Comments on: Do you need a visa to get into the United States if you have a criminal record? http://datafindersusa.com/do-you-need-a-visa-to-get-into-the-united-states-if-you-have-a-criminal-record/265/ A Public Records Resource Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: pugsley http://datafindersusa.com/do-you-need-a-visa-to-get-into-the-united-states-if-you-have-a-criminal-record/265/comment-page-1/#comment-388 pugsley Sat, 09 May 2009 16:38:54 +0000 http://datafindersusa.com/do-you-need-a-visa-to-get-into-the-united-states-if-you-have-a-criminal-record/265/#comment-388 <a href=""></a> generally speaking you cant get in with a criminal record . Talk to an embassy

generally speaking you cant get in with a criminal record . Talk to an embassy

]]> By: Jan http://datafindersusa.com/do-you-need-a-visa-to-get-into-the-united-states-if-you-have-a-criminal-record/265/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Jan Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:43 +0000 http://datafindersusa.com/do-you-need-a-visa-to-get-into-the-united-states-if-you-have-a-criminal-record/265/#comment-385 <a href=""></a> Yes you do, and if you look at the website of the American Embassy (in Britain), you will find this. I have posted the link below, it states on their site: "Under United States visa law people who have been arrested are required to declare the arrest when applying for a visa. If the arrest resulted in a conviction, the individual may be permanently ineligible to receive a visa. In order to travel, a waiver of the permanent ineligibility is required. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act does not apply to United States visa law. Therefore, even travelers with a spent conviction are required to declare the arrest and/or conviction." If you travel under the visa waiver program you have to declare that you have never been arrested. Such arrest does not have to have resulted in a conviction, the very fact you have been arrested requires you to apply for a visa.

Yes you do, and if you look at the website of the American Embassy (in Britain), you will find this. I have posted the link below, it states on their site:

“Under United States visa law people who have been arrested are required to declare the arrest when applying for a visa. If the arrest resulted in a conviction, the individual may be permanently ineligible to receive a visa. In order to travel, a waiver of the permanent ineligibility is required. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act does not apply to United States visa law. Therefore, even travelers with a spent conviction are required to declare the arrest and/or conviction.”

If you travel under the visa waiver program you have to declare that you have never been arrested. Such arrest does not have to have resulted in a conviction, the very fact you have been arrested requires you to apply for a visa.

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