tomtomfromoz
Junior Member
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2012
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Hi everyone
Quick summary of my situation.
Some 11.5 years ago (Feb 2011) I had a brain snap and I was pulled over for a DUI (0.093). After the officer moved my car, he found a half of a mdma capsule and subsequently I was arrested - result...a slap on the wrist. 3 month loss of licence and a good behavior bond for 6 months. No conviction recorded.
Unfortunately not long after that (18 months), my then partner and I tried to travel to the USA and after being totally honest and upfront about everything on the ESTA application, and then a subsequent interview at the Melbourne Consulate I was denied:
Pursuant to your September 20th, 2012 non-immigrant visa application, this office regrets to inform you that you are ineligible for a visa and your petition for a Waiver of Ineligibility to the Department of State has been denied. There is no appeal of this decision. We are therefore returning your court documents and Police Certificate with this letter.
Fast forward to October 2022, a lot has happened since then! (Including me being squeaky clean since my brain snap). I'm now married (not to the same girl lol, that little incident was the beginning of the end for us) and have two kids. We're planning a holiday in 2023 - and I am thinking to myself, will this past indiscretion come back to haunt me a second time?
Our preference is to travel to both USA and Canada (which interestingly enough did not ask for such detail back in 2011, but I see they now do).
Does anyone have any thoughts or views on my situation?
Cheers
Quick summary of my situation.
Some 11.5 years ago (Feb 2011) I had a brain snap and I was pulled over for a DUI (0.093). After the officer moved my car, he found a half of a mdma capsule and subsequently I was arrested - result...a slap on the wrist. 3 month loss of licence and a good behavior bond for 6 months. No conviction recorded.
Unfortunately not long after that (18 months), my then partner and I tried to travel to the USA and after being totally honest and upfront about everything on the ESTA application, and then a subsequent interview at the Melbourne Consulate I was denied:
Pursuant to your September 20th, 2012 non-immigrant visa application, this office regrets to inform you that you are ineligible for a visa and your petition for a Waiver of Ineligibility to the Department of State has been denied. There is no appeal of this decision. We are therefore returning your court documents and Police Certificate with this letter.
Fast forward to October 2022, a lot has happened since then! (Including me being squeaky clean since my brain snap). I'm now married (not to the same girl lol, that little incident was the beginning of the end for us) and have two kids. We're planning a holiday in 2023 - and I am thinking to myself, will this past indiscretion come back to haunt me a second time?
Our preference is to travel to both USA and Canada (which interestingly enough did not ask for such detail back in 2011, but I see they now do).
Does anyone have any thoughts or views on my situation?
Cheers