jeffreyhy

Already noted at post #4.

ian-mstm

You seem to think it should make some sort of difference to US immigration!

Ian

WVDreamer

Were you convicted of any kind of drug charge? If not why would you admit something like that in front of a immigration officer? I know people on the forums always preach honesty is the best policy but damm! What else did you admit to, stealing some sweets from your sister when she was 9yrs old

I feel bad for you I really do, hope you get it all sorted out.

chippy

That's the question I've asked myself over and over. And btw, no convictions whatsoever. Had I just said 'no', this would never have been a problem. Pretty stupid on my part I know. I suppose at the time I did not know customs would make such a big deal of it. It's a joke. Really it is. Seems to me that even most of this lot think I'm some kind of druggy. Christ! I was a family man for 25 years, got 4 nearly grown up kids, and a busy construction business. How the hell did I get time to smoke weed all day? Sorry. Rant over.

fatbrit

They're just giving it to you straight. Don't kill the messenger, please.

chippy

Ok I smoked a joint once. Then I'm a drug addict. Have you ever been drunk? Then you're an alcoholic....

I know I have to expect the US customs to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut...I learned the hard way...that's what they do. If they (those who have responded to my question) are genuinely giving it to me 'straight', then I must thank them all. If they are just jumping on a band-wagon, 'cos they saw the mj word, then that's different story...

fatbrit

It's all in the code: 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II)

Nobody here wrote the law, and nobody here can change what happened. If you want my personal opinion, the whole of the War On Drugs is an epic fail for everyone apart from the groups who have profited highly from it. If it makes you feel any better, I voted for the successful medical marijuana proposition here in Arizona, and am enjoying seeing the many stores around town openly selling supplies to grow your own. Hopefully it's a start in demolishing the whole hypocritical and puritanical mess that silly b1tch Nancy left us with.

But none of that changes your predicament.

ian-mstm

Oh FFS... alcohol isn't illegal - and therein lies the difference.

Ian

chippy

Never said it was. I used it to make a point. Absorb the context. (FFS)

ian-mstm

Touché!

BTW, I don't - for a moment - believe that you're any sort of drug addict, but you screwed up and now it's time to pay the piper. I regret that you find yourself in this situation, but getting angry at us isn't going to change anything.

US immigration is, quite simply, not a fair and equitable process - and even with two identical cases, the outcomes could be different. Is the system broken? Yes... but it's the only system currently in place - so we have to deal with it as it is. If, at some point in the future, you become a USC, then you can petition the US government for change... it's called voting and allows you to be an active participant in the process rather than just the end user.

Ian

chippy

I did indeed screw up. By being too bleedin' honest it seems. What should all the nice boys & girls learn from this? Be careful what they are honest about? And/or, don't ever, ever, do any naughty things. Ever.

S Folinsky

I find myself getting more and more confused as I continue to read this thread. For the most of the thread, I was under the impression that OP had, in the past, possessed a small quantity of some green leafy substance which he had confirmed was marijuana. [Although I did not practice criminal law when I was in practice, I have read numerous investigatory reports over the years]. I think I can safely state that OP believed that the green leafy substance was, in fact, MJ -- but I am at a loss on how he came to that conclusion and whether the conclusion was true or not.

Also, the question of being an "addict" has now come up and it was related to alcohol. There has been some heated debate in the past about the medical finding of drug dependency from the docs. And the tone is similar to the 2009 saga of Phil & Shayna when Shayna had posted in these forums at this link. In another link, I noted that the definition of addiction can be tricky.

I'm drinking my morning coffee and will return to that nice activity.

chippy

I smoked some weed when I was a kid..nothing complicated. Conclusion? What conclusion?

I read the link you posted. Just barmy isn't it?

Look to me this thread has gone slightly off topic. My main thing here is that I have already received a waiver to get my B1 visa, which is for five years. It even says on it, "ARO Response: Ineligibility Overcome." Doesn't anyone here think that aids my cause, or at least goes in my favour? I have not yet been able to find two sets of rules pertaining to immigrant/non-immigrant visa's when it come to the subject of waivers. Only rules that state whether you are either eligible or ineligible, whatever class of visa you are seeking.

materialcontroller

There are in fact different rules for different visas. The point is that your ineligibility can be waived for non-immigrant visas, but can not as it currently stands for an immigrant visa. This is clearly stated in the pdf I linked to earlier, and you have also said it came up during your own research. Maybe a decent immigration lawyer can help you.

chippy

Yes thanks for the link. I did have a look earlier, but all I could find was stuff about drug traffickers. I'll have another look, in case I missed the part you are talking about. In your post #11 you did in fact say, "There are waivers available for immigrant visas." What came up in my research is that a waiver is available for a one-time offender with less than 30 mg of mj. Nowhere does it distinguish between visa types.