Past May be Coming Back to Haunt Me

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Just starting the I-130 process. I started a topic ( http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=99132 ) concerning a misdemeanor arrest while in the US and have received insightful responses. As I look further into the kinds of questions I will be asked during the process it has brought up another indiscretion from my past. I was denied entry once in the mid 80's when a pal and I were driving to the US. They found pot residue in the vehicle and a pipe on me.... not very bright. I was a kid and doing crazy things kids do. Anyway, since this time I have spent 8 years living and working in the US and traveling back and forth dozens of times. I was directly involved with responses to the 9/11 attacks in New York and spent 3 months managing a satellite communication facility for victims and families of the attacks and a crew restoring services at ground zero. I have never had any issues with customs other than this one time back in the 80's.

Considering the circumstances of my being denied entry back in the 80's, would this be a deal breaker to my achieving permanent residency?

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Just starting the I-130 process. I started a topic ( http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=99132 ) concerning a misdemeanor arrest while in the US and have received insightful responses. As I look further into the kinds of questions I will be asked during the process it has brought up another indiscretion from my past. I was denied entry once in the mid 80's when a pal and I were driving to the US. They found pot residue in the vehicle and a pipe on me.... not very bright. I was a kid and doing crazy things kids do. Anyway, since this time I have spent 8 years living and working in the US and traveling back and forth dozens of times. I was directly involved with responses to the 9/11 attacks in New York and spent 3 months managing a satellite communication facility for victims and families of the attacks and a crew restoring services at ground zero. I have never had any issues with customs other than this one time back in the 80's.

Considering the circumstances of my being denied entry back in the 80's, would this be a deal breaker to my achieving permanent residency?

Probably not. If you've been allowed entry subsequent to your indiscretion, then the odds are very long that you'll have much of a problem. That doesn't mean it might not happen but in light of subsequent entries, I wouldn't sweat it. Good luck.

[Earmuffs 1]

If it was a big deal they would've mentioned it the first time you applied for a visa..

I would think