K1 petitioner’s arrest /dismisses charges?

[rulla 0]

Hello!

 

I tried to look for an up-to-date thread about the criminal background part of I-129 so I’m opening a new thread. 

 

Does anyone have any actual experiences or facts (I see a lot of conflicting opinions back and forth on this forum and that’s why I’m more interested in experiences/facts...) if the following situations need to be reported with the K1 application (petitioner’s side):

 

1) arrested but not convicted or charged, no matter how long ago, if it fits the specified crimes?

2) arrested and charged but charges dismissed, if it fits the specified crimes?

3) arrested and convicted (misdemeanor) but conviction has since been cleared due to years gone by, if it fits the specified crimes?

4) arrests, charges, convictions that aren’t listed in the application?

 

I’m trying to make this as straightforward as possible so I tried to cover all options.  it just seems so ridiculous to report ALL incidents with the law no matter how small from one’s youth if their record is legally clear today and nothing would come up in a regular background check... but I’m assuming immigration background check is somehow more strict?

 

Another thing we’ve been wondering just between us (here comes the “non-fact non-experience opinion section” of my post ) is why do they need us to clarify every single event from his past if they can just pull the records themselves and see what happened in each case anyway? Seems like a lot of hassle in detail for things that ultimately wouldn’t affect the application because no charges/dismissals etc. I don’t get it other than it’ll surely look bad on the application if you have to put “yes” to a bunch of things that aren’t essentially more than an arrest long time ago.

Edited January 8, 2018 by evellyn
Typo

[NikLR 13,227]

Are they AWA crimes? If not then the petitioner criminal record pretty much doesnt matter for the I-129F.

 

(Do not do the I-129... it is for employers not fiance(e)s) 

[rulla 0]

27 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Are they AWA crimes? If not then the petitioner criminal record pretty much doesnt matter for the I-129F.

 

(Do not do the I-129... it is for employers not fiance(e)s) 

Lol, thanks for the correction. I’m having a hard time editing my typos on this forum (the title typo still bothers me), firsttimers eh...  

 

They’re nothing serious so the application _should_ go flying through but personally I don’t trust anything with officials until it’s certain... that’s why I’m trying to get this 100% right. I believe previously they asked to only report convicted crimes (makes sense) but now it has changed to also arrests and charges even if it led nowhere, am I right? 

[Lemonslice 4,886]

3 hours ago, evellyn said:

Hello!

 

I tried to look for an up-to-date thread about the criminal background part of I-129 so I’m opening a new thread. 

 

Does anyone have any actual experiences or facts (I see a lot of conflicting opinions back and forth on this forum and that’s why I’m more interested in experiences/facts...) if the following situations need to be reported with the K1 application (petitioner’s side):

 

1) arrested but not convicted or charged, no matter how long ago, if it fits the specified crimes?

2) arrested and charged but charges dismissed, if it fits the specified crimes?

3) arrested and convicted (misdemeanor) but conviction has since been cleared due to years gone by, if it fits the specified crimes?

4) arrests, charges, convictions that aren’t listed in the application?

 

I’m trying to make this as straightforward as possible so I tried to cover all options.  it just seems so ridiculous to report ALL incidents with the law no matter how small from one’s youth if their record is legally clear today and nothing would come up in a regular background check... but I’m assuming immigration background check is somehow more strict?

 

Another thing we’ve been wondering just between us (here comes the “non-fact non-experience opinion section” of my post ) is why do they need us to clarify every single event from his past if they can just pull the records themselves and see what happened in each case anyway? Seems like a lot of hassle in detail for things that ultimately wouldn’t affect the application because no charges/dismissals etc. I don’t get it other than it’ll surely look bad on the application if you have to put “yes” to a bunch of things that aren’t essentially more than an arrest long time ago.

They wouldn't see international records/arrests that easily - petitioners have tried to hide sex and domestic violence arrests and convictions before.

[rulla 0]

4 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

They wouldn't see international records/arrests that easily - petitioners have tried to hide sex and domestic violence arrests and convictions before.

He is a US citizen, I’m the international one  

[Lemonslice 4,886]

Just now, evellyn said:

He is a US citizen, I’m the international one  

Plenty of Americans travel out of the US. Not always to do good things.