will my husband get his usa visa

[superdupes]

My husband has a conviction for handling and a couple for poaching, all more than 15 years ago. The most he got were �75 fines. Hes been to the embassy and was turned down but the chap said it had to be refered and he would suggest that he should get a tempory visa. Prob is that I have to pay the balance for our holiday soon and without knowing either way I am not sure what to do. Thanks in advance for any responses

[bednobs]

when is the holiday? How much will you lose if you cancelled now?

[Buenchico]

There are no hard and fast rules. (If there were, the US embassy would be able to apply them, rather than having to refer everything to Washington for their discretionary process).

However the US authorities regard crimes of 'moral turpitude' very seriously. (Their criteria seem weird to us. Nicking a Mars bar is a crime of moral turpitude, and thus likely to see the offender barred from entering the USA. Beating someone up is not normally a crime of moral turpitude and so, for immigration purposes, regarded less seriously than nicking a Mars bar!).

All three of your husband's offences count as 'moral turpitude'. In some US states three such offences are sufficient to get the offender locked up for the rest of his life, so they're certainly taken extremely seriously. I've seen a post, here on AB, from someone whose partner had been convicted of two offences of driving without insurance. He had a 10 month wait to hear the result of his visa application, which was then turned down.

As I stated at the beginning of this post, there are no hard and fast rules. But if I was a bookmaker trying to assess the probability of your husband getting a visa I'd happily give odds of at least 100 to 1, since I think that his chances of being successful are likely to be less than 1%.

Chris

[magicmerlin]

If you going on holiday why does your husband need a visa?

[buildersmate]

Are you just being pedantic, or don't you understand the question?
Though the wife is paying for the holiday, it is a reasonable assumption that the husband was going with her.

[factor-fiction]

I think magicmerlin is asking why a visa is needed for a holiday to the USA given that their is a Visa waiver agreement in place between UK and USA.

I have never needed a visa although I have had to fill in a ' green card' on the plane and hand it in.

A visa is not needed for eligible UK passport holders (machine readable passports only) as there is a Visa Waiver agreement between UK and USA http://www.virginholidays.co.uk/info/important /faqs/default.aspx?category=18

However the husband may not be eligible for the Visa Waiver programme, as the rules include:
To qualify for the US Visa Waiver programme you must NOT:
�Have been arrested or convicted for any offence or crime. This includes spent convictions or an arrest not resulting in a conviction ...

This link gives more information that will help assess eligibility http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib ilities/ineligibilities_1364.html

[superdupes]

Thanks for your replies.

With reguards to bed knobs question I have paid deposit of �480 , but could maybe transfere it to some where that a visa is not requiried. Although there are so many far away places that seem to require them - Oh well always loved Majorca !!!!