Jackolantern
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You answered correctly with YES. "Charged with committing" an offense means that you were charged because law enforcement believed you committed it at the time. It doesn't mean you committed anything.
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calvillager
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Jack and Bob, thank you for the replies.
Your "good moral character" is being questioned. If I'd be the IO, I woudl wonder the same thing.... Is this guy a wife-beater?
Since the charges were dropped and you were not convicted of any crime, I wouldn't worry too much unless you had other "issues" with the law.
Since the charges were dropped and you were not convicted of any crime, I wouldn't worry too much unless you had other "issues" with the law.
calvillager
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Your "good moral character" is being questioned. If I'd be the IO, I woudl wonder the same thing.... Is this guy a wife-beater?
Since the charges were dropped and you were not convicted of any crime, I wouldn't worry too much unless you had other "issues" with the law.
Fortunately, I have not had any "issues" with laws since 1995.
Based on all the three replies, it seems my answer to Q17 is not critical in the delay of making a decision by IO. Maybe I am just too nervous about the wait.
JohnnyCash
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I wonder if I answered wrong on Q17 in N400, which was “Have you ever been charged with committed any crime or offense?” I answered YES to this question, because I was charged with spousal battery by the district attorney in June 1995.
As you have been told by many members including Jack that you answered correctly on Q17 by saying YES for being charged for the crime because you were indeed charged for the crime regardless of whether or not you committed the crime, or regardless of the fact that you were not found or whatever...
If you had answered NO to this question then your application could have been denied...not for the crime itself but because for not being truthful on the application about it under penalty of perjury..and then it would have made you to wait another 5 yrs to re-apply for naturalization.
Right now just wait since it's just business as usual whenever someone has any kind of issue....because then application needs supervisory approval. Good luck...
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calvillager
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calvillager,
hope everything will be fine with you.
Question to you: Did you submit Police Report along with all your application?
Yes, I did submit police report and a one-page court "document."
The complete court document, though, is no longer available from the court beause California destroyed all documents for cases dismissed prior to Year ????. When I requested the court document, all I got was a (certified) page stating why and when the document was destroyed. However, in my application, I still attached a photo copy of the complete certified court document that I have kept since 2003 when I applied GC.
In the interview, I said to the IO that the certified court document that I submitted in 2003 for GC application should be still in my A-file. But he did not look for that original court document.
calvillager
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a bumpy ride with nice ending
After more than six weeks of waiting after the interview, finally I was sworn in as a US citizen a few days ago. I want to thank you all for helping me get through the rough times. Thank you again. From the recent posts, I notice there are many people like me not getting the oath letter at the end of interview. I wish they all get the letters soon.
A funny thing happened during the oath ceremony. People were called to go onstage to receive their certificates one by one, but when the administrator announced the ceremony was over, my name was still not called. I was a little worry, so I rushed to the stage to tell the supervisor about my situation. He looked at me and appeared very puzzeled, like I was playing prank on him. Later he asked me to wait for him at the second floor and I can see him scratching his head all the way walking to his office. I was left in the hallway for about 15 minutes, which may be the longest 15 minutes I've even been through.
Then he returned back with my certificate in his hand, and apologized for the inconvenience. Since I missed the opportunity to step onstage to receive the certificate, I wanted him to make up a small ceremony (calling my name for me to receive the certificate) in front of a few of his staff outside the supervisor's office. When I made that request, the supervisor didn't know what to answer, but his staff all laughed and started to chant "ceremony" untill the supervisor agreed. And this put a nice ending to my bumpy journey to the US citizenship.
After more than six weeks of waiting after the interview, finally I was sworn in as a US citizen a few days ago. I want to thank you all for helping me get through the rough times. Thank you again. From the recent posts, I notice there are many people like me not getting the oath letter at the end of interview. I wish they all get the letters soon.
A funny thing happened during the oath ceremony. People were called to go onstage to receive their certificates one by one, but when the administrator announced the ceremony was over, my name was still not called. I was a little worry, so I rushed to the stage to tell the supervisor about my situation. He looked at me and appeared very puzzeled, like I was playing prank on him. Later he asked me to wait for him at the second floor and I can see him scratching his head all the way walking to his office. I was left in the hallway for about 15 minutes, which may be the longest 15 minutes I've even been through.
Then he returned back with my certificate in his hand, and apologized for the inconvenience. Since I missed the opportunity to step onstage to receive the certificate, I wanted him to make up a small ceremony (calling my name for me to receive the certificate) in front of a few of his staff outside the supervisor's office. When I made that request, the supervisor didn't know what to answer, but his staff all laughed and started to chant "ceremony" untill the supervisor agreed. And this put a nice ending to my bumpy journey to the US citizenship.