I was brought to the US as a child in 2001, my parents applied for permanent residence, were declined, but stayed anyway. I was then deported in 2008 after being arrested for petty shoplifting then reported to ICE. Was also arrested for a couple of other things around this same time (shoplifting, fighting) but never convicted of anything serious (I was a problematic teenager). Upon deportation I was initially given a 3 year bar, since I was deported about 8 months after my 18th birthday.
Since then, I have lived in my homeland in Europe, and am now almost 30 years old, and have had a clean record the past 11 years, except for one stupid incident in 2016 where I got in a street fight and got a common assault conviction (no jail time, just a few hours community service).
My dad is still in the USA (undocumented). I have worked in technology for the past 11 years, CTO of my own startup. My question is, what are the odds of receiving a US visa to visit, given my transgressions as a teenager (and very stupid mistake 3 years ago)? It seems I am not ineligible under the crimes of moral turpitude clause, and my bar for overstay was up years ago, but I can't imagine my varous misdeeds make for the best impression.
Unofficially if I were to apply for something like an E-1 (which, I understand would require investing significant money in the USA) would that increase my odds?
Are there any steps I can take to make it likely in the future that I can receive a visitor visa?
I was brought to the US as a child in 2001, my parents applied for permanent residence, were declined, but stayed anyway. I was then deported in 2008 after being arrested for petty shoplifting then reported to ICE. Was also arrested for a couple of other things around this same time (shoplifting, fighting) but never convicted of anything serious (I was a problematic teenager). Upon deportation I was initially given a 3 year bar, since I was deported about 8 months after my 18th birthday.
Since then, I have lived in my homeland in Europe, and am now almost 30 years old, and have had a clean record the past 11 years, except for one stupid incident in 2016 where I got in a street fight and got a common assault conviction (no jail time, just a few hours community service).
My dad is still in the USA (undocumented). I have worked in technology for the past 11 years, CTO of my own startup. My question is, what are the odds of receiving a US visa to visit, given my transgressions as a teenager (and very stupid mistake 3 years ago)? It seems I am not ineligible under the crimes of moral turpitude clause, and my bar for overstay was up years ago, but I can't imagine my varous misdeeds make for the best impression.
Unofficially if I were to apply for something like an E-1 (which, I understand would require investing significant money in the USA) would that increase my odds?
Are there any steps I can take to make it likely in the future that I can receive a visitor visa?
Thanks for your time.