Originally Posted by
CPMaverick
The majority of advice here is to be truthful. Of course you can pick and choose advice, it wasn't unanimous.
I would suggest not disclosing the crime at entry because you probably need to keep lying now, but it isn't recommended or necessary to have done so.
Unfortunately neither of things things have anything to do with being allowed entry.
Got it. I appreciate everyone’s helpfulness! I am in panic mode now but we’ll apply for the fbi check and hopefully it will show up clear. Thank you for the accurate biometrics suggestion!