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    Default Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

    My question involves criminal records for the state of CA. a 20 year old bench warrant still exists in CA and I left the US in 1990. I am not a US citizen nor do I have a green card. During my stay i was under a student visa. Since i left the US I wS granted a new citizenship under a different dob and first and middle name. The only similarity is the last name. I was never finger printed since I was not a US citizen. I hired an investigator who could not find any records for my CA driver license. I want to come back and set the record straight but cannot afford to be arrested and embarrassed at the airport. What is the likelihood that they would be able to match me to the old citizenship? I'm not sure how sophisticated is the airport system. Can someone please advise me if I fly into another state other then CA from Asia or Europe what is the likelihood of getting stopped.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

    Since i left the US I wS granted a new citizenship under a different dob and first and middle name.
    Oh, so you committed fraud to obtain some status in the US? Thank goodness IPs are traceable.

    Can someone please advise me if I fly into another state other then CA from Asia or Europe what is the likelihood of getting stopped.
    for the old California warrant? Unlikely. For committing fraud? Unlikely but I sure wouldn't want to be in your shoes should it be realized.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

    Hi there was no fraud committed to obtain any status in the US. I left the US as a citizen of one country/student visa and after years outside the US was granted another citizenship and relinquished my old one. Since then I went back to the US twice in the late 90s and 2000 and nothing happened. I'm wondering how sophisticated are the new checks post 9/11 and can they match someone who has a new passport and obtained a visa legally as any international citizen would. The warrant is a CA bench warrant that is more then 18 years old. My new citizenship is under a different first and middle name. The only similarity is the last name. thank you for your help.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

    Could you be arrested? Yes.

    WILL you be arrested? No one can say.

    It will depend on the specific offense on the warrant and whether or not the warrant is entered into only a local (county) system, or entered into CLETS/NCIC (state and federal). If entered into CLETS/NCIC and there are sufficient identifiers by name, birthdate, fingerprint classification, etc., then the "hit" might appear. Whether they would arrest you or deny you entry or not depends on factors we do not know.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

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    Hi there was no fraud committed to obtain any status in the USp.

    really? I don't know anybody whose birthday changes:


    Since i left the US I wS granted a new citizenship under a different dob and first and middle name. The only similarity is the last name.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Arrested at the Airport for an Old Warrant

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    really? I don't know anybody whose birthday changes:
    My wife's DOB changes every year.

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