Originally Posted by
747FC
For those of you who wonder what to admit to, this comes from an application for another part of the Federal Government:
"Have you ever been arrested for, charged with, OR convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, even if expunged from your record?...
NOTICE: IF YOU CHECK "NO" FOR THE ABOVE QUESTION AND THE CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK REVEALS INFORMATION TO THE CONTRARY YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED."
This is not for Global Entry, but gives an idea about how federal law enforcement feels about the general issue....
The GE application could have used that language too. It didn't. It asks about convictions only, not arrests or charges. Perhaps the application asks the question that way because it is the policy of CBP TT programs to respect acquittals and expunctions (it is). And perhaps the reason officers ask about arrest histories at the interview is to gauge honesty and verify the disposition, not because the arrest itself is a disqualifier (it isn't).
I don't believe that someone should answer "yes" to a question when the correct answer is "no" because a different application from a different agency asks a similar but different question on an application used for a different purpose.