shona66

I posted a thread recently about my 16 yr old son and a police reprimand he received last November. Although I have just checked with the UK police( who were really nice )and he doesn't have a criminal record, he has a police record on file.which will show up on his police clearance

We just got back after a week in the US (to visit his future grandaparents) and now I have found out that he shouldn't have travelled under the VWP. He filled out the I- 94w from and ticked no to being arrested to being arrested for moral turptitude as we though it meant murder, rape violence etc. It was an honest mistake ticking the box. Now I've been told he needs to apply for a tourist visa to travel with me again because of a reprimand for shopliftingwhich comes under the definition of moral turptitude. (Strangly domestic violence and joyriding among others do not).

Is it possible to apply for the visitor visa whilst the his K2 is pending with my K1 or should I just leave well alone. I'm so confused and distraught over all this and now am worried I wont even get the K1. I just dont know what to do or where to turn. All I want to do is get married and have my children with me

Please help


Shona

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While a K-2 or K-1 is pending, it is usually not a good idea to travel to
the USA at all, whether with a visitor's visa or with the visa waiver.
This is actually unrelated to your son's issue.

Your K-1 won't be at risk at all. Realistically, his K-2 will also sail
through just fine. Just don't try going to the USA before the petitions
are approved.

As an aside unrelated to your question: once your son has his Green Card,
he must register for selective service (i.e., the military). He doesn't
have to sign up, just register. Most GC applicants that age don't realize
that, and later run into problems when applying for citizenship.

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:09:23 +0000, shona66 wrote:

    >
    > I posted a thread recently about my 16 yr old son and a police reprimand
    > he received last November. Although I have just checked with the UK
    > police( who were really nice )and he doesn't have a criminal record, he
    > has a police record on file.which will show up on his police clearance
    >
    >
    > We just got back after a week in the US (to visit his future
    > grandaparents) and now I have found out that he shouldn't have travelled
    > under the VWP. He filled out the I- 94w from and ticked no to being
    > arrested to being arrested for moral turptitude as we though it meant
    > murder, rape violence etc. It was an honest mistake ticking the box.
    > Now I've been told he needs to apply for a tourist visa to travel with
    > me again because of a reprimand for shopliftingwhich comes under the
    > definition of moral turptitude. (Strangly domestic violence and
    > joyriding among others do not).
    >
    > Is it possible to apply for the
    > visitor visa whilst the his K2 is pending with my K1 or should I just
    > leave well alone. I'm so confused and distraught over all this and now
    > am worried I wont even get the K1. I just dont know what to do or where
    > to turn. All I want to do is get married and have my children with me
    >
    >
    > Please help
    >
    >
    > Shona

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shona66

Thanks for your reply. Geez no i didnt know that either about the military



Best wishes Shona

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For more information about Selective Service, please visit
http://www.sss.gov . I also added this question to my Green Card FAQ page.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:50:50 +0000, shona66 wrote:


    > Thanks for your reply. Geez no i didnt know that either about the
    > military

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everybody to seek competent legal counsel rather than relying on usenet
newsgroups.

Please support H.R. 539, H.R. 832 and S. 1510. More information at
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Please visit my new FAQ at http://www.kkeane.com (always under construction)

My email address in usenet posts is now invalid for spam protection. See
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