Waiver?

[RichiJenny 14]

A friend of mine has several convictions for violence/assault over the years, but none in the past 'few years'. We were talking yesterday and mentioned the US, he doubts that he would be granted a waiver, but as he is a fairly well known non-fiction author mentioned some kind of entertainment/writing type waiver.

On the grounds of convictions for assault, abh etc...would he be definitely be denied a waiver, even for a holiday? I said I'd find out for him, he's been to the US in the past...actually Im not sure how he managed that, but he has!! I have no idea on this subject really...but said Id try and find out some info for him.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Baileyj96 0]

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/niv/add_crime.html

Have a look here. My fiance was denied a passport due to criminal covictions but was granted a travel visa. He did not file a waiver but his visa application was forward to London for review and he was granted the travel visa.

Good luck

Baileyj

[KTMMAN(non compus mentis) 0]

Ok you dont say if he is applying for a visa or just wants to visit on vacation,which ever the best thing to do is to be straight upfront with the embassy and ask them what is the best route to go even if he goes over to the U.S. and fills in the V.W.P. on the plane and answers yes to the conviction question then I would think he would be refused entry until at least some background checks would be done at his P.O.E.,oh anddont forget the CMTs cover most stuff,also the way the system works is they look at the maximum sentance for each crime commited,ie,theft has a maximum sentance of 10 years I think whereas some crimes of violence have lesser sentances therefore theft is looked on as a more serious crime than say assault,although if you stole a bar of chocolate and got a fine then that would not be looked on as bad as if you hit someone with a baseball bat,so what Im saying it is down to severity of the offence as well as the maximum sentance and also the timescale involved,by this I mean if you have been a bad person say 20 years ago then that is looked on more favourable than say someone who commited a crime 5 years ago.Basiclly it is a combination of factors that are taken into account,so no two cases are treated the same,hope this helps somewhat