Entry to U.S with criminal record
Six or seven years ago I was in the USA for W&T programme. I did a very stupid thing and was convicted for petty theft in Florida. I still have a pending fine, around 400 USD. I came back to my home country and tried to forget everything that happened.
A month ago I urgently needed to go for a business trip to the US (for a couple of days) and started to do the application for a B1 visa. Today, I surprisingly have my B1 visa, and I even noticed on the DS-160 form that a criminal record may exist. For the moment, I do not know the exact status of my case (filed/open/past due and etc), so I think that the officer just did not find any records, because they didn't look deeper.
Now I am worried about entering the US. Yes I have a valid visa, but they could deny entry, am I right?
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