USA Visa

[lawt]

Is it true that drink driving is not classed as a crime of moral turpitude and therefore even if discovered upon entering the USA you are more likely to get in anyway?

I am travelling with my partner this week, we left it too late to get him a visa therefore are travelling without one and plan to use the visa waiver scheme (even though we know he should have a visa). Also he is Australian and the offence was committed over there, is it less likely that it will show on the US immigation records due to this?

Thanks

[Buenchico]

Drink driving is not a crime 'of moral turpitude':
http://www.gapsc.com/Professionalpractices/mor al_turpitude.pdf
Therefore, if your partner had applied for a visa, his conviction would be unlikely to prevent one being granted.

However, providing false information, in order to enter the USA, would sufficient reason for being refused entry if the US authorities became aware of it.

Since the US immigration service have no direct access to any criminal records, except those of the USA and Canada, it's immaterial anyway.

Chris

[lawt]

Thankyou very much for your help, i know you must get sick of these sorts of questions, i guess i just needed some reassurance so i dont look so nervous when walking through immigration!

[lady_p_gold]

Well a queue a mile long and an hour and a half wait (at LAX) is more likely ... !!! They are more likely to be worried about you having a half eaten ham sandwich in your baggage ..

[munchie63]

when looking for answers before applying for my visa, I found an Aussie site with questions about US visa's.

A young lad had got drunk and driven a frok-lift around a builders yard.

He had his application refused and cannot apply for 5 more years.

Speeding points don't count, but the US take drink driving very seriously. Bear in mind most holidays are fly drives too, and you can see why.