Speeing Ticket: Which question to say "Yes"

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Simple Question:
Which is the question # from part 10 Section D that should say "Yes" in form N400 if reporting a speeding ticket?

Part 10
Section D. Good Moral Character.
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense?
18. Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?
19. Have you ever been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
20. Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation or been paroled?
21. Have you ever been in jail or prison?


Thanks
Vijay
 
vcpat said:
Simple Question:
Which is the question # from part 10 Section D that should say "Yes" in form N400 if reporting a speeding ticket?

Part 10
Section D. Good Moral Character.
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense?
18. Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?
19. Have you ever been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
20. Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation or been paroled?
21. Have you ever been in jail or prison?


Thanks
Vijay
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Hi Vijay. If you just only a ticket simply paid it, here are the responses for just a speeding ticket:

15. No
16. Yes
17. No
18. to 21. No.

I hope this helps.
Rafiq
 
Thanks Rafiq.

What if I was not detaind/cited by any officer but have received a red light violation (camera) citation notice (for $75 amount)?

The notice said that the penalty amount for the violation would not result in points...

Thanks.
 
I too think it is not treated as citation by a law officer. Because no officer is involved in that.
 
cpzinga said:
I too think it is not treated as citation by a law officer. Because no officer is involved in that.
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Some states treat camera-registered violations as civil penalties, in which case they are not citations. However, there is no reason that a penalty received in the post cannot be a citation. As long as the issuing process involves a law-enforcement officer at some point then it is a citation.
 
Here is how I would handle it but I know others may disagree. Since it is only 75 bucks, I would list it anyway even though the interviewing IIOs are only interested in alcohol or drug charges. I know others would say not to list it because it was the vehicle tag identification was used instead of you being ticketed but the end result will be the IIO simply looking it at it and move on. There won't be any effect on citizenship based on this ticket so do what ever your conscience decides.

I hope this helps.
--Rafiq
 
No you don't need to disclose it. Look on the forum here, you'll see a ton of other posts about this exact topic...
 
Don't disclose it. A violation registered by a camera is issued to the VEHICLE, not the DRIVER. It's the equivalent of a parking ticket.
 
barnold said:
Driver has done something wrong not the Car!
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Correct. However, the ticket is issued after the camera snaps a photo of the offending vehicle's license plate, not a photo of the driver. This is why camera violations don't carry points, as there's no way to determine who the driver was.

Vdostoi1: exactly. In fact, in NYC, camera violations are handled by the Department of Finance (the same authority that handles parking tickets and other civil summonses), not the DMV.
 
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