One Time Drug Use

[ChazAZ 0]

My fiancé had a miscommunication with the medical examiner and they put Feb 2007 instead of Feb 2006 for her encounter with a one time cocaine try. Is there any way we can get this changed to the proper year or apply for a waiver. This bump in the road is going to cause super financial hardship as well. Any ideas?

[Ling Ling 22]

My fiancé had a miscommunication with the medical examiner and they put Feb 2007 instead of Feb 2006 for her encounter with a one time cocaine try. Is there any way we can get this changed to the proper year or apply for a waiver. This bump in the road is going to cause super financial hardship as well. Any ideas?

I don't think there's any way that a drug could stay in your system for one or two years.

Curious as to why she decided to be so honest? I'm not advocating dishonesty, but it's pretty clear that since she only tried it once, over 2 years ago, that it was a mistake that she hasn't made again.

That said, if she's given drug testing, it should prove that she's not a current drug user. I don't see why a one time experiment with drugs would bar her from receiving a visa. It doesn't stop people from becoming President of the USA.

Good luck

[ChazAZ 0]

I am certain there were no drugs in her system. As far as honesty, she was told that if she told the truth everything would be ok. If it was an isolated event and her blood and urine were clear there was nothing to worry about. In a way her answer was cohersed but nonetheless it was self admitted. The real problem is that the year they wrote down was incorrect.

[ChazAZ 0]

I am certain there were no drugs in her system. As far as honesty, she was told that if she told the truth everything would be ok. If it was an isolated event and her blood and urine were clear there was nothing to worry about. In a way her answer was cohersed but nonetheless it was self admitted. The real problem is that the year they wrote down was incorrect.

[My Name Is Nobody 3]

I am certain there were no drugs in her system. As far as honesty, she was told that if she told the truth everything would be ok. If it was an isolated event and her blood and urine were clear there was nothing to worry about. In a way her answer was cohersed but nonetheless it was self admitted. The real problem is that the year they wrote down was incorrect.

Something dont seem right?? To get some good advice from the people on this board , you need to tell excactly what was written on the denial paper.

I think there is more than what you say. Maybe unknown to you.

[tallcoolone 102]

Sounds like Honesty is not gonna be the best policy this time.

Wow, sounds like you have a uphill battle now.

I thought drug would pretty much rule her out for a Visa.

[*JG* 2]

In Jamaica, if they say they tried the ganga even ONCE in their lifetimes, they fail the medical. Doesn't matter what is in their system. I hope the country of your SO is not so strict.

[ChazAZ 0]

On the slip of paper it said "cocaine use FEB 2007". MEDICAL WAS CLEAR OR ADDITIONAL TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED.

Denial paper said persons addicted to drugs must be clean for a period of three years. CDC defines a one time use as experimentation

and not addiction. For drugs people can be denied 3, 5, or 10 years. Because her medical was clean (blood and urine) they merely extended the date written on the report by three years (which as you may recall) which is off by a whole year. If the correct date would have been written on the report Feb 2006 we would have but six months left to wait. That is the issue. This was a one time isolated event, she is not an addict. Many people have experimented once with a drug in their life... heck even on or two have become president.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

In Jamaica, if they say they tried the ganga even ONCE in their lifetimes, they fail the medical. Doesn't matter what is in their system. I hope the country of your SO is not so strict.

Very well said sister.

To the OP: you will have to wait out the ban. And I believe they sometimes ask for proof of sobriety during those 3 years: a VJ member went through that just recently. What the CDC thinks about drug use is completely irrelevant since you are not dealing with them but with USCIS and their rules are pretty clear.