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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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I'm wondering if my husband's past could jeopardize his chance of getting his visa. About 10 years ago, he spent 3 weeks in prison in Mexico.

His friend killed a man. Then he called my husband and asked him to drive him and two other boys that had taken part in it out to the countryside to bury the body. (Very crazy I know -- I still can't believe it.) So the police found out what happened and arrested all four boys, including my husband, and charged them with murder. The whole time my husband was trying to tell the police that he had no part in the actual murder, but they didn't believe him. My husband's sister was in law school at the time and somehow got the police to realize that he only drove them and had no part in the actual murder, so he was set free. He says that they paid a lot of money to the police to have his record wiped clean and he has papers that prove it (I'm trying to get his dad in MX to mail the papers). I can't believe that they would completely erase the entire incident from his record, but he claims that's what happened. So I'm wondering if this will in any way affect our case. Would this be considered a crime of moral turpitude? Anybody gone through anything remotely similar to this?? Will it hurt our chances? We don't want to spend money on a lawyer, but if this will severely complicate our case then we will. Suggestions?

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I am not sure how the USCIS handles these issues but I believe the issue is "convicted of crimes of moral turpitude" and if he wasn't convicted he shouldn't have a problem

I am curious about this so wil monitor this thread.

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One of the documents you have to send to the NVC for the CR1 visa is the Police Certificate from Mexico, this will show whether the beneficiary has committed any crimes or not. Hopefully, it will show up clean.

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Interesting... in the US, he would have been an accessory to murder and prob would have served time.

Just curious... why did he agree to drive them?

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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One of the documents you have to send to the NVC for the CR1 visa is the Police Certificate from Mexico, this will show whether the beneficiary has committed any crimes or not. Hopefully, it will show up clean.

Diana

I thought that Police Certificates are not required for Mexico unless specifically asked for? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I've been trying to get his dad to mail a copy of the papers that say he was not convicted, but his dad is elderly and it's not easy for him to make it to the post office. Would we be able to request a copy of his records from the local Mexican Consul here in the US?

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Interesting... in the US, he would have been an accessory to murder and prob would have served time.

Just curious... why did he agree to drive them?

I'm not sure how Mexican law treats acts that the US would consider accessory to murder. I don't know if he got out because the law allowed for it, or because his family bribed them.

He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

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This is a very good link :thumbs:

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He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

He still made a bad decision and committed what the United States law considers "an accessory to the crime".

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He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

He still made a bad decision and committed what the United States law considers "an accessory to the crime".

I understand that. What I'm interested in is whether or not it will affect our immigration case.

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He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

He still made a bad decision and committed what the United States law considers "an accessory to the crime".

I understand that. What I'm interested in is whether or not it will affect our immigration case.

Unfortunately it probably will have a great affect...

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Unfortunately it probably will have a great affect...

Okay...I'm trying to find out what kind of effect.

Thanks for the link, YuAndDan. I read it and can't find anything that would apply to our situation, unless I overlooked it. I've set up a consultation with a lawyer to see if we can get a definite answer. I'll try to post the answer here for anyone that's interested. Thanks to everyone for the help.

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He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

He still made a bad decision and committed what the United States law considers "an accessory to the crime".

I understand that. What I'm interested in is whether or not it will affect our immigration case.

Unfortunately it probably will have a great affect...

Not if police record is clear, if Mexico has no record of an offense then how would any one at the US consulate, Mexico is so clear corrupt who knows what it will say.

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He was maybe 18 at the time and young and stupid. He, of course, regrets it now, but in his younger days he made bad decisions without thinking about the consequences.

He still made a bad decision and committed what the United States law considers "an accessory to the crime".

I understand that. What I'm interested in is whether or not it will affect our immigration case.

Unfortunately it probably will have a great affect...

Not if police record is clear, if Mexico has no record of an offense then how would any one at the US consulate, Mexico is so clearly corrupt who knows what it will say.

04-21-2006 | Marriage in Santa Ana, CA
I-130 Process
06-29-2006 | Mailed to CSC
08-23-2006 | Was told application was rejected & sent back
08-30-2006 | Recieved rejected package
09-01-2006 | Resubmitted I-130
09-08-2006 | NOA1 (now that's more like it)
09-13-2006 | Recieved NOA1 in the mail
12-19-2006 | Recieved email RFE
12-20-2006 | Recieved RFE in mail
12-22-2006 | Sent out RFE info
01-09-2007 | NOA2 Email received!
I-130 at NVC
01-24-2007 | Case Number Assigned
02-06-2007 | Emailed DS-3032 COA
02-09-2007 | NVC confirms COA in email
02-20-2007 | DS3032 & AOS Fee Bill Mailed
02-26-2007 | Received DS3032 and AOS Fee Bill
02-28-2007 | Mailed AOS Fee Bill and check
03-13-2007 | I-864 received
03-21-2007 | I-864 sent
05-16-2007 | IV Bill resent from NVC (never got the first)
06-02-2007 | IV Bill received
06-05-2007 | IV Bill payment sent
06-26-2007 | Received DS230
06-29-2007 | Mailed DS230 to NVC
08-15-2007 | NVC process complete but was sent back to US CIS (#@$%#$% this sucks)
11-08-2007 | I-130 returned to NVC
11-08-2007 | Requested expedited interview due to daughters illness
11-21-2007 | NVC approved expedited interview. Mailed to Montreal Embassy Nov 20th
12-11-2007 | Told by contact at US Consulate in Toronto that our interview date will be on Jan 4th.
01-04-2008 | Interview In Montreal. VISA GRANTED
01-11-2008 | Arrival in the US
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why would you think there would be a problem??

The US gives visas all the time to people who help some murderer dispose of a body.

get real!!

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