Please accept my apologies if I have misunderstood your post. My comment was made in good faith.
Appreciated. Its all good.
Please accept my apologies if I have misunderstood your post. My comment was made in good faith.
He was requested via email (on 28/1/13) to complete a medical and scan and email results. The medical was attended on 4/2/13, (at a cost of $497.00!!) collected the report on 7/2/13 and emailed it off only to receive a reply stating they need the originals which can only be dropped off Mon-Thurs between 8.30am and 11.30am. On Monday 11/2/13 he then dropped off the originals and cheekily asked if he should wait for his passport...... He was advised everything would be posted back to him. We then emailed on 15/2/13 asking if he now returns to the bottom of the 5-6 month queue and were advised "I dont believe he does". We have heard nothing since. We are due to fly on 31/3 and are becoming quite nervous. We have completed everything as asked and now spent nearly $700.00 extra only to still be waiting. Quite honestly this is crazy. All this for a 28 year old $50.00 fine. I know its their country their rules but surely there are more pressing matters the Dept of Homeland Security should be concerned about than this, to this extent. We will give it to Friday 1/3/13 and then make alternative arrangements.Any news? Is your husbands passport back? Question for kazzster.
Does anyone but me begin to think - have we fallen down the rabbit hole; are we in an episode of Monty Python; are we in 1984; was this stuff dreamt up by the Comedy Company in their "coughs Incorporated" episode......Who REALLY wants to visit the US???He was requested via email (on 28/1/13) to complete a medical and scan and email results. The medical was attended on 4/2/13, (at a cost of $497.00!!) collected the report on 7/2/13 and emailed it off only to receive a reply stating they need the originals which can only be dropped off Mon-Thurs between 8.30am and 11.30am. On Monday 11/2/13 he then dropped off the originals and cheekily asked if he should wait for his passport...... He was advised everything would be posted back to him. We then emailed on 15/2/13 asking if he now returns to the bottom of the 5-6 month queue and were advised "I dont believe he does". We have heard nothing since. We are due to fly on 31/3 and are becoming quite nervous. We have completed everything as asked and now spent nearly $700.00 extra only to still be waiting. Quite honestly this is crazy. All this for a 28 year old $50.00 fine. I know its their country their rules but surely there are more pressing matters the Dept of Homeland Security should be concerned about than this, to this extent. We will give it to Friday 1/3/13 and then make alternative arrangements.
Does anyone but me begin to think - have we fallen down the rabbit hole; are we in an episode of Monty Python; are we in 1984; was this stuff dreamt up by the Comedy Company in their "coughs Incorporated" episode......Who REALLY wants to visit the US???
Agreed, DC3 - but it seems from many of the posts on this forum, that the less you 'fess up to, the easier things go. The many posts which mention what we would think of as pretty minor incidents seem to crash headfirst into the Yanks' vexed "Moral Turpitude" question.
I did the homework and did the interview, which is more than 99.999999% of people in this forum have done.
99.999999% of people hey. You have no idea what people have or havent done other than what they have shared on this forum. A very rude, arrogant and condascending attitude. By all means offer your advice but there is absolutely no need to be rude in the process.
Actually, you have not been granted a waiver ... yet. You were invited to apply for a "waiver of visa ineligibility". That application for a "waiver of visa ineligibility" is what has sent to the USA for consideration. If the application for waiver of visa ineligibility is eventually approved by DHS in the USA, you will then be issued a visa. If the application for waiver of visa ineligibility is rejected by DHS in the USA, then you will not be issued a visa and may be subject to a 5 year exclusion from subsequent visa consideration. Just because the consular officer decided you are able to apply for a waiver of visa ineligibility does not mean its been granted (i.e. approved). The consular officer does not have the authority to grant the waiver of visa ineligibility - they can only assess whether an application for visa ineligibility should be sent to the USA for consideration (i.e. there is a chance that it may be granted by DHS in USA). It is the consideration of whether or not to grant the waiver of visa ineligibility that is reported to be currently taking around 6 months to be processed.I have committed a crime of moral turpitude and was found ineligble however, i was able to prove that what i did was so out of character and that i am disgusted in my previous actions that i was granted a waiver which is now being sent off to Washington D.C for processing.
i think you have taken what I said out of context. In terms of the waiver, the very next sentence after what you have cut off about the waiver being sent of for processing is "I know this does not mean a definite yes"
meaning, I know it is subject to approval by the ARO.
My case has such extenuating circumstances. More so than the average case.
Looking at the precedent (matter of hranka) my case, other than crime committed almost represents identical case facts.
Both the vice consul and I discussed this and agreed it would be very very surprising if it were denied. I will always have the knowing it CAN be rejected. However, given the barrage of character references, 3 letters of rehabilitation and 9 articles written by the age, herald sun..etc. as my case information - I may have better chances than the average joe.
Also the use of the word waiver is not incorrect as the I-601 is listed by the USBCP as the "waiver of inadmissability"
What you have done, is taken what I have said out of context and what I've written and tried to assess a section as a whole.
Feel free to put me into whatever monkey bucket you likePutting you back into the 99.99999999%
What I have tried to do is put into context the term "waiver" that has been used incorrectly so many times in this entire thread. I cannot make any judgement on the likelihood of approval and I make no comment about that nor any precedent that may have been set by other such applications. I merely pointed out that you have not been granted a waiver ... yet. That may well come later. But the commonly reported waiting time for the processing of an application for a waiver of ineligibility for a visa is over 20 weeks.
I applaud you taking the correct path for entry to the USA. I hope your application for a visa is accepted and you can visit the USA. And thank you posting your experience so that others can learn from it. I do want to try to ensure people reading your post do not take the incorrect assumption that you were granted the waiver during your Consular interview, which could be how some would interpret the part of your post I originally quoted and comments about.
Feel free to put me into whatever monkey bucket you like
Good news for us. I emailed US Consulate on Thursday night and received a reply Friday afternoon. The email informed me that my husbands visa had been approved and is in the final stages of processing. I will receive an email with the tracking number early this week, once the passport is dispatched. Could not believe it. So excited. We have now told the kids we are off to Disneyland. Just have to check for cheap fares around the September school holidays, which are hard to come by. It has been an experience, waiting and waiting. After no holiday in 2 years we are lucky to be having 2 this year. I would be interested in hearing back from anyone re customs process in USA. I have read on this thread that you maybe singled out if you have visa issued? Any feedback re this would be great.
Has any recently applied for and got their US VISA through the a Waiver of Ineligibility due to arrests and convictions, what was your turnaround time frame?
Any news? Is your husbands passport back? Question for kazzster.
Good news! We received an email on April 2nd (after being due to fly on March 31st!) stating the visa was approved on March 28th!! We had already booked a holiday to Thailand on 19th on April so we held the passport until our return and submitted it to the embassy on 21st April - we received it back via registered post on 24th April! Super quick turnaround!! All booked for a June holiday.
This was a great lesson to our kids in doing the right thing (admitting the fine rather than lying on US entry) and silly mistakes costing you later in life. But was it worth the 7 month and 3 day wait (5 months pure waiting in line and then 2 months from the submission of the medical) and the additional $700.00 in costs for the visa alone? Only time will tell.
Good luck to all.
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