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Friends please add your comments to the quesion that I found in the traffic ticket thread... Your opinion will surely help lots of people!
Did NOT report Traffic violations on N400. What is the best way to handle this during Interview?
My wife and I had filed N400s before I joined this forum. We iterpreted the questions about "Arrest, Cittations, ...." (Part 10 D, questions 15, 16 ,& 17) as not needing to report traffice citations. So, we both answered "No" to all three. After going thru this thread it seems to me that we should have reported the traffic violations.
It was a genuine interpretation mistake. Can't go back and change the original N400 form. But, what is the best way to handle this going forward?
1. Should we take a chance to see if IO asks questions about citations and then explain that we have citations (and be ready with our motor vehicle records) but incorrectly interpreted the question on N400
If the officer asks "Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained", shall we say No (to be consistent with the form) or Yes (we have traffic tickets)?
2. Volunteer the citations info in the beginning or somewhere during the interview and explain how we incorrectly interpreted the question on the N400 form.
For details:
- I have traffic violations in 1996 (speeding), 2002 (accident), and 2009 (speeding).
- My wife has traffic violations in 2005 (speeding) and 2007 (speeding.)
Did NOT report Traffic violations on N400. What is the best way to handle this during Interview?
My wife and I had filed N400s before I joined this forum. We iterpreted the questions about "Arrest, Cittations, ...." (Part 10 D, questions 15, 16 ,& 17) as not needing to report traffice citations. So, we both answered "No" to all three. After going thru this thread it seems to me that we should have reported the traffic violations.
It was a genuine interpretation mistake. Can't go back and change the original N400 form. But, what is the best way to handle this going forward?
1. Should we take a chance to see if IO asks questions about citations and then explain that we have citations (and be ready with our motor vehicle records) but incorrectly interpreted the question on N400
If the officer asks "Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained", shall we say No (to be consistent with the form) or Yes (we have traffic tickets)?
2. Volunteer the citations info in the beginning or somewhere during the interview and explain how we incorrectly interpreted the question on the N400 form.
For details:
- I have traffic violations in 1996 (speeding), 2002 (accident), and 2009 (speeding).
- My wife has traffic violations in 2005 (speeding) and 2007 (speeding.)