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Visa Waiver
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I was arrested last week and released no charge and no further action to be taken. I have a family holiday booked in Florida in the next 6 weeks. Do i need to make an appointment at the US embassy to apply for a visa or can i go on the visa waiver scheme?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Officially (i.e. according to the US embassy website) you're ineligible to use the Visa Waiver Program. However:
1) the form you complete on the plane doesn't ask about arrests. It only asks about convictions for crimes of 'moral turpitude'. You can honestly answer 'No' to the relevant question ;
2) the US immigration service have no direct access to UK criminal records (or to records of arrests), so they won't know about your brush with the law (unless, possibly, you were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist offence against the USA!) ;
3) you'd never get a visa in time anyway. According to recent posts you wouldn't even be able to book an interview until around the end of June.
As Sddsddean suggests, just use the visa waiver scheme.
Chris
1) the form you complete on the plane doesn't ask about arrests. It only asks about convictions for crimes of 'moral turpitude'. You can honestly answer 'No' to the relevant question ;
2) the US immigration service have no direct access to UK criminal records (or to records of arrests), so they won't know about your brush with the law (unless, possibly, you were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist offence against the USA!) ;
3) you'd never get a visa in time anyway. According to recent posts you wouldn't even be able to book an interview until around the end of June.
As Sddsddean suggests, just use the visa waiver scheme.
Chris
1) the form you complete on the plane doesn't ask about arrests. It only asks about convictions for crimes of 'moral turpitude'. You can honestly answer 'No' to the relevant question ;
Sorry Chris it DOES ask about arrests and convictions for moral turpitude.
A replica can be found in the link here:
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/usa-florida-imigratio n-forms.php
Sorry Chris it DOES ask about arrests and convictions for moral turpitude.
A replica can be found in the link here:
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/usa-florida-imigratio n-forms.php