hi

my wife got her b2 visa at new delhi and she "might" think she has a warrant for shoplifting in the US and is afraid of being detained at the port of entry we are traveling for Christmas.

would they have issued the b2 visa if she had a warrant in the US? because she might just be paranoid and we don't want to throw the money on a lawyer for this. thanks

In another post you indicated your wife was a UK citizen. Why would she need a B-2 visa from New Delhi?


They might have, yes... especially if whatever incident was not disclosed on the application!


Ian

Yes, cannot use waiver as she overstayed by 3 days in the past reason why Ian

i thought a background check was run at the embassy, crazy they do not check applicants for warrants

How long ago was the shoplifting incident? If did not follow through by appearing at any required court dates, it there could be a warrant out for her arrest. If that's the case, then she could be detained at the POE.

Yes, if she didn't declare the incident when she applied for the B-2.

Might be worth "throwing money on a lawyer" now, to find out for sure, rather than throwing MORE money on a lawyer if she gets detained at the POE...not to mention ruining the holiday.

Rene

Background checks are run for immigrant visas. I'm not sure if they are run for tourist visas.

Rene

I thought for non immigrant too!

Could be. As I said, I don't know for sure.

Rene

How would the US federal government know that a local town judge ordered an arrest warrant on a shoplifting charge? This presupposes an almost unimaginable level of interagency cooperation at the local, state, federal, and international level... something that is far beyond the scope of a simple B-2 visitor visa!

Bottom line - if she's worried she'll be arrested, then she shouldn't travel. Simple!

Ian

Have a look at this old post by one of our members who is an immigration attorney.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/to...curity-checks/

Interesting wonder if that applies to niv visas too

Yes, Administrative Processing can be applied to ALL visa cases...both immigrant and non-immigrant.

Rene

This is quite some info that clarified my concerns

http://www.fwhonglaw.com/imm/admissi..._iv_applns.pdf

Something a bit odd about this whole situation overstaying, applying for visas in different countries to where the passport issued, a ?shoplifting record all seems very off the wall. Sure ian has seen worse though :P

nothing odd just life