Hi!
I'm a Swedish citizen, now living in Sweden. I'm going to the US in June to visit some friends. It's my honest intention to leave the US and go back home after a
30-day visit. But I happen have some history with the US, and that record is not wholly clean, so I'm worried I might not be let in to the country...
History: I first came to the US in 1994 on a F1 student visa; witch was good for a year. This one I overstayed with about 3 months, went to the Swedish embassy, told them I'd lost my passport, they gave me a temporary passport and I traveled back home, and had no trouble at all leaving.
I stayed in Sweden for about 3 weeks, got a new passport, which had a different passport-number, had a round trip ticket and entered the US on the visa Waiver program. I overstayed this one with about 15 months. I repeated the same process with the temporary passport and I had no trouble leaving this time either.
I stayed in Sweden for about one month, got a new passport again, which also had a different passport-number than the earlier one and entered the US with a B1 status visa which was good for 3 months. After some hassle with border patrol officers from me not having a round trip ticket they finally let me through and upgraded my visa to six-month stay validation. This time I overstayed my visa by 3 years and 6 months.
I did the temporary passport thing again and left the US in July of 2000, and I have not been back since.
I now have a new passport again, with a new passport-number. This new passport is a Swedish citizen EU-passport (European Union).
In 1999 I got pulled over and issued a one month “fix-it-ticket” for driving without license, insurance and registration, since I was staying illegally in the country I was not able to apprehend either a drivers license insurance or registration. Not wanting to have this hanging over my head I one year later went to the court and pleaded guilty and was given a $1300 fine. This fine however I never paid (wish now that I would had done so) and when I left the country in 2000 the timeline for when the ticket was due had not yet run out. Do I now have a warrant out for my arrest? Even though it’s been 5 years?
If so, when I enter the country will the border patrol se this warrant?
I’m thankful for any help in the matter.
Sincerely
//Owe
I'm a Swedish citizen, now living in Sweden. I'm going to the US in June to visit some friends. It's my honest intention to leave the US and go back home after a
30-day visit. But I happen have some history with the US, and that record is not wholly clean, so I'm worried I might not be let in to the country...
History: I first came to the US in 1994 on a F1 student visa; witch was good for a year. This one I overstayed with about 3 months, went to the Swedish embassy, told them I'd lost my passport, they gave me a temporary passport and I traveled back home, and had no trouble at all leaving.
I stayed in Sweden for about 3 weeks, got a new passport, which had a different passport-number, had a round trip ticket and entered the US on the visa Waiver program. I overstayed this one with about 15 months. I repeated the same process with the temporary passport and I had no trouble leaving this time either.
I stayed in Sweden for about one month, got a new passport again, which also had a different passport-number than the earlier one and entered the US with a B1 status visa which was good for 3 months. After some hassle with border patrol officers from me not having a round trip ticket they finally let me through and upgraded my visa to six-month stay validation. This time I overstayed my visa by 3 years and 6 months.
I did the temporary passport thing again and left the US in July of 2000, and I have not been back since.
I now have a new passport again, with a new passport-number. This new passport is a Swedish citizen EU-passport (European Union).
In 1999 I got pulled over and issued a one month “fix-it-ticket” for driving without license, insurance and registration, since I was staying illegally in the country I was not able to apprehend either a drivers license insurance or registration. Not wanting to have this hanging over my head I one year later went to the court and pleaded guilty and was given a $1300 fine. This fine however I never paid (wish now that I would had done so) and when I left the country in 2000 the timeline for when the ticket was due had not yet run out. Do I now have a warrant out for my arrest? Even though it’s been 5 years?
If so, when I enter the country will the border patrol se this warrant?
I’m thankful for any help in the matter.
Sincerely
//Owe