I am in the USa on a TN_NAFTA visa, and am trying to adjust my status.
INA 212 seems to have a 0 tolerance for drug crimes.
I have a record in canada involving possession and a small cultivation charge. I got a conditional discharge (was not convicted0. It has since been purged from my record in Canada. However, I am sure it will turn up in the FBI check, and will answer 'yes' to the arrest question. Which basicaly makes me inadmissable.
Is there any way to get a waiver? I know the posession has a max senctenceof 6 mohts, so I'll be OK on that, but there seems to be no hope for the other charge (which occured at the same time)
I am married to a USC and teach at a local college. No criminal record in te USA, and, really none in Canada (discharge was purged).
Is there anything I can do??? Will hiring a lawyer help??
Please, any information?? I'm losing my mind - thinking about losing my family, my job, my home over a minor charge that is not even on my canadain record.....
INA 212 seems to have a 0 tolerance for drug crimes.
I have a record in canada involving possession and a small cultivation charge. I got a conditional discharge (was not convicted0. It has since been purged from my record in Canada. However, I am sure it will turn up in the FBI check, and will answer 'yes' to the arrest question. Which basicaly makes me inadmissable.
Is there any way to get a waiver? I know the posession has a max senctenceof 6 mohts, so I'll be OK on that, but there seems to be no hope for the other charge (which occured at the same time)
I am married to a USC and teach at a local college. No criminal record in te USA, and, really none in Canada (discharge was purged).
Is there anything I can do??? Will hiring a lawyer help??
Please, any information?? I'm losing my mind - thinking about losing my family, my job, my home over a minor charge that is not even on my canadain record.....