A quick question.

[ItsSoEasyToAccuse]

Hi,

As some of you may have read of my plight. I have been lurking on here and reading quite a lot. Boy!! What a minefield of hurdles one has to go over.

I'm not sure if I read this rightly on one of the posts on here so need to clarify.

Is it true that once you are at the end of being falsely accused of rape. That basically ends any chance you have of ever entering the USA again as guilty or not it stays on your record forever?

Reason I ask is I tend to go over there about 2 -3 times a year because of family. Does that mean I will never be able to get to see my family dotted over there again?

If true, that is so so wrong and I donn't even know what to think the impact that would have on my life as it wasn't something I thought of at all before.

[How did this happen]

Hi
Someone may be along to correct me but my understanding is that if you have been arrested/charged or convicted of a crime of 'moral turpitude' you cannot travel to the USA under the ESTA visa waiver program and therefore have to apply for a visa.

Rape is classed as 'moral turpitude' so if you have been arrested you can't legitimately get an ESTA. That being said it appears that the USA have no access to your PNC record so unless someone tells them they wouldn't know.

I'm not advocating not telling them and applying anyway as there are massive risks associated your likely to be immediately deported at your own cost and unlikely to get a visa but I personally like to know all my options

Its a dilemma we are suffering from as my partner may have to go to the states for work. I think he intends to just apply for an ESTA.... I'm keeping my mouth shut and seeing how he goes!

[whatsgoingon?]

Hi
Someone may be along to correct me but my understanding is that if you have been arrested/charged or convicted of a crime of 'moral turpitude' you cannot travel to the USA under the ESTA visa waiver program and therefore have to apply for a visa.

That's correct. If you apply for a visa, you'll be interviewed at the US Embassy (at a cost of about £140), and they'll decide whether to give you a visa or not. The chances are you'll get it, but if you choose to take that route, you should allow a couple of months before you won't to go and know that having a visa doesn't give you automatic right to enter the States. There will probably be another, shorter interview with Immigration when you get to the States. Apparently, once you have been once, it's then easier to get in as your visa lasts longer than the ESTA which is valid for 2 years.


Look in the search engine as there are a couple of threads on this site about traveling to the States.