By Bluebear - 2 Feb 22 11:34 PM
Hi all and thanks for reading.
My (Canadian) wife and I (British) are currently in Canada. I’m on a visitors visa here. She’s been offered an L1A visa for the US with her current job which would give me an L2.
I have a criminal record from the UK from just over 5 years ago. It was a harassment case (non-violent/sexual) and was issued with a £510 fine (£30 victim surcharge) and a restraining order. I have an updated police record and subject access report as well as filed out the VCU1 form.
I will need to fill out the DS-160 to apply for the L2 visa.
My worry is my entry to the US.
My questions are:
1) Would I fall under moral turpitude crime?
2) Is there a chance I will be found inadmissible?
3) Is there anything I can do to strengthen my chance?
4) Will I only know if I’m eligible at the interview, or is there a way to know before this date?
My worry is my wife will accept the L1A only for me to be rejected. Will pose some issues with her work etc not to mention the heartache.
Has anyone been through this? How stringent are they in the interview?
Thanks for reading folks!
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By AB2014 - 4 Feb 22 11:26 AM
+x+xHi all and thanks for reading. My (Canadian) wife and I (British) are currently in Canada. I’m on a visitors visa here. She’s been offered an L1A visa for the US with her current job which would give me an L2. I have a criminal record from the UK from just over 5 years ago. It was a harassment case (non-violent/sexual) and was issued with a £510 fine (£30 victim surcharge) and a restraining order. I have an updated police record and subject access report as well as filed out the VCU1 form. I will need to fill out the DS-160 to apply for the L2 visa. My worry is my entry to the US. My questions are: 1) Would I fall under moral turpitude crime? 2) Is there a chance I will be found inadmissible? 3) Is there anything I can do to strengthen my chance?4) Will I only know if I’m eligible at the interview, or is there a way to know before this date? My worry is my wife will accept the L1A only for me to be rejected. Will pose some issues with her work etc not to mention the heartache. Has anyone been through this? How stringent are they in the interview? Thanks for reading folks! Don't know about the visa questions, but the standard ESTA questions no longer reference moral turpitude ... Might be worth checking as potentially the way the ?s are worded could change how you can answer ?
Yes, but he doesn't need an ESTA as he would be living in the US, so he needs a visa. They only changed the questions because nobody understood what moral turpitude is and couldn't answer the questions. For a full visa application, they want to see his police certificate, which is a list of all cautions and convictions, so they will see his conviction and they get to decide whether it was moral turpitude without reference to him.
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