The Wookiee
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Are you allowed to visit the USA ?
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pasty
A different kind of pasty
I'll tell you tomorrow
maffew
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yes
but they are a bit funny about certain stuff, dont try and hide it though and try and find out before if they will let you in with your particluar crime wookie
what did you do?
but they are a bit funny about certain stuff, dont try and hide it though and try and find out before if they will let you in with your particluar crime wookie
what did you do?
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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i think it would depend on what for. they are known to dislike drug offenses, but if its for firearms you'll probably find yourself at the front of the que.
cannedheat
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Depends on what's on your record, I have a criminal record for evicting scumbag rent dodgers squatters ect, it has never prevented me from visiting the USA.
The Wookiee
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Its not me its a friend, he has cautions for drug possesion, convictions for drink driving, and some public order offenses.
The Keeper
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Oh A friend is it
? ok wookiee i belive ya, wink wink lol,
? ok wookiee i belive ya, wink wink lol, maffew
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if they're just cautions I'm not sure they can be traced, I think they say actual convictions, I've got 2 out of those three and didnt mention it (I know I said not to hide it but didnt know it was cautions)
(though it was just a connecting flight, I think it works the same though)
The drug possession may be something of a stumbling block. Probably best to contact the US Embassy and ask them directly, giving details of exactly what the convictions are and when they occured.
The Wookiee
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Oh A friend is it
I thought you were dead
The Keeper
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i just smell dead, but yes i am stiff xxxxxx
The Wookiee
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You sir are a wrong'un
desprateseagull
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if/when the guantamano peeps are cleared, i wonder if they would be allowed to visit the USA (if indeed they waned too), as no actual case was brought against them, in court?
NMH
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Heard about a lass who confessed that she had once slung a boyfriend's clothes out of their flat window, and had been cited for it by the ob - and she got put on a plane home.
Perhaps better to just not tell.
Perhaps better to just not tell.
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In theory, you would need to apply for a visa to enter, as you would not be able to get in under the Visa Waiver scheme that most tourists from the UK use. The US Embassy would then decide whether they want to issue you one or not, based on the particular offence(s).
In practice...and I'm not giving you advice one way or the other!...the US Immigration officials at the border points do not have access to the UK criminal record database, so unless you were on the FBI's Most Wanted list, or Interpol's list of individuals who are of particular concern, they're unlikely to find out about someone's conviction for pissing in a bin in 1992, for example.
Put it this way, some people with convictions tick No in the bit on the Visa Waiver forms where it asks if you've been in trouble with the law, and get away with it. On the other hand, it's a legal declaration, so if you do do that, and then for whatever reason they do discover you've been a bit naughty in the past, you'll probably be denied entry to the US forever.
In practice...and I'm not giving you advice one way or the other!...the US Immigration officials at the border points do not have access to the UK criminal record database, so unless you were on the FBI's Most Wanted list, or Interpol's list of individuals who are of particular concern, they're unlikely to find out about someone's conviction for pissing in a bin in 1992, for example.
Put it this way, some people with convictions tick No in the bit on the Visa Waiver forms where it asks if you've been in trouble with the law, and get away with it. On the other hand, it's a legal declaration, so if you do do that, and then for whatever reason they do discover you've been a bit naughty in the past, you'll probably be denied entry to the US forever.
bristolseagull
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Why the f*** would anyone want to go to the states anyway?
Billy the Fish
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In theory yes. I was, sorry, 'a mate' was meant to be going to Vegas and had a similar problem. I was asking around because I wasn't sure but a mate said he knew someone who went to New York two months after getting out of prison, no problem getting in at all. This would back up what Edna has said.
NMH
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What would you know about the US, if you haven't been there?
Not that there are not interesting and fascinating places in Europe - but then you could ask the same question of those if you haven't been to them.