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Tommy Robinson - USA

marcovanba — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:53:41 GMT

A man with a long list of convictions including custodial sentences has been allowed into the USA.

Not that the US is top of my list for travel destinations but if he can get a Visa maybe there is hope for others.

Processing times US non-immigrant VISA - criminal record

RT — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:20:13 GMT

Hi all,

I’ve got a work conference in the US early Jan, however, I’ve realised I might have to play it safe & go for a B1/2 90 day VISA, due to a criminal record from over a decade ago. It’s incredibly vague on the Esta whether my crime would f

Unlock-Jump Project letter

maxcaddy — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:28:01 GMT

Unlock and the American Jump Project have https://forum.unlock.org.uk/Topic32116.aspx#bm34105

2 years ago I applied for a Canadian eTA and it kept getting refused despite my criminal r

Waiver questions

maxcaddy — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:58:28 GMT

I have some questions for people who successfully applied to a waiver of inadmissibility to enter the US.

Did you apply for a waiver on your own or get advice from a US immigration lawyer?
Did you provide any supporting evidence or reference

Assault and petty offense exception

maxcaddy — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:55:58 GMT

I was recently arrested and accepted a simple caution for common assault (assault by beating). The incident in question was domestic battery towards a family member. While common assault is a summary offence, the DV angle would likely make it a crime of m

Immigrating to the US

WalterWite — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:02:59 GMT

Hi all, I am looking to immigrate to the US but I have a problem that I have currently. I have a few convictions in relation to the UK railway bye-laws which resulted in fines. I do know they are not recordable on the Police national computer. I was foo

Have a put myself in an impossible situation

R21964TX — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:31:07 GMT

HI, looking for some advice with travel to the US.

40yrs ago I received a sentence of 3yrs for Robbery. 3yrs after my release (serving 1yr) I got married and went on honeymoon to Florida, at that time everyone assumed that any UK citizen was elig

Getting USA resident status with criminal convictions in the UK

Wildie — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:34:05 GMT

Hi
I have two convictiions that prevent me from entering the USA with out Visa. One for possession of marijuana (1.2 grams) in 1982 and one for Wounding Section 20 1986. Got a 2 year conditional discharge as even the magistrate thought the guy got wha

Waiver of Ineligibility 2024

ReformLaw — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:28:29 GMT

I thought it would be a good idea to post my progress.
Date of interview: 21 Feb 2023
ACRO: caution (criminal damage), a warning and a reprimand for cultivation of cannabis - all as a juvenile. Simple caution at 20 for protesting. All of these are

Long wait times stuck with DHS

JME C — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:28:48 GMT

Hi All,

Looking for advise and if anyone else is stuck in limbo. I need to travel to US for work and this is beginning to become a problem.

I need to get a visa due to a conviction in 10.12.2008 for POSSESS CANNABIS A CL

Theft

GgLong — Wed, 18 May 2022 10:33:10 GMT

Hi there I wondered if anyone could help. I very stupidly stole from a workplace back in 2012 and was cautioned for theft. I’ve never committed any other offences and generally still beat myself up about this 10 years later. I’m aware that I have to app

Applying for a B2 Tourist Visa

Fazz84 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:30:36 GMT

Hi,

I have a criminal conviction for possession of a class A drug for which I received a fine, this happened around 10-15 years ago and I have not been in trouble before or since that.
I have provisionally booked a holiday to the USA i

Travelling to USA with Conviction as a Juvenile

Barney97 — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:12:25 GMT

Hi, Hope someone can help here!

I am looking to be going to the USA in 2022 with some friends, however I have a conviction as a young teenager for causing a bomb hoax. Yes I know what a stupid thing to have done and I have lived ever since r

Cutting to the chase

Harmless — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 16:02:18 GMT

I would quite like to know the pros and cons, and likelihood of success, of a sex offender travelling to the United States as a second port of call arranged upon the first port.

Bearing in mind I'm currently abroad in Europe anyway.

US visa denied in Belfast due to 2017 caution

Gubernator — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:56:02 GMT

Hi everyone

I visited the US embassy in Belfast in December 2019 to apply for a US holiday visa. Due to my career, I could not afford to take the risk of lying on the ESTA form.

The reason I am not eligible to travel via ESTA is th

ESTA and a youth reprimand

shakey00 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:54:57 GMT

Hello

I know variances on this question have been asked before but I haven't found an answer that quite fits my circumstances.

I would like to know if I am eligible for the ESTA program to visit from the UK to US. Aged 14 (2007) I receiv

A definitive FAQ would be most welcome

Monkos — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:32:35 GMT

I'm looking here and on Unlock's site for answers to various questions, and only finding half answers and false assumptions on many things. It would be good to have solid, definitive answers, reviewed by experts and backed up by consistent confirmations o

Travel to USA while on SOR

Yankee — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:56:23 GMT

Has anyone on the forum who is subject to notification requirements actually travelled to the USA?

If so, using an ESTA or a Visa?

Should I risk travelling on an ESTA?

jwalk2016 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:24:11 GMT

Hi everyone.

My criminal record is as follows:
2000 reprimand for shoplifting (then aged 16)
2004 caution for shoplifting (then aged 20)
Not so much as a parking ticket since.

I have booked a family holiday to New York

Applying for a USA Tourist Visa - Advice please

Jobe1287 — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 20:08:40 GMT

Hi
It is my 30th wedding anniversary next July 2019. My wife has always wanted to travel to the USA for a holiday and it would be my dearest wish to do this for her.

I was convicted of possession of 6 (SIX) images in 2003 and my sentenc

Some theoretical Questions

Square — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:23:35 GMT

1. I have had several US visas in the past. I have changed my name *if* I was to travel to the US, would my new passport in some way link to my old name?
2. I know many have traveled on an ETSA - if you have succeeded in this, what was the media cover

Sharing UK Criminal Record Information with USA

One Time Crim — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:33:17 GMT

Hello,

I read this information in the 2016-17 ACRO Criminal Records Office annual report:

‘Momentous’ agreement with the USA
In March 2017, ACRO signed an agreement that is set to im

Moving to USA with drug convictions

RN1234 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:34:12 GMT

Hi I am new on this site, I have a spouse that has 2 convictions, both for simple possession of marijuana from the UK. They are from 2000 and 2001. Due to these 2 convictions this makes my spouse inadmissible to the United States. We have a child and ha

Trace or No Live Trace ?

Sadnakan — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:46:06 GMT

Hiya fellow Crims !!

I wondered if anybody else apart from myself, has had the experience of having their original Police Certificate, in my view 'Upgraded' from 'No Trace' to 'No Live Trace' ? This happened to me recently when I applied for a vi