Criminal Convictions & Visiting the USA

[The Trog]

Hi !

Can anyone help please?

I have a friend who recently obtained a very harsh criminal conviction for self prescrbing medication. Very sad story - he was raped and was simply too ashamed to :
1) Report it and
2) To tell anyone about this.

Therefore, he precribed medication to treat himeslf (he is medically qualified but legaly cannot self prescribe for himself.

I have heard that as he has a minor conviction - he will be denied admission to the USA for a holiday as he has a conviction.

Is this true? - taking the circumstances into account (he needed urgent help but simply went about it the wrong way)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Trog

[dzug]

If his crime was one involving moral turpitude (and I've no idea whether this one is or not - it would probably count as substance abuse, so probably yes) then he has two choices:

Go anyway and lie on the visa waiver form.

Apply for a visa and in all probablility be turned down given the recency and nature (not severity - that's irrelevant) of the crime.

If it wasn't moral turpitude then there's no bar on visiting the US