Convicted of criminal harassment, trying for spousal sponsorship

[Daniel In Canada]

If I have a wife who was born and currently lives in USA and I was born and live in Canada and I want to do a spousal sponsorship to have her move here, will a criminal harassment conviction from over 10 years ago stop me from doing so?

 

[scylla]

If I have a wife who was born and currently lives in USA and I was born and live in Canada and I want to do a spousal sponsorship to have her move here, will a criminal harassment conviction from over 10 years ago stop me from doing so?

Who did the conviction involve? Did it involve a family member or spouse / common law partner or someone you were dating?

 

[Daniel In Canada]

Who did the conviction involve? Did it involve a family member or spouse / common law partner or someone you were dating?

Yes. It was a girlfriend

 

[scylla]

Yes. It was a girlfriend

It would be best to get a consult with an immigration lawyer before filing your application.

Most of us here are big "do it yourself-ers". But this is one of those cases where you are best off getting legal advice.

There's a ban against sponsorship if the conviction invovles bodily harm. Your conviction doesn't. However I'd recommend a consult all the same since the conviction involves a past girlfriend.

 

[Daniel In Canada]

It would be best to get a consult with an immigration lawyer before filing your application.

Most of us here are big "do it yourself-ers". But this is one of those cases where you are best off getting legal advice.

There's a ban against sponsorship if the conviction invovles bodily harm. Your conviction doesn't. However I'd recommend a consult all the same since the conviction involves a past girlfriend.

Ok. It was when I was 19 and it wasn't all that serious, even though I was convicted but I did read somewhere this may be a problem. I have no criminal record outside this small time period when I was between 19 and 21, I was also convicted on unrelated charges of I believe failure to comply and causing a disturbance. I was also wondering if these convictions would stop her from being able to sponsor me or me being able to move to USA. Thank you for your replies and help.

 

[scylla]

Ok. It was when I was 19 and it wasn't all that serious, even though I was convicted but I did read somewhere this may be a problem. I have no criminal record outside this small time period when I was between 19 and 21, I was also convicted on unrelated charges of I believe failure to comply and causing a disturbance. I was also wondering if these convictions would stop her from being able to sponsor me or me being able to move to USA. Thank you for your replies and help.

You need to post these questions to a US immigration forum.

The other charges aren't an issue for sponsorship to Canada.