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franklymo
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Post by franklymo » Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:22 pm

British citizen.

Went to USA 3 years ago on J1 visa. Completed my studies successfully and ended up marrying a US citiszen. Happy days!

We both live in London now and enjoying it very much. Our plan is to go back to America in a couple of years and live permanently.

Here is my question.

A friend of mine is going through his J1 visa process and I'm helping him fill it out etc. Well, we got to form DS 156 and it asks 'Have you EVER been arrested or convicted of ANY crime or offence.........' This obviously means ANYTHING. Well 10 years ago i got fined and convicted for careless driving(nothing serious,just bumped someones car) and Im now thinking i never put that on my application at the time. I'm almost positive that I never. I'm very honest and wouldn't have thought twice of not declaring anything that needed declaring, especially for something that wouldn't have made me ineligible anyway.

I'm now worried that I've screwed up and may face consequences. I'm so annoyed with myself.

Can anyone give any advice?

I never ran into any trouble in America and have been back since on the VWP.

Thanks in advance.
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zafarzafar
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Post by zafarzafar » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:55 pm

what was the fine of the inciddent ? did the police fined u ? or insurance company settled the case ? did some body hurt in the incident ?
etc etc. make it clear please
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Post by Marco 72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:11 am

zafarzafar wrote:what was the fine of the inciddent ? did the police fined u ? or insurance company settled the case ? did some body hurt in the incident ?
etc etc. make it clear please
Why is any of this relevant?
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franklymo
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Post by franklymo » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:54 pm

[quote="zafarzafar"]what was the fine of the inciddent ? did the police fined u ? or insurance company settled the case ? did some body hurt in the incident ?
etc etc. make it clear please[/quote]

It was just a small fine that i had to send in, yes the police found out..?, inusrance was also involved, noone hurt!

I'm not sure if your questions are relevant. The bottom line is that i had a careless driving conviction that i totally forgot to mention in my visa app but up until now nothing has came about of it. Im pretty sure that im totally fine as if it was a problem then it would have been flagged at the time.

Just wanted to hear some opinions.
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