Criminal records question for USA consulate interview

[Tina661 0]

My fiance has his interview in Vancouver in a few weeks and although we are both super excited, we are a little scared!

Here is the situation...he has 3 things on his criminal records. 2 of them are thefts that are over 10 years ago (he was still over 18 at the time so an adult) however one of them he just got tried for in December of '13(was unaware it was on his record until he got pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt and found out) and just finished his community service and is off probation. He never went to jail for any of his crimes. Also, close to 2 years ago, he had some credit card fraudulent activity on a family members card but it is still on his record, and recent. We are worried with the date getting so close that any of these may effect his case and have him not get approved.

Has anyone been approved with more or less then this? Tell me your stories or opinions. Anything else we can do to make sure he does get approved? Or is anyone experienced enough to know if these will hurt us? Thanks in advance!

[Cathi 5,748]

Just because he never went to jail doesn't mean he wasn;t found guilty of theft. What kind of theft was it? what do you mean fraudulent activity on a family members credit card? Was it he who committed the fraud? Fraud is a crime of moral turpitude and will make him inadmissible.

Edited February 10, 2015 by mimolicious

[Tina661 0]

Just because he never went to jail doesn't mean he wasn;t found guilty of theft. What kind of theft was it? what do you mean fraudulent activity on a family members credit card? Was it he who committed the fraud? Fraud is a crime of moral turpitude and will make him inadmissible.

He was convicted of both the charges that were from 2002. The credit card fraud is a complicated situation. It was his moms card, she called and said it was fraud knowing it was him using it, so they would take off the charges. He was going to get a notarized letter from his mom explaining the situation and hope that would help show it wasn't a character trait, which would only leave the 2 much older charges. I'm just not sure if that is substantial enough to get him approved.

And the theft charges...they were both "theft under 5000".

Edited February 10, 2015 by Tina661

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Read this thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/513046-cimt-arrest-and-the-k1/

Your fiance should get all his court documents in order and consult a competent attorney.