Did she caught for shoplifting? Was she stopped by the shop security or by the police? If she wasn't stopped then it is unlikely she was identified as having committed shoplifting and it is unlikely she is wanted on an arrest warrant.

Two observations:
- The post you reference uses the term "Administrative Review". I often wonder if Administrative Review and Administrative Processing are synonymous or refer to two different processes.
- It seems that most people, when finding out they are in Administrative Whatever, immediately wonder what security issue they've been caught up in. Administrative Whatever does not necessarily involve security issues, it includes other issues as well.

Regards, JEff

Based on this

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

if you hit a database they check you wouldn't be elegible to obtain a non immigrant visa, right? however, I don't think none of these databases check for active warrants, probably ncic do.

She just does not want to travel to the us and face problems at POE, our lawyer asked where this happened and she does not remember the county we looking into it... intellius and sites like that show no warrants but who knows? I told her that my guess is that if she was granted a B2 (cause of the overstay, since she is UK) then I guess she is OK to go and chances of being detained at POE are nearly 0 because she was probably screened at the embassy, however, due to her small overstay she might be reffered to secondary? Who knows

http://www.jackson-hertogs.com/jh/80012.pdf

"All visa applicants are subject to CLASS (Consular Lookout and Support System), Integrated Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (IAFIS), and IBIS (Interagency Border Inspection System) security checks. These security checks can
result in significant visa processing delays"

This initiates a number of automated
checks in the Interagency Border Information System (IBIS), which
contains "lookout" databases maintained by the U.S. Customs Service;
the State Department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the
Drug Enforcement Administration; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
and other law enforcement agencies. It also includes warrants and
arrests from the FBI's National Crime Information Center database
(NCIC) and lookouts posted in the INS's National Automated Immigration
Lookout System (NAILS)."

I assume IBIS is ran when issuing a B2 visa (NIV) therefore if she had a warrant a VISA wouldnt have been issued -- am I assuming right?

Lot of knowledge in here, anyone?

The US Bureau of Consular Affairs does not issue credit cards under any circumstance.

Regards, JEff

a B2 non immigrant visa, what credit card are you talking about?

VISA

The one you mentioned in your post that I quoted.

Regards, JEff

ok

No.

Ian

could you explain why not?

whats said on the pdfs i listed is wrong? It does say a name check is ran against fbi and ncic and class... if there was a warrant it should pop up on ncic

Thanks and i question to learn not to confront dont get me wrong ian

If it's a US warrant?

Regards, JEff

I believe I stated my position in post #9.


Probably not... but my guess is that unless it's a federal warrant, it's likely not going to be noticed by a federal agency.


Do you honestly think that the FBI, CLASS, and every other agency you mentioned is going to run a scan looking for someone with a petty shoplifting charge in order to screw them over on the off chance that one day they'll show up in the US asking permission to enter? I mean... really, do you honestly believe that?

There's an old saying... don't use a sledge hammer to swat a fly.

Ian

or crack a nut.