Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
You have a return ticket, don't you? Why do you think you'll need to pay extra on top of that?
Now... get on with your life. I don't know how many times the members here can reassure you before they get annoyed at your panic attacks on an issue which has been answered many times.
As I mentioned earlier, you are totally focussed on being denied entry and you are totally losing your sense of perspective. No matter how bad you try to spin this, it isn't a life/death situation. Step away from the computer.
Ian
Now... get on with your life. I don't know how many times the members here can reassure you before they get annoyed at your panic attacks on an issue which has been answered many times.
As I mentioned earlier, you are totally focussed on being denied entry and you are totally losing your sense of perspective. No matter how bad you try to spin this, it isn't a life/death situation. Step away from the computer.
Ian
I will indeed take your advices and attempt to get over this. Like everyone has said I have not commited a CIMT, so why would or should I feel guilty about using the VWP?
Thanks for your time guys.
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
forget about the arrest or whether it was CIMT or not(as is the case here) , you have a valid approved ESTA , KLM aint gonna care about anything else as long as you have that and your ticket, you dont even need to tell them anything about the arrest years ago, besides, they wont even ask
the CBP probably wont ask either, they will probably just give you the usual speil ,e.g
what is the purpose of your trip, how long are you staying etc etc
so as many others have said, relax, forget about it and enjoy your holiday hehe
the CBP probably wont ask either, they will probably just give you the usual speil ,e.g
what is the purpose of your trip, how long are you staying etc etc
so as many others have said, relax, forget about it and enjoy your holiday hehe
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
Yes I have a return ticket. I just thought that as it was my own fault for trying to enter, i'd have to stump up the cost of the next return flight. Would that mean I'd have to sit around in a cell until my return flight is due?!
I will indeed take your advices and attempt to get over this. Like everyone has said I have not commited a CIMT, so why would or should I feel guilty about using the VWP?
Thanks for your time guys.
I will indeed take your advices and attempt to get over this. Like everyone has said I have not commited a CIMT, so why would or should I feel guilty about using the VWP?
Thanks for your time guys.
From posters who have mentioned their stay in a holding cell overnight, does not sound very nice.
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
My return flight is 6 days later...
Sorry to come across as dumb, but the question regarding arrests on the ESTA form asks:
Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a offence or crime involving moral turpitude...
Is that question not asking:
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for ANY offence? (note the any!)
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a CIMT?
Is it not two seperate questions thrown in there?
Sorry to come across as dumb, but the question regarding arrests on the ESTA form asks:
Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a offence or crime involving moral turpitude...
Is that question not asking:
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for ANY offence? (note the any!)
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a CIMT?
Is it not two seperate questions thrown in there?
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
My return flight is 6 days later...
Sorry to come across as dumb, but the question regarding arrests on the ESTA form asks:
Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a offence or crime involving moral turpitude...
Is that question not asking:
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for ANY offence? (note the any!)
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a CIMT?
Is it not two seperate questions thrown in there?
Sorry to come across as dumb, but the question regarding arrests on the ESTA form asks:
Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a offence or crime involving moral turpitude...
Is that question not asking:
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for ANY offence? (note the any!)
- Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a CIMT?
Is it not two seperate questions thrown in there?
The only person creating confusion and doubt is you.
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
As you seem to be worried so much about this, why didn't you just apply for a visa instead? That way you could have spoken to a real person at the embassy and had all your questions answered first-hand.
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The word "exactly" has almost no place in a discussion of moral turpitude. In 1991, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a case, Matter of Goldeshtein regarding structuring currency transactions. In 1993, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed -- Goldeshtein v. INS.
The discussions therein are interesting.
BTW, in a related area, the Supremes issued a case last month which was, shall we say, somewhat critical of the thought process of the Board of Immigration Appeals: see Judulang v. Holder. Many in the immigration bar actually consider Judulang to be a fun read.
The discussions therein are interesting.
BTW, in a related area, the Supremes issued a case last month which was, shall we say, somewhat critical of the thought process of the Board of Immigration Appeals: see Judulang v. Holder. Many in the immigration bar actually consider Judulang to be a fun read.
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
No, it isn't. How do I know? Because all immigration forms are written very simply. The questions are to be taken at face value... and you should never read into them something that isn't there.
Quite simply, there is no comma (,) after the word "convicted". That makes the entire statement a main (ordinate) clause, and not a subordinate clause.
Damn... I'm done with this thread. Your question has been answered a dozen times over.
If you're unsure what to do... apply for a visa... or just stay home.
Ian
Quite simply, there is no comma (,) after the word "convicted". That makes the entire statement a main (ordinate) clause, and not a subordinate clause.
Damn... I'm done with this thread. Your question has been answered a dozen times over.
If you're unsure what to do... apply for a visa... or just stay home.
Ian
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
Unfortunately as I leave in 10 days I doubt I'd get a visa in time!
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No, it isn't. How do I know? Because all immigration forms are written very simply. The questions are to be taken at face value... and you should never read into them something that isn't there.
Quite simply, there is no comma (,) after the word "convicted". That makes the entire statement a main (ordinate) clause, and not a subordinate clause.
Damn... I'm done with this thread. Your question has been answered a dozen times over.
If you're unsure what to do... apply for a visa... or just stay home.
Ian
Quite simply, there is no comma (,) after the word "convicted". That makes the entire statement a main (ordinate) clause, and not a subordinate clause.
Damn... I'm done with this thread. Your question has been answered a dozen times over.
If you're unsure what to do... apply for a visa... or just stay home.
Ian
I'm really sorry. This trip is likely to be my last to the US, which is why I'm so worried. I've been to the US for 24 years on the run before this arrest and as I'm moving home and hopefully starting a family this year, I doubt I would afford it again.
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Re: Can I use visa waiver programme after arrest?
If you really wanted to be fully and officially reassured about doing the right thing you should have applied for the visa.
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Woman without her man is nothing
It is followed by alternative punctuations.
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Gareth, the fingerprints are taken for the cbp's own files, these have nothing to do with the UK or anything here in the slightest, at the POE they do not routinely have access to any files from the UK, so forget this whole thing and enjoy your holiday
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Thanks Paul, pretty re-assuring. Don't want a petty little arrest years ago for being drunk flagging up and causing problems!