US waiver of ineligibility for non-moral turpitude crime

[Isabel1201]

Hi guys
I know there are many similar questions have been asked on this forum but after a long time of research I did not seems to find any similar case to ease my worries towards the Visa application.

Back in age 17 I was playing poker in Hong Kong *which is illegal in HK* and have been arrested for it. After a long time period of court process I have been charged and sentenced for a 80 hours of community service.

I have been researching on this forum and the US law official documents which found that gambling crime is not considered as a moral turpitude crime.
Just wondering if I still need to go through the waiver of ineligibility if the conviction is not a moral turpitude one?

Thank you for reading this post and if there are anyone have/had the similar situation as I do, please share your stories with me

 

[defurax]

Wouldn't age 17 be considered "juvenile" conviction? Anyway, you are right according to this document gambling offence is not considered moral turpitude (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86942.pdf)

 

[Isabel1201]

Wouldn't age 17 be considered "juvenile" conviction? Anyway, you are right according to this document gambling offence is not considered moral turpitude

Thank you for replying !
I have committed the crime when i was 17 but after a long period of time for the court process I was sentenced after I have turned 18.
and exactly! was just wondering if I still need to go through the whole waiver of ineligibility process in order to obtain my US visa..its gonna be a very long wait and I would certainly hope that won't happen on me