Originally Posted by
Hank Moody
My fingerprints are in the FBI system because I hold a professional license. In any event, can the disclosure of a conviction on the GE application back-fill to places where it doesn't exist, and come back to haunt me later? Or can I simply say "no" to the written application and disclose it verbally to the officer?
If you've been convicted, you should disclose it on the application. Don't hide anything from CBP, they have extensive powers to dig into your background.
For example, an applicant from Texas was denied GE due to an a juvenile arrest in Georgia in 1974.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/bu...-law.html?_r=0