stateoftrance
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Hello,
I am a college student with an F-1 visa. In September of 2012, I received a charge for possession of marijuana by a driver, a misdemeanor. I was not arrested but I was field released which I believe is another form of arrest. Now I have a charge and an arrest on my record. When I went to court, we asked the judge for a non-adjudication and he granted it. This meant that he would hold my guilty plea and if I followed certain conditions he would not accept my plea and remove all the offenses off my record. These conditions were to report to six months of supervised probation and attend a first time offender's class all in addition to paying a set of fines. Since then I completed my probation, took the class and paid off all of my fines. I have filed for a motion to expunge my records and I have a good feeling the judge will sign it and I will have no record whatsoever. The issue is that I am planning on leaving the United States in less than a month. I have talked to the court clerk and he said that if the motion was signed, my records would be expunged from four different agencies, including the FBI. The problem is that he says it may take the FBI anywhere from one week to a few months to expunge my records. I will be renewing my F1 student visa in Kigali, Rwanda and I have already been in contact with them regarding my return. I have filled out the DS-160 form and submitted it to them. All I need to do is be there for the fingerprinting and show a few additional documents including my academic transcript, which has been nothing but As and Bs. An extra piece of information is that I will be transferring to a different university when I return. I have gotten my acceptance letter and I will go back with the I-20 that belongs to the new school. If I can have my records expunged from all four agencies in the next three weeks, there will be nothing from stopping me from leaving the United States. However, if one of the four agencies delays the process of removing my records, I will strongly reconsider leaving the country in the first place. Or should that not be an issue. Lastly, I know the consular personally, does any student applying for renewing an F1 visa automatically qualify for a background check or will showing my academic transcript be sufficient. Any additional advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
I am a college student with an F-1 visa. In September of 2012, I received a charge for possession of marijuana by a driver, a misdemeanor. I was not arrested but I was field released which I believe is another form of arrest. Now I have a charge and an arrest on my record. When I went to court, we asked the judge for a non-adjudication and he granted it. This meant that he would hold my guilty plea and if I followed certain conditions he would not accept my plea and remove all the offenses off my record. These conditions were to report to six months of supervised probation and attend a first time offender's class all in addition to paying a set of fines. Since then I completed my probation, took the class and paid off all of my fines. I have filed for a motion to expunge my records and I have a good feeling the judge will sign it and I will have no record whatsoever. The issue is that I am planning on leaving the United States in less than a month. I have talked to the court clerk and he said that if the motion was signed, my records would be expunged from four different agencies, including the FBI. The problem is that he says it may take the FBI anywhere from one week to a few months to expunge my records. I will be renewing my F1 student visa in Kigali, Rwanda and I have already been in contact with them regarding my return. I have filled out the DS-160 form and submitted it to them. All I need to do is be there for the fingerprinting and show a few additional documents including my academic transcript, which has been nothing but As and Bs. An extra piece of information is that I will be transferring to a different university when I return. I have gotten my acceptance letter and I will go back with the I-20 that belongs to the new school. If I can have my records expunged from all four agencies in the next three weeks, there will be nothing from stopping me from leaving the United States. However, if one of the four agencies delays the process of removing my records, I will strongly reconsider leaving the country in the first place. Or should that not be an issue. Lastly, I know the consular personally, does any student applying for renewing an F1 visa automatically qualify for a background check or will showing my academic transcript be sufficient. Any additional advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.