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Visa waiver program

liamdubh · 2008-02-13 23:20:39

A few of us are going to the States for a holiday next week. One of our group has had the probation act applied for a minor (the most minor imaginable in terms of substance and weight- 2 grams) offence. There was no arrest. She is now worried about being stopped and denied entry. She has never been arrested or been in any…

13-02-2008 11:20pm

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A few of us are going to the States for a holiday next week. One of our group has had the probation act applied for a minor (the most minor imaginable in terms of substance and weight- 2 grams) offence. There was no arrest. She is now worried about being stopped and denied entry. She has never been arrested or been in any other trouble. Does the probation act "count" as far as the visa waiver program is concerned? We all thought not as it's not a conviction and technically not in breach of the WVP's conditions but as the time approaches a bit of paranoia is setting in, it does exist on the Gardaí's records.

Does anybody have any direct experience of this?

And if she is stopped are they absolutely strict on their rules or would they accept there is a difference between a conviction and the probation act and that the incident was very minor?

Thanks.

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