My fiancé and I are in the process of getting our K1 visa. We just received our approval of our petition (NOA2) and are waiting for our application to be sent to the US embassy in London. My fiancé happened to stumble upon a thread here on visa journey from 2019 where an individual was denied their K1 after having a “no live trace” on ACRO and a minor possession of marijuana (one joint) on his subject access report from 2011.
My fiancé lives in Scotland and remembered when he was 17 or 18, he got a ticket for having a single marijuana joint on him. This was about 12 years ago, he was a teenager, and he truly didn’t even remember until seeing this post.
All that said, we don’t have his ACRO report yet, so we don’t even know what it will say. But we’re both just really anxious - we are definitely planning to consult an immigration lawyer if he does have this on his subject access report. I’m waiting to pay for a lawyer consultation until I have details about the ticket/fine as I’m sure that would affect their advice. In the meantime- has anyone had experience with getting approved with “no live trace” and a marijuana charge on their SAR? Is this an automatic refusal? Does the fact that it was 12 years ago matter?
I really appreciate any insight - I know we have to wait to see what the ACRO actually says but given the wait times on those right now, it would be nice to have some peace of mind.