travelling to u.s/convictions - Page 2

*LesMTS* · 25th August 2008, 10:53pm

It's mainly drugs and crimes involving violence that they care about.
Although, there are exceptions.

L@ur@ · 25th August 2008, 11:09pm

my team leader in work got caught drunk driving when he was 18, he's now 25 and almost didnt get let in.
the tour operator phoned him about 8 days before he was suppose to fly and said that he couldnt go, and would need to apply for a visa and go for an interview.

He couldnt get an interview in london so they made and exception and let him go to belfast/dublin or somewhere in ireland for the interview instead.

JZY · 25th August 2008, 11:10pm

cheers for all the info people. fuck this is gonna be hassle, getting a memorandum of conviction from the court and all this shit. And then having to hit london for an interview, nightmare.

I dont suppose anyone on here would reccomend winging it on the visa waiver form clicking 'no criminal convictions' and hoping they dont check?

Warped · 25th August 2008, 11:10pm

Don't wear your "Mon the saddam" t-shirt and you'll be fine.

MarkMono · 25th August 2008, 11:11pm

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Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

Nothing about criminal in that.

Was referring to this, but having a conviction doesn't necessarily make you a criminal either.

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Important: Some travelers may not be eligible to enter the United States visa free under the VWP. These include people who have been arrested, even if the arrest did not result in a criminal conviction, those with criminal records, (the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act does not apply to U.S. visa law), certain serious communicable illnesses, those who have been refused admission into, or have been deported from, the United States, or have previously overstayed on the VWP. Such travelers must apply for special restricted visas. If they attempt to travel without a visa, they may be refused entry into the United States.

Hammer · 25th August 2008, 11:12pm

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Originally Posted by JZY

I dont suppose anyone on here would reccomend winging it on the visa waiver form clicking 'no criminal convictions' and hoping they dont check?

I wouldn't. You fill in the form before you leave the country/on the plane, they check it during the flight and then put you straight back on the plane at the other side if you don't pass muster.

L@ur@ · 25th August 2008, 11:13pm

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Originally Posted by JZY

cheers for all the info people. fuck this is gonna be hassle, getting a memorandum of conviction from the court and all this shit. And then having to hit london for an interview, nightmare.

I dont suppose anyone on here would reccomend winging it on the visa waiver form clicking 'no criminal convictions' and hoping they dont check?

no, see story above.

they check

JZY · 25th August 2008, 11:19pm

Dag nabbit

linz · 25th August 2008, 11:42pm

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Originally Posted by Hammer

I wouldn't. You fill in the form before you leave the country/on the plane, they check it during the flight and then put you straight back on the plane at the other side if you don't pass muster.

How do they check? Have they got access to peoples files or whatever on the plane?

L@ur@ · 25th August 2008, 11:43pm

they scan all the passports and then run checks on them as they ppl are boarding and flying do they not.
you need to fill out forms n stuff on the plane as well.

they dont do things by half measures in the usa

Hammer · 25th August 2008, 11:46pm

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Originally Posted by linz

How do they check? Have they got access to peoples files or whatever on the plane?

Fuck knows. I'm just going on what I've read about it while I've been prepping for my own trip to the US.

linz · 25th August 2008, 11:49pm

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Originally Posted by L@ur@

they scan all the passports and then run checks on them as they ppl are boarding and flying do they not.
you need to fill out forms n stuff on the plane as well.

they dont do things by half measures in the usa

That would make more sense, because I've filled out loads of the wee green waiver forms, but no one checks them until you're at customs in the destination airport. Obviously, it's too late for me to be up, because I didn't even click that they don't check your forms on the plane.

*LesMTS* · 25th August 2008, 11:50pm

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Originally Posted by linz

How do they check? Have they got access to peoples files or whatever on the plane?

Pretty much, yeah.

**Ghostsuit** · 26th August 2008, 12:16am

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Originally Posted by Hammer

I wouldn't. You fill in the form before you leave the country/on the plane, they check it during the flight and then put you straight back on the plane at the other side if you don't pass muster.

You tend to fill out the form on the plane just before landing.

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Originally Posted by L@ur@

they scan all the passports and then run checks on them as they ppl are boarding and flying do they not.
you need to fill out forms n stuff on the plane as well.

they dont do things by half measures in the usa

They scan your passport in the US and I'm guessing at that point it flags up anything for their attention..eg criminal records etc

If you use the visa waiver your back on a plain to blighty mate. I got many a call from people who this had happened too, more often than not it was a student that applied for a visa to study then before the got the visa took a trip to the US to sort accommodation but because they had already applied for a visa they couldn't use visa waiver to get in, shipped straight back.

It's sucks having to apply and go to London but it's better than having a trip ruined and your money wasted.

ladysavage · 26th August 2008, 7:26am

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Originally Posted by Hammer

Fuck knows. I'm just going on what I've read about it while I've been prepping for my own trip to the US.

they check, it's one of the aspects of my husband's job. You'd be amazed about how much info is held on hunners of databases on each of us, truly Big Brother is watching us.....