Hello everybody,
So before I get off on the wrong foot here, feel I should quickly mention that although I have a good few convictions, by and large the majority of my charges are quite minor. No drug trafficking or violence or anything like that. Will admit that I have a felony DUI, and another felony which is forgery (technically forged a signature, while printing and reusing the paper plates that the dealer gives you so you have time to register your car, had no idea it was a felony, but still no excuse), and the other couple would just be a weed charge or two (tiny amounts, I think they may have even been dropped for the DUI one of the times) and one petty theft (recent). The DUI was over 15 years ago now, the forgery about 4 years.
I am planning on just coming for a week, at this time, to meet a girl that I've become quite fond of, and have been talking with for a good while now, and we figure it's time we actually meet and see if what we have translates from page to the screen, so to speak, or maybe it should be the other way around... anyways, looking online, I can't seem to find any real solid info on whether or not i'll need an actual Visa - OR if I need to even actually mention these charges?
If at a later date, we were to continue to hit it off and such and say, I were to end up wanting to move over to her, I would of course want to do it all correct and make sure everything is in its proper place...but, does it matter as much if I am just coming for a week? Or does that play no part in my declaration of my crimes?
Ideally was going to be heading there some time this month, when upon further research, things suddenly have gotten a bit more sticky than originally was thinking, as far as being let in to Scotland. I couldn't find the actual thread on here, but I believe in my original research, it was this site that had a similar thread that mentioned something about the UK as a whole, being much harder for felons (I am from America, by the way, should have mentioned!) to get in, than Scotland.
Of course, any input is greatly appreciated, thank you for reading this far if you've made it sorry for the length!
