Ah yes, MyCheckered Past

[MrMrsKnight 0]

My fiance, who's an USC, was arrested early this year for having some pills with him (valium, etc). Those pills were prescribed to him while he lived with me in Brazil and he made the mistake of taking them with him when he went back to the US. So even though we had all the documents to prove that he was not using them as "drugs", he still had to plea guilty (I have no idea why.... but he was advised by his lawyer to do so....). So he got convicted, which sucks... but oh well at least he didn't go to jail.

When we got the IMBRA form, we answered NO to the questions. We did not meet through marriage broker and he doesn't have 3 or more convictions.

We got our NOA2 in September and are waiting for our interview..... so in my experience, that should not ruin anything for you.

Good luck!

[stinger 0]

I wouldn't send in anything nor check anything if you did NOT have a conviction. Only you know if there is a conviction. People can be arrested but no conviction. Follow the documents and answer honestly and what they ask for. Why would you bring up issues that are not ask for?

I know others who had DUIs but no convictions and they were not held up in any background check.

[GREEN/TRAN 0]

About 12 years ago I (the petitioner) got a DUI at a road block (bit of a wake up call about my lifestyle at that time really). It didn't result in a conviction as it was a first offence and I went to some classes. Never had any run-ins with the law since.

1. Is my background checked at any time during this process (I'm assuming it is but I"ve been reading around and I can't quite see where, when I file the I-129F?)?

2. I know this isn't a deal breaker, but is this the kind of thing that will get our package flagged for further scrutiny (meaning delay)?

3. If the anwswer to questions 1 and 2 is yes (my god, I'm even starting to write like a USCIS guy), is there anything I can do to minimize the delay (submit records of my arrest for example)?

i had some battery convitions and i sent a background check and court papers and now we are waiting for packet 4