Originally Posted by
747FC
You missed one of the most important disqualifiers: lying either by omission or commission.
This is the winner.
Many of the sub-threads in this lengthy thread are from people who were less than honest with CBP over things which, had they been honest, would have most likely not caused a ripple.
The test here isn't whether you can convince yourself that you are being truthful, it is being truthful and staying far away from the line.
Also worth remembering that just because some local court expunged or sealed your record doesn't mean that the feds don't have a "copy" in their various databases and that answering "no" when the Officer can see it in front of him is the kiss of death. The answer is, "yes, I was arrested, but the file was sealed back in XXXX...."