Karnig Dukmajian on MP’s future US travel following drug confession in The Times
11 June 2019
Senior attorney, Karnig Dukmajian, is quoted in The Times article on MP Michael Gove’s future travel to the US following his recent drug use confession.
When a non-US citizen admits to a drug offense or makes a related misrepresentation, the individual will typically be deemed inadmissible to the US. This means he or she will no longer be able to travel to the US visa-free on the Visa Waiver Program (ESTA), and the US government must exercise its discretion to grant the individual a waiver of inadmissibility before issuing a visa.
However the rules of inadmissibility do not apply to diplomatic visas, such as the A-1 visa. This means that if an individual travelling on a diplomatic visa has admitted to prior drug use, it would not prevent them from traveling to the US.
Read the full article here.
