Visa with felony conviction

[Lochdhu]

Sorta, just a stab in the dark.

Like I said, had this happened after 9-11, I would be Headlining on CNN, then you would know me, only the local paper picked up my story because it was in some timbuckoo bassackwards city no one ever hears about.

[Moore]

Sorta, just a stab in the dark.

[Lochdhu]

Are you from Michigan by chance?

Nope, from California, and currently living in Boise Idaho. Why? Did you see a news report about something similair?

[Moore]

Are you from Michigan by chance?

[Lochdhu]

There may be a few mongers down here who might want to introduce you to a place name of Rouge. That is, if you are a raffish kind of character, and didn't get busted for swindling stamp collectors.

No I didnt swindle stamp collectors. Not raffish either, if you mean rift raft with raffish?

Ah fuck it, I got busted with a small amount explosives, blasting caps C-4, and TNT. This was in mid 2001, before the 9-11 shit, so I am thankful in a way it was before then, had it happen after 9-11 I'm sure I would be sharing a cell with someone down in Guantanamo Bay. Don't ask me why I had it, to me, it was nothing more than exotic boy boy toys.

I was set up by the local cops in my town, because I ran a website that was too critical of our local city government policies, and police department, and they harrased many of its citizens who did not warrant such behavoir, not to mention they trumped up charges, falsified statements and evidence, guess they don't know how to take a fucking joke.

I normally have a lot of respect for cops, but if you had seen what I had seen, you'd be in an uproar as well.

So went to court, went to preliminary hearings, judge threw my case out, (the sound of everyone gasping when the judge did that was priceless) 3 months later they refiled charges and came at me a different way and it stuck, only did 6 days in county, and 5 years probation. And its still in limbo, not sure how to put it, but at the end of my 5 years probation, we can petition the court to get it dropped down to a misdemeanor. So maybe then it won't show up on my record?

[El Perro]

Obviously yes. In fact I'm still on probation, I get off my probation next month, and during all this time, I have flown to Mexico several times, Colombia, Scotland, and of course Buenos Aires more recently. And since I will be free to live anywhere next month, I am looking at Argentina.

There may be a few mongers down here who might want to introduce you to a place name of Rouge. That is, if you are a raffish kind of character, and didn't get busted for swindling stamp collectors.

[Lochdhu]

Can a felon even get a passport?

Obviously yes. In fact I'm still on probation, I get off my probation next month, and during all this time, I have flown to Mexico several times, Colombia, Scotland, and of course Buenos Aires more recently. And since I will be free to live anywhere next month, I am looking at argentina.

[Moore]

Can a felon even get a passport?

I think so, but I'll leave the podium to one of our "experts".

[Punter 127]

Can a felon even get a passport?

[Moore]

I would never suggest doing something like this, but you could give a *false* US state/city of residence in which you don't have a criminal record. Im 90% sure that migraciones never made me prove that I actually lived in the city listed. They dont know the difference between Las Vegas or Little Rock anyway. My having to get an FBI record was sort of a fluke that happened much later - many people only have to provide 5 years of criminal history from the local police of their jurisdiction (no FBI) which leaves some room for, umm, creativity. Damn I've been hanging out with attorneys too much.

[Dickhead]

Screw the visa. I've been here for years without one. Just go to Uruguay every three months.

And no, I don't have any felony convictions.

[Lochdhu]

Dang, looks like I am fucked! Any other tricks or ways to legally live there?

[Moore]

Actually the State of Texas mysteriously lost my driving records right about the time I quit drinking/cocaine/other and decided to pursue a political career just like Daddy. The multiple DWIs/other(?) could have been a problem.

The left leaning drivers registration employee had the last laugh though when she issued me a "new" drivers licence# of 99999999, which would seem rather suspicious when investigated years later. She just knew that wierd number would raise a red flag and come back to haunt me some day. I should have been smarter and gotten a different, normal number. But me and Jeb were able to "fix" everything anyway.

[Hunt99]

so criminal records were not an issue.

Cough cough cough.

Did the pardon come through? God bless the Governor. That large donation to his re-election fund was just a coincidence, wasn't it?

[Moore]

I've had criminal checks done various times. IIRC, the check done for the initial temp visa is for felonies in the last five years and you obtain the local police records from all US jurisdictions lived in for the last 5 years. I don't remember them verifying that the proper jurisdiction (s) was provided by the applicant.

At other stages, I had to get a report from the FBI which would catch crimes in any state / juris. Ive also had to get criminal reports from every provincia of Argentina.

These regs can change so its best to consult with an immigration specialist which is pretty cheap. For intance, a full medical exam was required when I initially entered as a resident, but I think it no longer is.

I'm somewhat like Teflon Don, so criminal records were not an issue. BTW Im on the edge of my seat - what was your rare, freaky, unheard of crime!