I have applied N-400 last month and has my FP scheduled on 10/13. I have two questions reg Traffic ticket and Accident info.
1. I had one traffic ticket in Mar 2005. I included the details in N-400 application and also indicated payment $90 fine in appl. I also have payment receipt (having citation number and amount paid) from Court office for this amount. Is that good enough proof that case is closed or I need to get another document from court.
2. While looking at old documents, I found that I had a minor accident in Jan 2005 in different city (about 200 miles away from my home). At stop light, my car hit at a big GMC truck and there were minor scratch on the truck. A cop was close by and he just filled a form and exchanged our insurance info. He did not give any ticket as it was very minor and there was no injury to any one. On the Accident information slip, which he gave me, it carries insurance info of other driver and the officer has put his name, id and incident number. He gave one such slip (with my insurance info) to other driver. My insurance company paid about $900 to fix that truck and my car (both inclusive). I probably forgot about this and did not disclose this in the N-400 application. Now I found that papers, I would be disclosing this during interview. Do I need to get some more papers from Police department of city (where accident took place) to specify that no case is filed etc. ? Do I need some document from Insurance company stating nature of accident or something else ?
3. Should I ask for my Driving record from DMV. I looked at DMV web site, they provide driving record info in two to three weeks time and charge $6 as Fee. Not sure what it contains but probably would clarify some details.
Plaese advise. Thanks.
1. I had one traffic ticket in Mar 2005. I included the details in N-400 application and also indicated payment $90 fine in appl. I also have payment receipt (having citation number and amount paid) from Court office for this amount. Is that good enough proof that case is closed or I need to get another document from court.
2. While looking at old documents, I found that I had a minor accident in Jan 2005 in different city (about 200 miles away from my home). At stop light, my car hit at a big GMC truck and there were minor scratch on the truck. A cop was close by and he just filled a form and exchanged our insurance info. He did not give any ticket as it was very minor and there was no injury to any one. On the Accident information slip, which he gave me, it carries insurance info of other driver and the officer has put his name, id and incident number. He gave one such slip (with my insurance info) to other driver. My insurance company paid about $900 to fix that truck and my car (both inclusive). I probably forgot about this and did not disclose this in the N-400 application. Now I found that papers, I would be disclosing this during interview. Do I need to get some more papers from Police department of city (where accident took place) to specify that no case is filed etc. ? Do I need some document from Insurance company stating nature of accident or something else ?
3. Should I ask for my Driving record from DMV. I looked at DMV web site, they provide driving record info in two to three weeks time and charge $6 as Fee. Not sure what it contains but probably would clarify some details.
Plaese advise. Thanks.
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The state can press charges only if there was negligence involved on your part, which was not the case. The officer never cited you for hitting someone in the back, unless he believe you were intoxicated, which in this case you were not any of those. So, calling the police department might be a waste of time and effort, I would be working out with all that time...