By Kaywana - 9 Mar 22 10:48 AM
Hi all
I was hoping to travel to Canada and Alaska this June.
I have a criminal conviction involving drugs from 2004. ( Long story, but I was a GP who got addicted to opiates and wrote prescriptions for myself to try and treat myself ( never a good idea)).
This was over a period of 18 months, I was caught and went into treatment directly. I had a criminal issue with possession and with supply to myself....
Been well since and been back working as a GP for the past 15 years. I also help other Dr's who have got into trouble in a similar fashion.
I applied for a Canadian ESTA = had to wait a few weeks but this was granted, they had all my info.
I applied for an American Visa in 2011 and was granted a waiver of ineligibly after 20 weeks. My Visa lasted a year.
I assumed ( perhaps naively) that the 2011 waiver was still relevant, but on applying for a B2 NIV US Visa recently I seem to be back in the same position of the Embassy not being able to grant me one and it all having to go back to be approved to the Dept of Homeland Security....which takes a while as before.
My question is does anyone have experience of being granted a waiver of ineligibility only to have to go through the whole process each time they apply for a subsequent visa...? and.. does this take less time?? as I (stupidly) have already made travel plans.
Thanks
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By Pabs - 8 Mar 23 6:41 PM
+xHi all. Just want to share my latest experience with the US Embassy in London With a CR I decided to apply for a visa and not an ESTA. The CR is from 2001 when I was 21. I eventually got my appointment after logging on daily and found a spot sooner than Dec 2022 ( searching in June 2022). Got my AcRO and a subject access request to try and speed the decision up. At the interview because I had 2 charges, although relating to the same instance I was classified as not eligible for a visa due to it being CMIT. He said he recommends for a a waiver of ineligibility. Totally heart broken. As my job now requires me to travel to the states in Oct 2022. Which I doubt will happen now as this waiver can take up to 6 weeks to be approved. The here seems absolutely no consideration of the time lapsed or how I have turned my life around since that time which was a very regrettable situation and seems the sentence of 60 hours community service and £1000 compensation order is now a life sentence. I wait and see if I get the waiver if not I really don’t know what to do.
How long did it take, in the end, to get your waiver?
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