starsandmoons777
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You can’t travel to the USA under the Visa waiver (ESTA) if you’ve been arrested before. You’ll need to apply for a Visa through the embassy instead, this may be why their holiday visa application (assuming esta) was not approved.My guess is their dad isn’t welcome in the USA. I know someone who got rejected a holiday visa to USA as he had a fight with someone at a pub when he was a teen and it was on his record.
It is quite likely if they applied through the embassy instead it would have been approved seeing as the charge was when they were a teen and very minor.
Usually they deny entry for those who have money laundering or drug charges.