ESTA VISA WAIVER
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So glad I should be ok. Thanks guys.
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Is there anyway I can confirm this - i.e, emailing US Customs or whatever?
I am just a worrier. If I knew for certain then I'd be okay?
Does anyone have any experience of going to US with a minor record and through ESTA?
Just PEFRIFIED of being turned away at POE.
I am just a worrier. If I knew for certain then I'd be okay?
Does anyone have any experience of going to US with a minor record and through ESTA?
Just PEFRIFIED of being turned away at POE.
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There's nowhere I know of. Ultimately the decision to let anyone in rests with the officer at the POE. They can refuse anyone if they think they have a reason.
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Ok, but me being arrested at age 17 for a minor offence, that was thrown out will look dodgy when I turn up at the POE.
The question is about moral turpitude.
My offence surely doesn't cover that, but some sites say any arrests require a vise.
I am so confused.
The question is about moral turpitude.
My offence surely doesn't cover that, but some sites say any arrests require a vise.
I am so confused.
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That's all you can do.
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Quit worrying. You've had good advice from others and been told that your arrest wouldn't be a CIMT and that the officer at POE can't see the arrest details. From what I've seen you risk is the same as anyone visiting the US. None of us a guaranteed entry.
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I just wonder why the US Embassy and countless airlines say you need a visa just for ANY ARREST. When the US Border's site and the ESTA site ask about CIMT.
Is that just to cover themselves.
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The US Embassy is part of the Department of State, a separate part of the US government, and which, it might be worth mentioning, gets fee income from visa applications.
If you meet the conditions set by the DHS to qualify for the ESTA, and the consensus here is that you do, then that's what matters.
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So when I do the ESTA form and send it, and if it comes back as approved, then will that be confirmation that I have a good chance of being admissable to the US. Could you potetionally lie about a CIMT like drug-dealing and it would deny approval? Or is it a matter of blind faith?
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So when I do the ESTA form and send it, and if it comes back as approved, then will that be confirmation that I have a good chance of being admissable to the US. Could you potetionally lie about a CIMT like drug-dealing and it would deny approval? Or is it a matter of blind faith?
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As has been said, no-one but a US citizen is guaranteed admission, not even Green Card holders like me, but practically speaking, nothing you've said makes you seem any more likely to have a problem than the millions of ESTA/VWP visitors who come and go every year.
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Could you potetionally lie about a CIMT like drug-dealing and it would deny approval?
Or is it a matter of blind faith?
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Am I worrying too much?
How many people getting deported back from the POE?
It is such a minor offence, and I can honestly tick the box NO, and will.
Just hope it works for me.
Thank you all.
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How many people getting deported back from the POE?
It is such a minor offence, and I can honestly tick the box NO, and will.
Just hope it works for me.
Thank you all.
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Yes... way too much.
That information isn't available... but out of tens of thousands of ESTA admissions each day, I doubt more than a handful are turned away.
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How many people getting deported back from the POE?
I suggest you switch to decaf... you'll be more calm as a result.
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Ok, thank you, ever so much.
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I am just a little relieved that the POE officials won't have my arrest details in front of them.
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I am just a little relieved that the POE officials won't have my arrest details in front of them.
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