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digitaleyes   0

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Do I then have to be cleared again. My record did not make me ineligible to travel to the US on a B1 visa, but is applying for a k1 any different? Are the criteria different? Would I have to supply my criminal details agan even though I've been issued a tourist visa? I have looked for this topic on the board, but couldn't find anythingquite the same.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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ufkenmill   0

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You will have to provide a police record to the embassy that reviews your visa case. Contact the embassy or do more research on the internet for more info regarding whether you will quality with your record.

Can you fill in your timeline and give more details?

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Baileyj96   0

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It doesn't matter if you were issued a tourist visa. It's a whole new ball game when you are trying to immigrate.

Try giving this a read and see if it will answer your questions.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

Good luck

Baileyj

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digitaleyes   0

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It doesn't matter if you were issued a tourist visa. It's a whole new ball game when you are trying to immigrate.

Try giving this a read and see if it will answer your questions.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

Good luck

Baileyj

Well, I had to go through the DHS for the tourist visa, and they didn't make me ineligible to travel to the US, so I can only hope that will be the case this time too. Thanks for the link (although it's broken, I had bookmarked that page before) I don't come under any of those categories so should be OK.

Thanks.

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Do I then have to be cleared again. My record did not make me ineligible to travel to the US on a B1 visa, but is applying for a k1 any different? Are the criteria different? Would I have to supply my criminal details agan even though I've been issued a tourist visa? I have looked for this topic on the board, but couldn't find anythingquite the same.

Any help would be much appreciated.

How old is the previous police certificate? Do you still have the original police certificate?

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It depends what your previous convictions are. I had two previous ones that I didn't declare on a B1/B2 (down to misreading the form), got the tourist visa, but as a previous poster mentioned the K1 is a completely different ball game.

Your police certificate (which you didn't need for the B1) will list everything that happened in the past, and basically if you have more than 1 conviction or if any of them constitute CIMT, you will need a waiver prepared for the K1 (speaking from experience).

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Yodrak   7

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Digitaleyes,

Yes, a K1 visa has some differences in requirements from a B1 visa.

And a B1 visa is not a tourist visa.

Yodrak

Do I then have to be cleared again. My record did not make me ineligible to travel to the US on a B1 visa, but is applying for a k1 any different? Are the criteria different? Would I have to supply my criminal details agan even though I've been issued a tourist visa? I have looked for this topic on the board, but couldn't find anythingquite the same.

Any help would be much appreciated.

digitaleyes Newbie

digitaleyes   0

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How old is the previous police certificate? Do you still have the original police certificate?

It's less than 1 year old so I believe is still valid. I have it and it's also already on file at the embassy.

Your police certificate (which you didn't need for the B1) will list everything that happened in the past, and basically if you have more than 1 conviction or if any of them constitute CIMT, you will need a waiver prepared for the K1 (speaking from experience).

I was initially made inelligible to travel, but since the conviction (only one I have, although I was also arrested another time but never prosecuted... which I also declared) were not involving moral terpitude the DHS ammended that decision.

And a B1 visa is not a tourist visa.

Oops, my mistake, it's a B1/B2

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

 
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