USCanada009
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My citizenship interview is soon coming in the next few days in Maryland state. While filling up the N-400 form, there was a question : "Have you ever been arrested,cited or detained by any law enforcement officer for any reason?" .
I answered a no because I missed the meaning of "cited" . I simply wish, they should have had a separate question for Traffic ticket. How can I put a "yes" for a question that talks about an arrest when I have never been arrested in my life? Anyway, how do I correct this now?
Please note that, I carried the Driving licence from the two states ( NC and ND) so far, but have lived in multiple States. I had got a few speeding tickets where I have lived in last decade , in the states like ND, MN, WY and NY . One brighter side could be, I have not received a speeding tickets for last four years or so ( except there was a citation via mail for an Automated Enforcement for speeding in my current state MD which was just 5 miles above and hence paid minimum fines. This is not even supposed to go official as the letter read). Second good thing ( or bad the way you see it) was, whenever I got these tickets in past I somehow had an out of state licence and hence I hardly might have gathered any points against my driving licence.
I recently collected the online Driving records from my current driving licence state ( NC) and the previous one ( ND). And surprisingly, both seems to be having a very clear record with no mention of a single speeding ticket or points.
I am seeking an advice from some experienced guys on this :
If the officer asks me the same question from the N400 form about arrest/citation, how best I can answer this?
ANSWER 1 :
Please see if this looks like a good answer. I would truly admit that I misssed the "cited" word and was answering NO for the "arrest" or "detain" actually. I would also present my printed driving records to the officer and admit that I had a few speeding tickets in the past, but then fully paid and I do not carry any points at the moment. I truly don't remember any of the dates and I never kept any records of the paid tickets.
ANSWER 2 :
Someone advised me to stick with a "NO" as I have never committed a crime and never been arrested, so overall it is still a correct answer.
Which of the two answers Or any other answers are better? Lastly, is there a faster way to obtain the records of the speeding tickets paid in various states ( listed above) ?
Thanks a lot.
My citizenship interview is soon coming in the next few days in Maryland state. While filling up the N-400 form, there was a question : "Have you ever been arrested,cited or detained by any law enforcement officer for any reason?" .
I answered a no because I missed the meaning of "cited" . I simply wish, they should have had a separate question for Traffic ticket. How can I put a "yes" for a question that talks about an arrest when I have never been arrested in my life? Anyway, how do I correct this now?
Please note that, I carried the Driving licence from the two states ( NC and ND) so far, but have lived in multiple States. I had got a few speeding tickets where I have lived in last decade , in the states like ND, MN, WY and NY . One brighter side could be, I have not received a speeding tickets for last four years or so ( except there was a citation via mail for an Automated Enforcement for speeding in my current state MD which was just 5 miles above and hence paid minimum fines. This is not even supposed to go official as the letter read). Second good thing ( or bad the way you see it) was, whenever I got these tickets in past I somehow had an out of state licence and hence I hardly might have gathered any points against my driving licence.
I recently collected the online Driving records from my current driving licence state ( NC) and the previous one ( ND). And surprisingly, both seems to be having a very clear record with no mention of a single speeding ticket or points.
I am seeking an advice from some experienced guys on this :
If the officer asks me the same question from the N400 form about arrest/citation, how best I can answer this?
ANSWER 1 :
Please see if this looks like a good answer. I would truly admit that I misssed the "cited" word and was answering NO for the "arrest" or "detain" actually. I would also present my printed driving records to the officer and admit that I had a few speeding tickets in the past, but then fully paid and I do not carry any points at the moment. I truly don't remember any of the dates and I never kept any records of the paid tickets.
ANSWER 2 :
Someone advised me to stick with a "NO" as I have never committed a crime and never been arrested, so overall it is still a correct answer.
Which of the two answers Or any other answers are better? Lastly, is there a faster way to obtain the records of the speeding tickets paid in various states ( listed above) ?
Thanks a lot.