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Originally Posted by shinobistewie
this is what gets tricky... its on my criminal record in the country it happened, but not in the US.
Its called a discharge there's either conditional or absolute, i got conditional, basically, dont screw up in the country you got convicted in for x amount of time and you won't be punished
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"A person who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of Japan, or of any other country"
According to your post above, I think it applies to any kind of conviction regardless of it being on your American record or not. Punishment or not is totally up to the place you are in, some country's jurisdiction allow foreigner getting away with small crime (Stealing chocolate for example).
Did the country that issue you the conviction give you anything in writing that you have a record?
I agree, your best bet is to consult a lawyer