Bob tommy

Thank you all for your replies. This was very helpful. Just to clarify, after looking over the DS-260 there don’t appear to be any questions specifically pertaining to this. So basically this will be a straightforward application and doesn’t need to be disclosed unless they specifically ask about being questioned by the police in the interview?

The document asking her to appear was a ”Vorladung“ and then after that she got a letter saying the ”Vorbezeichnete Ermittlungsverfahren wurde eingestellt“. Hopefully that helps. Does that mean she was officially charged? Or was it just a questioning?

Okay that makes more sense and definitely puts my mind at ease. Thank you so much. I’ll still run the situation by an attorney just to be thorough. That explication makes more sense than being charge without being arrested.

The equivalent of a district attorney sent the letter saying the preliminary investigation has been discontinued. The letter that summoned her to the police station is from the police and used the wording I mentioned above.

Germany, under the section Anlass/Straftat (Occasion/Crime) this is the document summoning her to the station.

The translation is charge in English yes.

I have reviewed that document already. There is nothing on it. Additionally in her country on convictions appear on the document. It still appears she was charged because there is a letter asking her to speak with the police that details the charge and then later a letter that the charges were dropped. However still no arrest warrant or officers taking her into custody or anything like that.

It’s true she was not arrested. She was simply told in a letter to go to the police station to answer questions. After that she received a letter the charges were dropped.

On the ds-260 the question is worded as ”have you ever been arrested or convicted of any offense or crime even though subject to pardon, amnesty, or other similar action?“. This also doesn’t seem like it is something we can answer yes to. But the fact that she was at once point charged with something I feel it needs to be disclosed. I just don’t know where else I can put it.

That’s good to hear. It’s just I have been reading about how badly worded these questions are and that they may expect any interaction with the police disclosed.

Because when we apply for the ir-1 they ask a differently worded question that we have to answer yes to.

Im sorry if this is a long complicated post but I find myself in a bit of a situation. My wife and I have visited the US once before 2 years ago. She was on esta and I am a citizen. When filling out the esta 2 questions stood out. This is because my wife has an encounter with the police when she was still a juvenile. Long story short she was hanging out with friends and a classmates parent thought it was suspicious and that drugs were involved and she called the police. She was never arrested but had to visit the police station in the coming day and was questioned. She never admitted guilt and no marijuana was found. She got a letter stating the charges were dropped and that no action would be taken. He two questions that concern us now are: 1. Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a crime that resulted in serious damage to property, or serious harm to another person or government authority? To this we answered no because it seems like a minor crime and doesn’t fall under any of these categories. Additionally from our research possession convictions aren’t a CIMT. 2. Have you ever violated any law related to possessing, using, or distributing illegal drugs? To this we also answered no because she never violated any law. We are now concerned because we would like to get an IR-1 visa and come live in the US. It seems like from the situation we described above she is not inadmissible because she was a juvenile, not convinced, no admission of guilt, and no evidence. However we are aware we must disclose this to the embassy when we apply for the visa. Our main concern is that we misinterpreted the ESTA questions that we answered on her previous visit. From looking online there are mixed opinions to when you must click yes to the first question. We are worried that we unintentionally misrepresented on her ESTA and because of this she will be permanently banned from the US if we apply for an IR-1 visa. Does anyone have any insight into this issue?

Im sorry if this is a long complicated post but I find myself in a bit of a situation. My wife and I have visited the US once before 2 years ago. She was on esta and I am a citizen. When filling out the esta 2 questions stood out. This is because my wife has an encounter with the police when she was still a juvenile. Long story short she was hanging out with friends and a classmates parent thought it was suspicious and that drugs were involved and she called the police. She was never arrested but had to visit the police station in the coming day and was questioned. She never admitted guilt and no marijuana was found. She got a letter stating the charges were dropped and that no action would be taken. He two questions that concern us now are: 1. Have you ever been arrested or convicted for a crime that resulted in serious damage to property, or serious harm to another person or government authority? To this we answered no because it seems like a minor crime and doesn’t fall under any of these categories. Additionally from our research possession convictions aren’t a CIMT. 2. Have you ever violated any law related to possessing, using, or distributing illegal drugs? To this we also answered no because she never violated any law. We are now concerned because we would like to get an IR-1 visa and come live in the US. It seems like from the situation we described above she is not inadmissible because she was a juvenile, not convinced, no admission of guilt, and no evidence. However we are aware we must disclose this to the embassy when we apply for the visa. Our main concern is that we misinterpreted the ESTA questions that we answered on her previous visit. From looking online there are mixed opinions to when you must click yes to the first question. We are worried that we unintentionally misrepresented on her ESTA and because of this she will be permanently banned from the US if we apply for an IR-1 visa. Does anyone have any insight into this issue?

I am currently getting all the paperwork together for a visa application. For the police records we can get a standard police record or an extended one. However the extended version is only available if you are applying for a job that requires it or something. The state department website says just the normal one however we want to be as through as possible. For reference the country the police certificate is from is Germany. We would like the extended one because there was an incident that may be on the record but isn’t on the normal one. The documents are called ”Führungszeugnis“ and ”erweitertes führungszeugnis“.

I apologize for the confusion I must have been using the phrases interchangeably. I clicked on the link you provided, selected Germany, and chose police court and prison records. The document listed is the one which we looked at and has no records.