US Visa & Criminal Records

[dignum608]

I have booked a motorbike holiday this year in Canada,but for two days we travel into the USA.
Eight years ago i revived a police caution but looking at the paper work after five years its done with.Do i have to apply for a visa or just fill in the waver when we get to the boarder?

[dzug]

What was the caution for? That makes all the difference in the world, in US legal eyes anyway. They do not recognise our rehabilitation laws so 5 or 8 years is irrelevant - if it's the wrong sort of crime you, strictly speaking, need a visa, and will do for life.

There are those who say they won't know anyway if you don't declare it. They may be right.

[dignum608]

The caution was for carrying an offensive weapon in public.