SO was arrested,now what?

[yaadgal 0]

My SO , who i am in the process of filing K1 for,was recently arrested for getting in a fight. He got into an altercation with a drunk on the street who shoved him, and attempted to cut him in line at an ATM. The two got in a shoving match, and my SO popped him in the face.( Believe me, i have already ripped him a new one) that he could have simply walked away, let it go whatever but he didnt initially. Well suffice to say the guy got into the ATM booth and then held the door and said you cant use it at all to my SO, so my SO then decided to walk to another one, as he was walking away the guy came at him from behind i guess to continue the fight and my SO turned around, as they were fighting my SO pulled out his can opener on his key ring and poked/stabbed the guy 3 times, drawing blood. Well anyway the amusing thing about this situation( as if there was one...NOT) is that these two geniuses ( my SO and his attacker) were across the street from the police station, so suffice to say police came out arrested both of them, saw only one was bleeding, got the story from the drunk that my SO stabbed him, they sent him( drunk guy) to the hospital and my SO to a warm and cozy jail cell for the night, fortunately said SO's brothers were able to bail him out. He now has a court date on March 5 to deal with the case. My question is, if he is charged he was told he could face 3months in jail, how would this affect us getting approved for a visa, if it shows up on his police certificate????? Just another set back in the journey of visa, which has become my life. All input is appreciated!!!

[Amazon 0]

My SO , who i am in the process of filing K1 for,was recently arrested for getting in a fight. He got into an altercation with a drunk on the street who shoved him, and attempted to cut him in line at an ATM. The two got in a shoving match, and my SO popped him in the face.( Believe me, i have already ripped him a new one) that he could have simply walked away, let it go whatever but he didnt initially. Well suffice to say the guy got into the ATM booth and then held the door and said you cant use it at all to my SO, so my SO then decided to walk to another one, as he was walking away the guy came at him from behind i guess to continue the fight and my SO turned around, as they were fighting my SO pulled out his can opener on his key ring and poked/stabbed the guy 3 times, drawing blood. Well anyway the amusing thing about this situation( as if there was one...NOT) is that these two geniuses ( my SO and his attacker) were across the street from the police station, so suffice to say police came out arrested both of them, saw only one was bleeding, got the story from the drunk that my SO stabbed him, they sent him( drunk guy) to the hospital and my SO to a warm and cozy jail cell for the night, fortunately said SO's brothers were able to bail him out. He now has a court date on March 5 to deal with the case. My question is, if he is charged he was told he could face 3months in jail, how would this affect us getting approved for a visa, if it shows up on his police certificate????? Just another set back in the journey of visa, which has become my life. All input is appreciated!!!

Well, Honestly I have no idea , but if your SO is the petitioner, then I dont think it will matter at all. If he is the benificiary, then I think there could be a problem.. but dont take my word on it.. lol wait for someone who knows what they are talking about to reply to your post

Edited February 8, 2009 by Amazon

[Old Dominion 26]

My SO , who i am in the process of filing K1 for,was recently arrested for getting in a fight. He got into an altercation with a drunk on the street who shoved him, and attempted to cut him in line at an ATM. The two got in a shoving match, and my SO popped him in the face.( Believe me, i have already ripped him a new one) that he could have simply walked away, let it go whatever but he didnt initially. Well suffice to say the guy got into the ATM booth and then held the door and said you cant use it at all to my SO, so my SO then decided to walk to another one, as he was walking away the guy came at him from behind i guess to continue the fight and my SO turned around, as they were fighting my SO pulled out his can opener on his key ring and poked/stabbed the guy 3 times, drawing blood. Well anyway the amusing thing about this situation( as if there was one...NOT) is that these two geniuses ( my SO and his attacker) were across the street from the police station, so suffice to say police came out arrested both of them, saw only one was bleeding, got the story from the drunk that my SO stabbed him, they sent him( drunk guy) to the hospital and my SO to a warm and cozy jail cell for the night, fortunately said SO's brothers were able to bail him out. He now has a court date on March 5 to deal with the case. My question is, if he is charged he was told he could face 3months in jail, how would this affect us getting approved for a visa, if it shows up on his police certificate????? Just another set back in the journey of visa, which has become my life. All input is appreciated!!!

Sheesh! If he is convicted of this deadly act, he will be inadmissable. I assume he is the beneficiary?

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

My SO , who i am in the process of filing K1 for,was recently arrested for getting in a fight. He got into an altercation with a drunk on the street who shoved him, and attempted to cut him in line at an ATM. The two got in a shoving match, and my SO popped him in the face.( Believe me, i have already ripped him a new one) that he could have simply walked away, let it go whatever but he didnt initially. Well suffice to say the guy got into the ATM booth and then held the door and said you cant use it at all to my SO, so my SO then decided to walk to another one, as he was walking away the guy came at him from behind i guess to continue the fight and my SO turned around, as they were fighting my SO pulled out his can opener on his key ring and poked/stabbed the guy 3 times, drawing blood. Well anyway the amusing thing about this situation( as if there was one...NOT) is that these two geniuses ( my SO and his attacker) were across the street from the police station, so suffice to say police came out arrested both of them, saw only one was bleeding, got the story from the drunk that my SO stabbed him, they sent him( drunk guy) to the hospital and my SO to a warm and cozy jail cell for the night, fortunately said SO's brothers were able to bail him out. He now has a court date on March 5 to deal with the case. My question is, if he is charged he was told he could face 3months in jail, how would this affect us getting approved for a visa, if it shows up on his police certificate????? Just another set back in the journey of visa, which has become my life. All input is appreciated!!!

By that sentence it would seem he is the beneficiary.

[yaadgal 0]

Yep he is the beneficiary. He was upset last night, so tried not to fuss too much, but honeslty i told him was it really worth it!!! I mean dyam!!! he could have walked away, i told him you do realize this could pose problems dont you???? when i really wanted to say WTH!!!! were you thinking. He feels he acted in self defense i say NO, yes you defended yourself, you were hit from behind the second time, but you used a weapon!! also you popped him in the face( first mistake in my book) at this point, we have been seeing each other over a year or more and to think that now that we are ready to file, that something this stupid could potentially put an end to our journey, just makes me mad, sad, just to many emotions to even comprehend at the moment.

[luckytxn 2,263]

Well since you haven't filed the K1 yet I would wait to find out the outcome. Assault with a deadly weapon is pretty serious.

[payxibka 10,044]

google "crimes involving moral turpitude" or "visa ineligibilities" to get an understanding of the type of things that they look for