Petty Theft on police record

[Esme2504 48]

My fiance (beneficiary)  was 17 or 18 doesnt exactly recall what age he was but not older than 18 was caught with a group of friends shoplifting at a super market a bottle of alcohol. He was arrested and was jailed for 5 days. He is now 30 turning 31 next month in June and has not been in trouble ever since. He went to get his police record today and it says petty theft but doesnt give any details. He plans on going to court this week and getting a more detailed report that shows what happened etc. Do you guys think our Visa can be denied because of this?? 

Edited May 10, 2017 by Esme2504

[Redheadguy03 505]

4 minutes ago, Esme2504 said:

My fiance was 17 or 18 doesnt exactly recall what age he was but not older than 18 was caught with a group of friends shoplifting at a super market a bottle of alcohol. He was arrested and was jailed for 5 days. He is now 30 turning 31 next month in June and has not been in trouble ever since. He went to get his police record today and it says petty theft but doesnt give any details. He plans on going to court this week and getting a more detailed report that shows what happened etc. Do you guys think our Visa can be denied because of this?? 

Is your fiance the US citizen or the foreigner? 

[Esme2504 48]

2 minutes ago, Redheadguy03 said:

Is your fiance the US citizen or the foreigner? 

Foreigner

[Redheadguy03 505]

Just now, Esme2504 said:

Foreigner

I'm not a lawyer, but that could be an issue. If you have any criminal record it can make you inadmissible to the USA. Your timeline shows you have your NOA2, you should have disclosed it already.

I'm definitely not a lawyer, but you definitely need to get in touch with one. Because it will probably come up. 

[Esme2504 48]

5 minutes ago, Redheadguy03 said:

I'm not a lawyer, but that could be an issue. If you have any criminal record it can make you inadmissible to the USA. Your timeline shows you have your NOA2, you should have disclosed it already.

I'm definitely not a lawyer, but you definitely need to get in touch with one. Because it will probably come up. 

Okay, thank you

[Allie D 39]

6 minutes ago, Esme2504 said:

Okay, thank you

I agree that you should see a lawyer. USCIS sometimes forgives the criminal record of a US citizen's spouse, especially if the spouse has a history of good moral character (your spouse has not gotten into trouble since he was a teenager) and if the crime was relatively minor. Of course, I'm not a lawyer. Good luck!

[Chalanero21 28]

On 5/9/2017 at 9:16 PM, Esme2504 said:

My fiance (beneficiary)  was 17 or 18 doesnt exactly recall what age he was but not older than 18 was caught with a group of friends shoplifting at a super market a bottle of alcohol. He was arrested and was jailed for 5 days. He is now 30 turning 31 next month in June and has not been in trouble ever since. He went to get his police record today and it says petty theft but doesnt give any details. He plans on going to court this week and getting a more detailed report that shows what happened etc. Do you guys think our Visa can be denied because of this?? 

Hello

Any progress with your case, I am having the same issue with my mother, she was charged with petty theft  while in the usa like 15 years ago, i am afraid embasy will deny due to her 1 offence. 

[Esme2504 48]

22 minutes ago, Chalanero21 said:

Hello

Any progress with your case, I am having the same issue with my mother, she was charged with petty theft  while in the usa like 15 years ago, i am afraid embasy will deny due to her 1 offence. 

Hiii,

 

Well we are still gathering some court documents.  But the embassy called me and I spoke to a lady, not sure who it was because she told me she couldn't give me her name. I expressed my concerns to her that we would be denied due to his arrests. She told me people with worse crimes have gotten visas. That gave me hope. We are almost done and hope we do get the visa at the end. 

[Blossomka 9]

Did you call embassy in El Salvador?

 

[Esme2504 48]

3 hours ago, Blossomka said:

Did you call embassy in El Salvador?

 

No, they called me. Which was nice because I really needed to talk to them. 

[Chalanero21 28]

Hi any updates I am still waiting for a case number this wait is torturing me..... I hope your case is going right and you were able to gather your documents, looking at your timeline did you already went to an interview ? last year? 

[Abdeslam 47]

On 06/02/2018 at 5:47 AM, Esme2504 said:

Hiii,

 

Well we are still gathering some court documents.  But the embassy called me and I spoke to a lady, not sure who it was because she told me she couldn't give me her name. I expressed my concerns to her that we would be denied due to his arrests. She told me people with worse crimes have gotten visas. That gave me hope. We are almost done and hope we do get the visa at the end. 

And she is right , some people overstayed their visa for more then 6 month , had some criminal record and still got their K1 visa

[Esme2504 48]

22 hours ago, Abdeslam said:

And she is right , some people overstayed their visa for more then 6 month , had some criminal record and still got their K1 visa

Thank you!! Hopefully we get our visa soon!!! 😁

[Esme2504 48]

23 hours ago, Chalanero21 said:

Hi any updates I am still waiting for a case number this wait is torturing me..... I hope your case is going right and you were able to gather your documents, looking at your timeline did you already went to an interview ? last year? 

Where are you in the process??  We are still waiting for 1 more court document!. And yes my fiance did his interview last year!! We have not been able to move fwd with our case! Too many things! 

[Chalanero21 28]

8 hours ago, Esme2504 said:

Where are you in the process??  We are still waiting for 1 more court document!. And yes my fiance did his interview last year!! We have not been able to move fwd with our case! Too many things! 

We are still waiting for case number not even close yet. But we have a misdemeanor charge and we want to have an idea what they will ask so we can be prepared. We have court record with final disposition but would consular officer ask for more ?