I think you have to apply all over again.

No. Or I should say "not for my missed interview".
No, when I missed my appointment I rescheduled in person a week later. It wasn't a big deal.

I think some people have missed the point that they ask for participation in the NSDAP or other Nazi-Germany organizations before 1945. And that is quite rapidly becoming moot.

If they would rephrase to include Neo-Nazis of all nationalities, I would completely agree and understand.


I completely agree here. At that age I lived in Germany, where the age of criminal responsibility is 14. Anything before that would not have been recorded anywhere in the judicial system in the first place. There might have been a record in the youth welfare system, but that is erased once you are age 21.

So if I had commited any offense there before age 14, US or Canadian authorities could not even see it, even things much more sinister. So I believe they should draw a line age-wise.

I mean, what's next? Charging a 5-year-old girl that doesn't wear a bikini top at the pool with indecent exposure and denying her GE 10 years later?

What I was stating (or maybe implying) is that with the dwindling number of living people who were actual members of the Nazi party, restrictions are going to have a very narrow application. The removal of those restrictions, however, I would predict would have a high symbolic value to a large community that I suspect would make a lot over it when the consequences are actually close to nil.

Yeah, probably it is unfair. I wouldn't leave it off either. I forgot the actual question, but if it say something like "have you ever been arrested, convicted, etc...." If the word 'ever' is there, it means "at any time." If I've been arrested at 12. I would say so. yeah, I was dumb, I'm embarrassed about it, etc.... and talk your way out of it....

--J

Hey, in America you are in the land of the prude.... sad and true....

--J

Perhaps the interviewing officer has some discretion?

Pretty sure the clearance is done "back office". The interviewing officer is just confirming details and telling you about the program. You're "in" by the time of the interview, and you don't get one if you don't qualify for some reason.

You're correct. There is no influence on the approval process by the CBP officer with whom you have an interview. None.

Dave

The OP's issue was not the crime, it was the failure to disclose it.

Given the rules of GE as known, a shoplifting as a minor crime that occurred >10 years ago shouldn't disqualify someone if disclosed (I'm assuming it was misdemeanor). But he didn't disclose it. Same for any bikini crime.

I Know !!! You didn't read my other posts....

--J

Let's just say I know someone who applied for GE and did not disclose a conviction as a minor (in 1971) that had been sealed. At the interview, this person was asked if he had ever been arrested. When the applicant answered "no," the interviewing officer said "1971?" Whereupon the conviction was disclosed, together with the fact that the applicant believed that as the conviction had been sealed he was not required to disclose it. The officer then asked about the circumstances of the conviction, and the applicant disclosed that the arrest involved a small amount of marijuana but the conviction was for "disturbing the peace." http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/rolleyes.gif

After the applicant returned home and checked his e-mail (about an hour after the interview concluded), the applicant had recieved notice that his application had been approved. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif

I'd say the applicant was lucky that the guy gave him the chance to explain, and that the explanation was found to be acceptable

New Passport Question
 

Currently have GE, but have just renewed passport. Do I have to visit the GE office at BOS Logan (which I assume is just open weekdays during the day) or can the regular CBP office at Logan handle the passport transition?

I would think it's the GE office, as I would be surprised if the other readily had the stickers available. You can stop at any of them it doesnt have to be where you had the interview.