visa

[rudeboy88]

i have just found out i may be able to go on holiday on june the 1st as i have an assualt conviction.am i screwed here ?any ideas as to what i can do

[rudeboy88]

i missed out i am travelling to the us

[Dee Sa]

dont declare it, conveniently "forget" it, I think u are safe as long as its not a drug offence or connected with a drug offence.

[jno]

You could be... You can declare it and apply for a visa, which you might be refused, or you can omit it, go under the usual visa waiver scheme, and hope Tony Blair hasn't told Washington about it. If it was a long time ago you're probably safe. If recent, then hard to predict.

[Buenchico]

Questions very similar to this come up at least once a week on AB.

The 'official' answer is that you won't be able to travel to the US because you require a visa which takes at least 4 months to obtain.

The 'unofficial' answer is that the US authorities probably won't know about your conviction because only information on certain types of offence (e.g. involving drugs, explosives or potential terrorist links) is passed on from the UK. So, as long as your assault conviction doesn't relate to an incident arising from a protest outside the American embassy, you should proably be OK.

See these posts:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question 237668.html
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question 239620.html

Chris