Applying to citizenship with a Son who do not live with me

[riseb1]

I have a son in my country. I recognized him when he was six years old. To be honest I wasn’t sure that he was my son even his mom just told me one time and that’s it. His mom demanded me when he was around 5 years old to take DNA test to recognize him. So we took the test and after the results and before she started a child support demand, we were agreed to stop everything and I started a good relationship with my son. Since that day, I have supported him and we have established a good communication.

Do I have to mention it in my application or a letter from his mom and the receipts of the money that I sent every month would be enough?

For the question

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement…….?
Because I was cited by a court in my country 8 years ago to take the DNA test, Do I have to answer yes? If so how that will affect my process?

Do I have to mention it in my application or Just reporting my son, a letter from his mom and the receipts of the money that I sent every month would be enough?

obviously I'm going to report him under my kids but I'm not sure if I have to report how I recognized him

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Flydog]

I believe that if you have a son, you are supposed to list him on the form. If you do that, you should get proof that you are supporting him (as far as I know).

For your query about question 16, well, that depends... Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement official...? If so, answer yes, if not, aswer no? I'm not quite sure what you are asking.

If you answer yes, then you should be ready to provide information about that (either with the application if it is serious enough) or at the interview (for example if you were "cited" for speeding (and the fine was less than $500 and alcohol was not involved)).

If you were arrested for murder, then it will likely affect the process, if you were cited for jay-walking, then it probably won't.

 

[worried2007]

flydog,

i am still waiting for my oath letter since my interview on June 18 and they stated that my file didnt transfer to the DO in time for interview i called customer service and they stated that DO have ordered my file back on June 18 and im still waiting do u have any input on how long it would take before i can hear aout my oath , and what should i do if i dont hear in 120 days?

 

[Huracan]

I know that according to your name you must be worried, but that doesn't justify this blatant thread hijack. If you need to ask the question directly to Flydog I would suggest a private message. Hopefully you'll hear something before the 120 days, and this will be the end of your worries, won't it be? Of course if it takes more than 120 days you have the choice of suing, but I doubt it will get to that.

 

[Huracan]

I had written something and managed to click somewhere and lose all I had written. Basically I would suggest to get an affidavit from the mother saying that you have been paying child support and take this to your interview. If you have the DNA results that could be good to take too. Think that the IO wants to make sure the child is yours, in case you later want to apply for GC for the child, among perhaps other implications.
The way you've told the story it doesn't seem to be a big issue, although reading between lines someone could think that you tried to dodge your responsibility for the child and didn't recognize the child until threatened by a demand. Anyway, I would understand that many people get bogus claims of paternity, and also many people are probably paying for children that are not even theirs because they didn't get a DNA test. All in all, I am no expert on this, but I think you should be fine.