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Subject: restrictions for 'registered addicts' Posted on: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:07:52 +0000


Hello All,

I am new to the site, although I have browsed as a guest for a while,
and have decided I would like to ask you for some advice.

To give you all as much info to go on, I will try to be as honest
as possible.

I had a misspent youth and got in to drugs very heavily. At that time in
the mid 90's it was common practice (or so I believe) for GP's to
register patients as 'registered addicts' with the Home Office, when
prescribing certain medications.

Fast forward a few years and I am now no longer that person. I have been
clean and sober for 5 years, I'm married with a child and just trying to
move on in life and do the best I can.

I have travelled around and really love the states. Recently I have been
thinking about training/studying and getting a career. I have in fact
seen a place that I would really love to work at in the US. It is a
boarding school for 'troubled teens'.

From what I can understand, I would not qualify for a visa because I am
not a 'skilled worker'.

My question is this. Even if I trained and became qualified would my
past be held against me?

Thank you for reading this. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

J

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