Ben1103

Thanks everyone for the advice so far. I know going forward I’ll have to get an immigration lawyer to help and go through the process but it’s more about settling my nerves about it all now and doing as much research as possible ahead of time. I’d like to be fully prepared in advance. I’ve had advice from someone on a K1 visa support group today who has apparently been helping people with convictions get approved for 19 years. He seems to believe because I was under 18 when I received these convictions it’s shouldn’t be too much of an issue as the beneficiary. I just need to be open and honest and go prepared. I’m still skeptical on the whole thing given the conflicting things I read on the internet. Probably the worst thing I can do but I’d rather know as much as possible going forward.

Does it help my situation that the offences don’t fall under moral turpitude? from what I’ve researched so far, common assault doesn’t fall into moral turpitude and the carrying an offensive weapon charge doesn’t seem to either. honestly I’m hoping that and the fact I was a juvenile will help me. Or is the fact I have 3 juvenile convictions going to outweigh the types of convictions they are? I’ll definitely reach out to others going through similar situations. It would be nice to hear from anyone that’s been through the whole process start to finish with convictions and what their experiences were like.

I’m the beneficiary Is there much involved in getting the waiver approved if it ended up in that position?

Hi all I’m new here and I’ve had plenty to read so far but thought I’d go ahead and ask a question on here too for some clarity. I’ll be looking to apply for a k-1 visa in the near future and I’m trying to prepare myself as much as possible. I have 3 convictions from when I was 15/16 years old. 2 for assault and 1 for carrying an offensive weapon. I received 3 seperate cautions for these offences. I’ve had no criminal convictions since apart from some minor traffic violations around 5 years ago. considering these were juvenile offences and it’s been around 13–14 years since then, how likely are these to negatively affect my visa application? Do I still stand a good chance of approval? I’m currently waiting on my acro and sar to see what exactly shows up on my record as it’s been so long I can’t remember the specifics of exact dates etc.