Criminal (misdemeanor) conviction in US- Impact on US visa stamping and at Port of Entry

[NeverStop]

Hello friends, just want to see if you have any idea or have had anybody go thru this in the past.

A person on H4 visa in US is convicted by a county court for a hit and run case (the person was involved in a minor hit to other car while driving in California. She was not sure what happened really and also did not know that one has to stop and inform police. She came home. The other party involved noted her license plate and informed police immediately. Fortunately, there was no injury or any harm to anybody. However, cops/district attorney filed a case of hit and run.
So, she pleaded guilty that it was ignorance of law and the court convicted her as a criminal demeanor (which means a minor criminal offence). The punishment was $250 penalty, just book and release(ie go to jail office and sign a paper and come back, that’s it ) and one day of probation with a GPS device. There was no arrest or no jail time. We understood that we should declare this on DS 160 form. However, we want to know if this would a problem in visa stamping at a US consulate in India for that person?
Or would that cause any issues at port of entry?

[LeaveMessageH1B]

On 2/24/2022 at 12:32 AM, NeverStop said:

just book and release(ie go to jail office and sign a paper and come back,

You've used plenty of technical/legal words which you may not fully understand .... please contact criminal lawyer and gain full understanding . key word for USCIS here is "conviction".

book= arrest

go to jail and sign paper and come back = jail (even 0 day or 1 day or few hours)

ever on probation-= yes, 1 day (GPS device)

 

On 2/24/2022 at 12:32 AM, NeverStop said:

we want to know if this would a problem in visa stamping at a US consulate in India for that person?

Delays and possible long admin processing (may be 221), expect same at POE.