Subsequent to the Gove admission of drug use, I’ve been following a discussion on another forum, and contemplating registering, just to chip in, but I’m unsure of some of my facts, and Google hasn’t helped.
Quite a few posters have made a great deal out of Gove possibly lying when applying for an ESTA, and wether or not he could now be denied further entry to the U.S.
I’ve had a multiple entry U.S. visa for ages now, certainly since prior to 9/11, so I’ve never had to complete an ESTA, surely one of the questions can’t be, “have you ever used drugs?” can it?
I can understand the question, “have you ever been convicted for drug use?”
I know that on my visa application, it asked, “have you ever been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude?”, but I don’t recall being asked if I’d ever smoked a doobie.
One poster insists that the U.K. authorities do NOT pass criminal convictions of our citizens to the U.S. authorities, so if you lie on your ESTA, you’ll get a green light to enter the U.S., and won’t be turned around on arrival, saying that he knows a guy who served a 2 years prison sentence in U.K., but goes to the U.S. frequently with no hassle.
This was countered by another poster, who said that a U.S. embassy official told him that if any arrests or convictions were concealed by a hopeful traveller, they would come to light when U.S. immigration typed their name into a computer.
Who’s right, and who’s being negligent with the verité, anyone know?
Quite a few posters have made a great deal out of Gove possibly lying when applying for an ESTA, and wether or not he could now be denied further entry to the U.S.
I’ve had a multiple entry U.S. visa for ages now, certainly since prior to 9/11, so I’ve never had to complete an ESTA, surely one of the questions can’t be, “have you ever used drugs?” can it?
I can understand the question, “have you ever been convicted for drug use?”
I know that on my visa application, it asked, “have you ever been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude?”, but I don’t recall being asked if I’d ever smoked a doobie.
One poster insists that the U.K. authorities do NOT pass criminal convictions of our citizens to the U.S. authorities, so if you lie on your ESTA, you’ll get a green light to enter the U.S., and won’t be turned around on arrival, saying that he knows a guy who served a 2 years prison sentence in U.K., but goes to the U.S. frequently with no hassle.
This was countered by another poster, who said that a U.S. embassy official told him that if any arrests or convictions were concealed by a hopeful traveller, they would come to light when U.S. immigration typed their name into a computer.
Who’s right, and who’s being negligent with the verité, anyone know?
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