Moving from US to Spain - Detention (Not Arrest) on Record

@Dani Ramz

Welcome to the expat.com forum and good luck with your potential move to Spain!

A criminal record check normally only shows criminal convictions. So I doubt that a detention would even show up! Even if it does, you can explain it as you've done here (especially if you still have a copy of the letter), so I encourage you to proceed with your application.

It can’t show up on your criminal background check without a crime being committed .  Your background check will show a clean slate。

@Dani Ramz The Spanish authorities only will consider the crimminal records that appear on your FBI crimminal check repor (in some cases they accept the State´s ones). The authorities will consider the some facts of the crimminal records:

-Timing when they were commited

-If it was a prision sentence

-if the offence is consider serius in the Spanish law or it constitutes a danger to society.

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