WTF?!?! I need a visa to travel to the US?! Is that right!!!
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WTF?!?! I need a visa to travel to the US?! Is that right!!!
Off the London US Embasy website as the Mrs was thinking of us traveling to florida in september for our summer holiday.
A couple of years back I was arrested because of a bitch lying ex who tried to get me into trouble with the law... long story and a couple of you may know it.
Needless to say, I was held in custody and released once they had worked out she was lying.
But this means, at one point, I was actually arrested, while no charges resulted from that arrest....
But this means I now have to get a visa?
Surely this can't be right.
Has anyone traveled to the US in the same situation? What was the score?
Some travelers may not be eligible to enter the United States visa free under the VWP. These include people who have been arrested, even if the arrest did not result in a criminal conviction, those with criminal records, (the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act does not apply to U.S. visa law), certain serious communicable illnesses, those who have been refused admission into, or have been deported from, the United States, or have previously overstayed on the VWP. Such travelers must apply for special restricted visas. If they attempt to travel without a visa, they may be refused entry into the United States.
Needless to say, I was held in custody and released once they had worked out she was lying.
But this means, at one point, I was actually arrested, while no charges resulted from that arrest....
But this means I now have to get a visa?
Surely this can't be right.
Has anyone traveled to the US in the same situation? What was the score?
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I thought maybe could get away with the VWP which is the thing you fill out. But what if a customs official pulls us over and runs some checks, Id be told to get back on the next flight home wouldn't I?
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Never done it, so don't know how detailed it is but the link is on the US Embassy website.
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According to the embasy site they still do that for British Citizens. That's the VWP, but only certain carriers authorized can do it.
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you dont need a visa as such, its this...
http://www.esta.us/esta.html?gclid=C...Fd0B4wod6zhdEg
aslong as you fill it out before you get to the airport, i believe you are ok (maybe able to do it on the plane, but not sure)
http://www.esta.us/esta.html?gclid=C...Fd0B4wod6zhdEg
aslong as you fill it out before you get to the airport, i believe you are ok (maybe able to do it on the plane, but not sure)
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