Looking to go to Hawaii with my parents at Easter next year, however before booking tickets want to clarify my dad can actually go!
He has an "Unlawful Assault" conviction from 1970 when he was 18, he paid a fine, no jail time and nothing since. It came up on a police check a few years ago for a job he accepted so it's still around.
We're having trouble with the esta question, and moral turpitude. With all honesty he feels he can answer NO to this question as it is asked:
"Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a crime that resulted in serious damage to property, or serious harm to another person or government authority?"
Is someone who causes "serious harm" charged with Unlawful Assault?
It then goes on to say:
There are factors, such as the age of the offender or the date of the offense that may affect whether an offense will be considered a crime involving moral turpitude for purposes of the Immigration.
- An almost 50 year old conviction with nothing since.
We are worried that when we get to immigration he might have to answer a simpler question i.e Have you ever been convicted of a crime? In which case he would answer Yes, and he may then be in for a few hours of hard time??We will have a connecting flight to Maui, so we can't account for this.
We aren't going until Easter next year, so have plenty of time to pay the $14 and see if it's approved, however I don't really see the point because it says that esta allows travel but not guaranteed admission. So we would be worried in the lead up and of course upon landing!
With this charge, are we wrong to think he can rightfully answer that question with NO as it's asked? Or to be safe, do we go the B1 visa route requiring what I'm assuming is an interview at embassy etc, no doubt boat loads of fees, and know 100%. (
Would be appreciative of any help so we can go ahead and book our holiday!
He has an "Unlawful Assault" conviction from 1970 when he was 18, he paid a fine, no jail time and nothing since. It came up on a police check a few years ago for a job he accepted so it's still around.
We're having trouble with the esta question, and moral turpitude. With all honesty he feels he can answer NO to this question as it is asked:
"Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a crime that resulted in serious damage to property, or serious harm to another person or government authority?"
Is someone who causes "serious harm" charged with Unlawful Assault?
It then goes on to say:
There are factors, such as the age of the offender or the date of the offense that may affect whether an offense will be considered a crime involving moral turpitude for purposes of the Immigration.
- An almost 50 year old conviction with nothing since.
We are worried that when we get to immigration he might have to answer a simpler question i.e Have you ever been convicted of a crime? In which case he would answer Yes, and he may then be in for a few hours of hard time??We will have a connecting flight to Maui, so we can't account for this.
We aren't going until Easter next year, so have plenty of time to pay the $14 and see if it's approved, however I don't really see the point because it says that esta allows travel but not guaranteed admission. So we would be worried in the lead up and of course upon landing!
With this charge, are we wrong to think he can rightfully answer that question with NO as it's asked? Or to be safe, do we go the B1 visa route requiring what I'm assuming is an interview at embassy etc, no doubt boat loads of fees, and know 100%. (
Would be appreciative of any help so we can go ahead and book our holiday!
