Take his advice, buddy of mine just got denied entry into US for Vegas trip. charge was 22 years ago.
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Traveling to US with a criminal record?
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Take his advice, buddy of mine just got denied entry into US for Vegas trip. charge was 22 years ago.
I got the DUI info from a US friend who carries that around his neck.
Regardless, the OP has to address how he is going to be part of the team. They have expectations that he at this point, can't reasonably be expected to fulfill.
The big question is how the rest of the team plus the client would take any revelations.
they didn't do a background/criminal check? The last 4 places I've been at have done that......one company checked both in the USA and here.
Get out of the trip, do a video conference or something.
You need to contact an immigration lawyer. Plain and simple. No offense to all the members giving advice here, but if you really want to get this right, i.e. without using yourself as a guinea pig for an experiment with the CBP that might end up blowing up in your face, get a good immigration attorney.
This could cost you a bit, but it all depends on the following :
1. how important is your current job to you? Remember that future employment opportunities might be dependent on using your current boss as a reference
2. how important is future travel to the US.
A first phone consult with one is about $150 to assess your situation. Well worth the price if you ask me.
There's another firm at Yonge and Eglinton and they offer a free first consultation but I haven't used them for anything other than the first consult.
The fees after that would depend on your situation.
I can send you details via pm if you're interested, and these guys are pretty good ( based out of Buffalo, NY). The advice might end up being the same that ppl have posted here, or it could be different. Not sure if you want to take a gamble.
This could cost you a bit, but it all depends on the following :
1. how important is your current job to you? Remember that future employment opportunities might be dependent on using your current boss as a reference
2. how important is future travel to the US.
A first phone consult with one is about $150 to assess your situation. Well worth the price if you ask me.
There's another firm at Yonge and Eglinton and they offer a free first consultation but I haven't used them for anything other than the first consult.
The fees after that would depend on your situation.
I can send you details via pm if you're interested, and these guys are pretty good ( based out of Buffalo, NY). The advice might end up being the same that ppl have posted here, or it could be different. Not sure if you want to take a gamble.
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I would be concerned about being turned back and would likely not risk it while you are trying to get it properly cleared up (Pardon).
Many years ago a friend of mine had a GF in the US. He was going over to visit and the odd time he would help out in their family restaurant--they lived above it (not really working just filling in now and then when staff called in sick etc.). He was going over pretty much every other day to visit and one time the customs guy got him to say that he helped out in the restaurant from time to time, well that was that. They turned him back, and for the longest time he could not get across at all, all they cared about was he WAS turned back...
Many years ago a friend of mine had a GF in the US. He was going over to visit and the odd time he would help out in their family restaurant--they lived above it (not really working just filling in now and then when staff called in sick etc.). He was going over pretty much every other day to visit and one time the customs guy got him to say that he helped out in the restaurant from time to time, well that was that. They turned him back, and for the longest time he could not get across at all, all they cared about was he WAS turned back...
Yup. That because they deemed he was inadmissible according to what they construed to be an immigration violation of employment without authorization.
That being said, the sad part is that it's purely up to the CBP officer to allow you to enter regardless of the fact that you might have all the correct paperwork. You can fight this if you can prove that the so called ban on entry was in contravention to the immigration law in existence at that point in time. You either need to know the law or get a qualified attorney for that to happen.
Are you on a time constraint here? I think your original post said you have to travel in October.
Yes I am supposed to be leaving October.
I have applied for a pardon 3 years ago but was denied due to a couple hundred dollars wasn't paid on the fine from 11 years ago, so I had to pay that then re apply and and no I have to wait another 3 years for the charges to clear.
yeah ur ****ed dude, anything to do with drugs and crossing into the states is a BIG NO NO. i found that out when i wanted to pick up my bike. all i had was a simple possession charge from 9 years ago and i was denied entry. They also told me at the border that they (the states) dont care about our pardon and that i would need a waiver to get into the states.
Sent you a pm with details on a couple.
i said "on the charges and how long ago"
If it was serious enough he spend time in Juvi, then that will trump the time line.
The only thing more important to the U.S. than their "War on Terror" is their firstborn-son "War on Drugs." You need to get your preclearance and hope that the agent isn't a prick as he could still turn you away. Hell, you could be a grandma going to visit her grandchildren and spend $20,000 while you're down there, with a squeeky-clean record and still get turned away because the agent didn't like the way your left eyebrow moved. Bottom line - their country, they decide who gets in. I'd just talk to my employer and tell them something along the lines of "I had some indiscretions when I was a teen, I'm in the middle of obtaining a pardon, but I can't make it out this time around." If he asks you about the specifics, tell him that you don't feel comfortable discussing them.
You might pass once, but might not another day. It all depends on the border agent. If you can make them laugh/entertain them then you have a shot!
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