Well, we have finally confirmed that we will be going to Florida in just over 4 weeks - Yayyy!

My beloved son decided to get himself arrested a couple of months ago, well after we had booked our holiday. He hadn't done anything, was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in fact his only involvement was to try and stop the problem, however, the police arrested everyone!

Anyway, we had our visa appointment today at the Embassy, and now I am really confuddled! The wonderful consulate official we saw (a really nice lady!) told us that we probably wouldn't need a visa after this one, as my son's arrest would be classed as spent by the time his visa expired - I thought that no arrests were considered spent by the US? Anyone know any different?

Do you know the saddest thing about this whole episode though? When my son and his friends were released (they are all 14) the Desk Sargeant told us what good boys they all were, polite, courteous but most of all, when arrested, none were found to be carrying a weapon, which is as rare as hens teeth apparently. According to the officer, most 14 year olds are "tooled up" I find that incredibly scary, and very, very sad..........