ESTA

[craigjm]

Sheepshanks said:

cashmax said:

TheHighlander said:

It can be very frustrating, we have had someone knocked back for careless driving years back (handbrake turns at Tesco) once the ESTA was refused he did the Visa and was accepted with no issue.

We try and tell customers to tell the truth as it will come back and bite them, but it's their responsibility that side of things.

We see all sorts

The reason for these refusals has little if anything to do with spent (or otherwise) minor convictions. There is almost always something else at play.

At the ESTA application there isn't that level of detail - if you tick the wrong box it gets rejected.

Yep it’s just a mechanistic process to make anyone with a slight issue apply for a visa and undertake further scrutiny