaurants you're going to eat at or attractions you want to see?' etc) I told him we had tickets for the Lion King show on Broadway that my family had bought me and he grinned and said 'AWESOME!' haha
This was all going on whilst he was quickly scanning our finger prints, which took seconds.
The ONLY thing he looked at was the form we both filled out on the plane, which stated our hotel address and whether or not we had anything to declare (food, plants etc) He honestly barely looked at our ESTA forms! He looked at our passport photos and studied them fairly well before looking at us to make sure we were the same people, as they always do and then stamped our forms and wished us a happy holiday. It was so pain free and simple. We just acted totally normal and answered his questions honestly and quickly and made sure we were polite and friendly.
I think we WERE lucky to get such a pleasant officer, to be fair. Some of the other ones seemed to really be grilling people and making them a bit uncomfortable, but everyone got through no worries, and I am SURE that my partner can't have been the only person on that flight with a criminal past, no matter how small. They have no access to your criminal record whatsoever, and like people have said here before, the ONLY way they will know anything is IF YOU TELL THEM!
So, go... go on your holiday to the states, and just TICK NO in every box. You will be fine. I promise you
34 pages!
not-bono-ever
meh
lock this mutha thread down now
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Brilliant that you had such a great trip jigabba
One thing, he wouldn't look at your ESTA forms, cos there were none, the E stands for Electronic...
Haha well, good point! I meant the print out we had with us lol
Andrew Blunt
New Member
Can anybody answer my problem - I'm going to US in 10 days and on advice of the Embassy applied for a visa as I was convicted for failing to disclose a change of circumstance to the DWP (I wrote to the wrong office). The Embassy haven't been releasing interview dates for months and now I have no chance of getting a visa before I travel. If I answer the ESTA questions truthfully it appears I will be eligible for travel to the US as my 'crime' did not involve fraud, rather a straightforward failure to disclose etc. Will they know about my visa application if I travel on an ESTA?
Convicted of what exactly?
That aside, just crack on with your holiday, smile and admit nothing. All will be well
Andrew Blunt
New Member
My conviction was 'Failing to inform the Sec of State of a change of circumstances' which covers anything not done in a fraudulent manner, Section 112 of the Social Security Admin Act. I know I could have bluffed it with an ESTA but they have my visa application on record and I'm not going to get an interview in time to go. Will they have this information to hand when we land in the US?
Supine
Newt Member
Your not exactly interpol material. Dont look muslim and you'll be fine.
ruffneck23
front left
Really ? Just say no and don't look shifty , feeling a lot of de ja vu here
ruffneck23
front left
This and stop being lazy , all the info is here if you can be bothered to read it
How did it go? Hope you had a good Christmas
Hi guys I'm new here tonight and I have been reading through the thread which has been a great help.I just have a slight concern about this whole going to the states with a criminal record thing. Basically i wanted to go a few years ago and kind of looked into it. I was told i needed a visa as i have a criminal record the length of my arm (back when i was around 18 i was done for affray,common assault and driving offences. Been to prison twice for non payment of fines and non compliant of community service) In the last 7 years i have "gone straight" and been a good boy. Anyway i thought i would do it all legit and go through the proper procedure of going to the embassy in London. Had all the correct paper work and waited to be called to the booth. It ended up with me being refused a visa and i put the idea of going to the states out of my head until last week when i thought i would just do what most people have done and said on here and just answer no to the criminal record section on the esta and hope to pass through u.s customs.
The bit I'm worried about is now that i have been to the embassy and gave my details over and denied a visa, will that show up when my passport is scanned? I know that the uk and u.s don't share criminal history but would that visa refusal show up? any help would be great. cheers guys
The bit I'm worried about is now that i have been to the embassy and gave my details over and denied a visa, will that show up when my passport is scanned? I know that the uk and u.s don't share criminal history but would that visa refusal show up? any help would be great. cheers guys
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
The U.S. embassy will have a record of the visa refusal so I would guess there's every chance it would show up.
How are you planning on answering the "Have you ever been refused a visa to the United States?" question on the ESTA?
Why don't you just chance $14 and see if it gets refused or not, then report back?
I was just going to lie on the esta and put no to everything. then risk landing in the u.s but not sure if it would pop up that i been refused at customs
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