<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:You see to sum up

1. Providing you only commited 1 crime

2 This was commited before you were 18

3. And the Visa waiver was not complted within 5 years of that crime

This appears to be the exception.

Hope this helps, the advice give above has been extracted from

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/in...ties_1364.html

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My understanding in the useful link you provided is that this information applies to the granting of a visa.

Although the term "waiver" appears in that regulation it is not relevant to entry under the Visa Waiver Scheme(VWS).

Again my understanding is that someone who was arrested when aged under 18 - even if that were more than 5 years ago - could still not enter under the VWS.

Or have I got it wrong?