Will sealed records show up in immigration background and fingerprint check while traveling internationally?
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Will sealed records show up in immigration background and fingerprint check while traveling internationally?
I got arrested 2 years back for a 3rd degree felony but did my community work and got my records sealed. Now I am traveling to my home country (international) with my small baby alone and I am worried if my records would show up in my immigration and fingerprint check both while leaving and entering USA. Please tell me will my sealed records show up and will there be any trouble?
Asked on September 3, 2011 under Criminal Law, Florida
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If you are worried about sealed criminal records showing up while travling international for an offense that occurred sveral years ago, there may be some reference that you were arrested for some offense showing up in your journey if customs look hard enough, but the contents of the sealed records should not be able to be obtained because they are sealed and not part of the public domain at this point in time.
There should not be any issues with you returning to the United States with respect to your prior problems with the law since the problem seems to have arose in the United States and you had the matter resolved. Once resolved in this country, you should not be concerned about any fall out when returning to this country from your trip.
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