visa requirement

[circa46]

our family are travelling to florida at xmas, and we have
purchased out flight tickets. But on reading the small print of the us embassy requirements it has caused us
some concern. my sons were arrested last year and were later given an official repremand and not a conviction. but on reading the small print it says even if
someone has been arrested they wud still require a visa.
but we are now tolate to obtain one in time. ive spoken to
our airline who advised us that we should still be ok to
travel and that they couldnt see it posing any problem.
does anyone know whether the us customs have the
technology to know whether my sons passports when being read by the passport computer will say whether they have actually been 'arrested' or not.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

they have no access to our criminal records,usually the british goverment would only alert the usa about high risk people,not your two sons

[jno]

it won't be registered in their passports, so US Immigration won't know unless John Reid has decided to notify them, which he almost certainly hasn't unless you're Muslim. I'd just fill out the visa waiver form you get on the plane as normal and try not to look too guilty!

[dannydingbat]

And can you post when you get back to inform others of your experience

[graham1024uk]

I have been to the states 6 times now, I have a conviction of possesion of cocaine from 6 yrs ago, never had hassle.

[graham1024uk]

oops forgot to point out, A very small amount for personel consumption ;-)