How long is visa valid for and can you still be refused when you get there [merged threads]

[LisaG 4]

Advised to have a medical after visa interview  based on DUI.  A one off conviction at 48 years of age struggling with menopause.  Will I be penalised for this?  I only want to take my children to Walt Disney World 

[OldUser 6,633]

You can try if you really want to visit. No guarantees you will get the visa even with medical.

[SalishSea 17,818]

5 hours ago, LisaG said:

Advised to have a medical after visa interview  based on DUI.  A one off conviction at 48 years of age struggling with menopause.  Will I be penalised for this?  I only want to take my children to Walt Disney World 

Medical?  Tourist visas do not require or consider medical exams.

Edited March 22 by SalishSea

[LisaG 4]

6 hours ago, OldUser said:

You can try if you really want to visit. No guarantees you will get the visa even with medical.

Cheers 

3 hours ago, SalishSea said:

Medical?  Tourist visas do not require or consider medical exams.

Apparently they do with driving conviction 

[Redro 4,611]

14 hours ago, LisaG said:

Advised to have a medical after visa interview  based on DUI.  A one off conviction at 48 years of age struggling with menopause.  Will I be penalised for this?  I only want to take my children to Walt Disney World 

Which country did you interview in? Do you have evidence of sobriety or are you still drinking? 

[milimelo 4,477]

I've seen medical requests reported here for UK folks when applying for B1/2 visas and a history of alcohol-related incidents - fights and similar. 

[Thunderbolt 172]

Probably from Canada, as Canada is making very hard for US citizens with DUI or DWI convictions to visit Canada. 

That's my guess. 

[Redro 4,611]

1 hour ago, Thunderbolt said:

Probably from Canada, as Canada is making very hard for US citizens with DUI or DWI convictions to visit Canada. 

That's my guess. 

Canadians don’t have to interview to visit the U.S. 

[Thunderbolt 172]

2 hours ago, Redro said:

Canadians don’t have to interview to visit the U.S. 

Well, I'm not aware of any other reason why they would care about DUI on a tourist visa. 

 

OP. Go to France, Hong Kong or Japan. They have Disneyland there too. 

[LisaG 4]

9 hours ago, Thunderbolt said:

Well, I'm not aware of any other reason why they would care about DUI on a tourist visa. 

 

OP. Go to France, Hong Kong or Japan. They have Disneyland there too. 

I was told it wasn't an issue but it is clearly. That's good advice and your right thank you 

[LisaG 4]

17 hours ago, Redro said:

Which country did you interview in? Do you have evidence of sobriety or are you still drinking? 

UK. To be clear I'm not an alcoholic. I abused it for a time but I am a social drinker now. Sensible. 

[appleblossom 2,478]

49 minutes ago, LisaG said:

UK. To be clear I'm not an alcoholic. I abused it for a time but I am a social drinker now. Sensible. 

Even if you can get a visa you’d need a waiver for it, and that’ll add 7-8 months. I wouldn’t have said it’s worth the hassle, cost or time when you can pop to Paris instead. 
 

 

Edited March 23 by appleblossom

[Redro 4,611]

3 hours ago, LisaG said:

UK. To be clear I'm not an alcoholic. I abused it for a time but I am a social drinker now. Sensible. 

I might be confusing the need for sobriety with immigrant visas no tourist visas- as generally DUIs (plural) in the eyes of the US immigration is seen as having a substance abuse problem. In those cases IV applicants generally have to show they were sober for 1 year to obtain the immigrant visa.

 

 

I'm assuming you applied for an ESTA and were rejected? 

 

 

Without knowing more you can read the experience of a poster in a similar situation:

I would go to the medical, be honest about your drinking and see what happens. Hopefully, you will not be deemed an abuser and you'll be able to go to Disneyland. 

 

Edited March 23 by Redro

[LisaG 4]

Not feeling confident at all. 

[millefleur 5,046]

22 hours ago, LisaG said:

Not feeling confident at all. 

I've heard of this case before: UK citizen with history of substance abuse applies for ESTA, is denied, has to apply for a B and do a medical. I don't have all the details but it does seem like something that happens at least for UK citizens. I'm no longer in contact with this person so I don't know what the wait time was between doing the medical and getting approved for the visa, but if it's any consolation this person did get approved for a B was able to visit the US.

 

Best of luck and let us know how it turns out.