Visa waiver for USA with pending conviction

[maz4taz]

Myself and my family have been to Florida for the past few years. We have always signed the visa waivers on the plane.

However i didnt realise that even if you have been arrested you have to attend for an interview in london for a visa!! We Live in scotland, the US Embassy in Edinburgh dont deal with visas you have to go to london.

Problem is husband this year i got him charged with assualt ( all over reacted from myself) and the police would not let me drop the charges or change my statement. Its all a big mess really as i suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and meant when the police interviewd me they seen me ina bad state mentally from traumas years ago that was kicked off in my head by a strike on the arm from my husband

Yeah i overreacted. Trouble is he said he was guilty int he court the next day,i turned up at the court and asked he not get conditions on bail e.g not being allowed in our shared rented house as that woud mean i would lose my daughter as i cannot care for her alone due to my mental health problems.
The court says he has to go back in sept 1st for deferred sentencing.

I honestly thought it was just to check he been good if u know what i mean, now i worried sick as i have booked and paid for 3 of us to go Florida leaving on 26 september.

I dont know if he can apply for a visa now while his court case is obv still pending he dont go till sept 1 he has no lawyer .

I dont even know how long it takes to applyi meanif we applied on 2nd sept it b pushing itvery tight for te 26 sept.

Wondering if the US have checks at the port of entry i.e. the airport of the criminal system in Britain?? Does anyone know. i am thinking of just telling him to sign the visa waiver on the plane as he has no other history of crime and his case is likely to be a suspended sentence of admonished.

any advice appreciated. I dont know

[dzug]

Straightforward assult is not a crime of moral turpitude anyway so he won't actually be lying on the form.

The US Embassy information on this is on the paranoid side of cautious. They (probably correctly) don't trust the British public to understand moral turpitude so prefer to make everyone who could possibly remotely be affected apply for a visa so they can decide.

If you apply for and get a visa without trouble you probably didn't need one.

[maz4taz]

Thanks so much for the replies, they much appreciated, and think it be fine, just stress out with lots events this year, son in prison only 17! really need this holiday lol

thanks so much for taking the time to answer

[kcjcfamily]

i go in 3 weeks, am signing waiver form too, will let you know how i get on.

[maz4taz]

hi

kcjc family.......... if ok to ask are u signing the waiver and not disclosing? i think we will be fine just as you will but please let me know how u get on many thanks x

[kcjcfamily]

hello again,

Yes i am signing the waiver form and not disclosing.....

[maz4taz]

kcjc family. did u sign the waiver and was everythign ok????