civilservant

Not true. On indictment it's 10 years. It's the maximum POSSIBLE sentence, and there is no separation in law between the levels of criminal damage, only in sentencing guidelines.

materialcontroller

The offence still might not be a CIMT though. A lot depends on the consulate's view of the entire circumstances, including the applicant's explanation for what happened as well as what the outcome in law was.

civilservant

Agreed, simply pointing out that the first post my a new member was actually BS.

Nutmegger

If he has accepted a job, he ought to know what visa the employer will be petitioning for -- no visa, no job, even if he had a clean sheet. Before he starts jumping through hoops re the caution, he should look into the visa situation.

USCISuck

Charming.

ps - old member, with some experience of this, who lost their original login.
The place is as friendly and welcoming as ever I see.

Rete

Please contact a super mod or administrator, i.e. BEVS or JerseyGirl and they will assist you in getting your original username back and operational.

Jerseygirl

Please let me know your original username as Rete has asked. Would you prefer to have the 2 accounts merged or the original account closed?

shiversaint

And where do the other 4-6 months waiting magically appear from? Without knowing more, you cannot make a statement like that and claim it to be true. Likewise your further post claiming 18 months.

VT1982

It’s an L1 Visa. Thanks for all the info. It is really early days so I think we need to just go along with it and see what happens and have as much info available as we can so we know what to do and how to prepare for it if and when it becomes a problem.

Octang Frye

Good luck and keep us up to date!

Twinkle0927

So it's the company he already works for. Assume they know about his past then?

VT1982

They don’t. He’s never been asked about previous cautions or convictions.

Twinkle0927

Now might be a good time for him to have an honest discussion with them if this is going to cause a delay. It's a courtesy, if nothing else. The company are going to be investing a lot of time and money in him for this, not just the visa process but also his relocation package.

VT1982

He will do - it’s still very early days he is still waiting to hear from HR about salary and relocation package. If that’s all ok he will tell them.

crg

Put me in the probably won't need a waiver camp. These are very fact dependent. Even if it were a CIMT (far from certain), there is also the single petty offense exception. How many indictable offenses end in cautions....