Waiver needed for police conviction?

[annasherwood 0]

My husband was convicted of canabis possession 12+ years ago and fined. Now we are filing DCF I-130 to go to America; will this show up on his police record? if it doesn't should we mention it? and do we need some sort of waiver? will this prevent us from moving to America?? he was told all those years ago that the conviction would be expunged from his record in 10 years, but it seems it has come back to haunt us...

Any help would be appreciated!!

Anna

[lquin 0]

My husband was convicted of canabis possession 12+ years ago and fined. Now we are filing DCF I-130 to go to America; will this show up on his police record? if it doesn't should we mention it? and do we need some sort of waiver? will this prevent us from moving to America?? he was told all those years ago that the conviction would be expunged from his record in 10 years, but it seems it has come back to haunt us...

Any help would be appreciated!!

Anna

Why not apply for his police record...

[meauxna 15]

My husband was convicted of canabis possession 12+ years ago and fined. Now we are filing DCF I-130 to go to America; will this show up on his police record? if it doesn't should we mention it? and do we need some sort of waiver? will this prevent us from moving to America?? he was told all those years ago that the conviction would be expunged from his record in 10 years, but it seems it has come back to haunt us...

Any help would be appreciated!!

Anna

Anna, you can ask detailed waiver questions at www.immigrate2us.net in the I-601 forum. I don't know, but I suspect you will need one.

Whether or not this show up on his record, he MUST report it in his applications. The penalty for lying is much worse than the penalty for .. well, just almost anything.

Regardless of expungement, notice that the questions tend toward 'have you ever been arrested, charged etc'. He must answer yes to the arrest question.

So some studying up on this before you file anything--make sure you have a plan.

[Lansbury 19]

My husband was convicted of canabis possession 12+ years ago and fined. Now we are filing DCF I-130 to go to America; will this show up on his police record? if it doesn't should we mention it? and do we need some sort of waiver? will this prevent us from moving to America?? he was told all those years ago that the conviction would be expunged from his record in 10 years, but it seems it has come back to haunt us...

Any help would be appreciated!!

Anna

The conviction will not be expunged from his record. If he had a conviction it will show up on the certificate.

Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act the conviction is classed as spent in the UK, but unfortunately the US does not have a similar Act and therefore doesn't class any conviction as spent and requires to be notified of all convictions.