A question about visa waiver

[wicket2005]

I also thought 'arrest' means something different in the USA, may be wrong. I thought arrest was like our charged. I am sure I read it somewhere a few year's ago. Not wishing to add confusion though.

 

[paulh]

DH was charged with ABH when he was 19 (21 years ago) but we have always travelled on the Visa Waiver programme with no problems - not saying that he shouldn't have applied for a visa, just that, in 9 years of travelling to the US, this hasn't been a problem and we weren't so fully aware of the stringent visa regulations 9 years ago to apply for one

This gets you into a catch 22 situation, if you apply for a visa after you have allready visited if you have had a minor conviction you will be turnded down flat.As you will be told you should have applyed in the past and it is an offence, even if you you had applyed in the past you would have got one (happened to a friend)
Paulh

 

[alisonbestford]

Yes Paul,
DH called the Embassy, to the tune of a £15 phonecall, to be told exactly that!
We called the courts who said he had no record (too many years ago maybe?) but it came up on a police search when DH was doing some school work
We made the decision to travel on the visa waver form and didn't have any problems but, I guess, that might not have been so

Now DH has one of the new passports and I was wondering whether that would contain info regarding the ABH?
It's pretty much immaterial as far as travelling to the US goes now as he's no longer well enough to get insurance but I did wonder?
Does anyone know?