travelling with drugs convictions

[frogmanNZ]

does anyone here have any personal experience at getting admission into visit India/Africa/Indonesia/South America who has a single previous drug conviction from over 10 years ago when they were still young? would the best way be to apply for a visa and disclose the full information and hope they are understanding, or aren't they like that? cheers

[jno]

I don't think, when I've filled out visa forms for those places, that I've been asked about convictions (though the Americans do inquire). If you found they did, basically, I'd lie about it. I can't imagine the immigration authorities in Peru hunting through the court records of Waikikamukau to check up on you, even if they had access to them, which they won't do.