[B]Help with N400, Section 10[/B]

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cp-gc

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Hi,

Section 10 Questions 16, I answered yes since I have one speeding ticket.

This was my first ticket and I went to traffic school.
I got my DMV record and nothing is mentioned.

In the table on N400 Form.

What should I answer in the last column.

"Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation, detention or charge"

Should I say "Attended Traffic School"
 
Who ordered you!

How did you go to the school?

Did you just say to yourself independently I will go to this or that driving school? Or were you ordered by a court? :eek:

What is needed is the court papers

Get a good immigration lawyer
 
cp-gc said:
Hi,

Section 10 Questions 16, I answered yes since I have one speeding ticket.

This was my first ticket and I went to traffic school.
I got my DMV record and nothing is mentioned.

In the table on N400 Form.

What should I answer in the last column.

"Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation, detention or charge"

Should I say "Attended Traffic School"
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I don't remember N-400 question by numbers but if is the one with: "arrested, cited, etc." you should put "yes" and at the interview just tell the IO that you paid the ticket and that's it.

For a speeding ticket you don't need documentation (per latest USCIS instructions) and definitely you don't need a good immigration lawyer...not even a not too good immigration lawyer ;)
 
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cp-gc said:
Hi,

Section 10 Questions 16, I answered yes since I have one speeding ticket.

This was my first ticket and I went to traffic school.
I got my DMV record and nothing is mentioned.

In the table on N400 Form.

What should I answer in the last column.

"Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation, detention or charge"

Should I say "Attended Traffic School"
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i had to go through the same situation and i took defensive driving classes...i simply put charges dismissed....hope this helps
 
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Certainly cp-gc did not overhear that ...cp-gc, this is the ultimate N400-can-of-worms. As a matter of fact, you will find out that your question has been and will be discussed -surprisingly- without consense every other week. Look at the current thread I mentioned and you will get the picture.

Alex
 
Yes this subject was discussed, debated and argued pro and contra countless times.

Recently someone came with the idea that tickets shouldn't be mentioned...his/her IO told him so :confused:

Like I've said before, I didn't mention my tickets because I didn't know at that time, and if I have to apply again I won't do the same.

At the oath, two years later, I mentioned on the back of the oath letter both tickets I got since my interview, and the CIS officer who checked my paper asked me "where did I get the tickets?" and if I was arrested or not, and he wrote on the back of the paper "no arrest".

So, apparently, not mentioning them because "x" in a public forum said that the interview officer told him that is not necessary is not the smartest solution...especially since, minor traffic violations (like speeding) are harmless ;)
 
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JoeF said:
If you didn't know, and you answered according to that, no harm has been done..
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JoeF, nice to see you finally come around. Welcome to the world of sanity.
 
wrong

query11 said:
[/SIZE]i had to go through the same situation and i took defensive driving classes...i simply put charges dismissed....hope this helps
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How can you say charges dismissed.

You paid a fine, and since this was ur only ticket you could go to traffic school to remove it from your driving record.

I am thinkiing of saying " Paid Fine and attended Driving School"
 
query11 said:
man i never saw that one coming,you guys are right...hope the uscis does not have a problem with that :confused:
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No, you just tell it to the IO exactly how it is, and that's it.
Like we previously discussed, a minor traffic violation is not relevant for the N-400 application and nobody is going to send you to the gas chamber for that ;)
 
cp-gc said:
How can you say charges dismissed.

You paid a fine, and since this was ur only ticket you could go to traffic school to remove it from your driving record.

I am thinkiing of saying " Paid Fine and attended Driving School"
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If this helps:
I had a similar ticket 9 years ago and I did mention it as 'Dismissed' in the application because the question was about this kind of records "ever" ( didn't just say since you became a PR)

Respective Judge dismissed it but HE ordered a defensive driving class. It doesn't appear on Georgia DMV records because they maintain only for 7 years. Recently when I approached the court clerk, surprisingly they have the record and gave me a certified copy of original dismissal. I took this to interview just in case.

If I were you, though it is not on DMV records, I would mention it as "Plead Guilty and paid citation penalty." Just my opinion.

Interview officer doesn't care what was the ticket or how it ended up.
Point is to see if you answered truthfully to the "exact question"
 
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