I was the complete opposite. When I went through immigration in Hawaii it was the quickest out of the lot and the lady was very friendly and even was nice enough to strike up a conversation with me.
I suggest your best bet would be to speak to an immigration lawyer specialising in U.S immigration as this is a tough one. As far as I'm aware, any moral turpitude crime that has occurred less than 5 years ago requires a visa but in relation to "spouse of US citizen", I have no idea and no one...
Sure is. Mine was a summary offence with no conviction recorded. I was just given a warning and I still had to wait the 5 years. I remember emailing them about 1 or 2 years after the offence and they told me it will be 5 years. But like I said some people on here have also had very minor...
If a conviction was recorded they are going to make you wait 5 years from the expiry of Section 10 but you can try ealier obviously. Several people on here have not waited the 5 years and still been granted a visa.
No. You must have a passport but I'm sure there are many other wonderful places you could and will want to go to so it's always beneficial to have a passport :)
I can only speak from experience that I applied for a visa this year and it only took me 4 months to receive it. I was expecting it to take 6 months after following this forum but was pleasantly surprised when it came 8 weeks earlier than expected.
Can I ask why you were denied 12 months ago? Was it under the 5 year waiting period? Congrats on getting your current visa. I can only speak from experience in Los Angeles. You will be asked to stand aside once the customs officer finishes up processing your passport, visa etc. Then you will be...