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Hi everyone, please help if you can...I was resently cited and fined for have a open alcohol beverage and using a student train pass. One fine was $25 and the other was $60, now on the i-485 application it asked if you've been fine or cited. My question is if I answer yes will that make me inadmissiable and will i need a waiver, or should i answer no since i was not finger printed, as anyone gone through anything similar. Your help is greatly appricated
 
malakai1104 said:
Hi everyone, please help if you can...I was resently cited and fined for have a open alcohol beverage and using a student train pass. One fine was $25 and the other was $60, now on the i-485 application it asked if you've been fine or cited. My question is if I answer yes will that make me inadmissiable and will i need a waiver, or should i answer no since i was not finger printed, as anyone gone through anything similar. Your help is greatly appricated
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Say yes and explain. Bring any paper.
You might have not been fingerprinted, but if you gave them your ID, then there's your social security number involved.
 
Then I wouldn't know.
I would say yes anyways. Why lying? Especially for something that's insignificant like that...
If they know and you say no, then it's an automatic denial.
 
I received the following attachment with my recent interview notice:

you do need to bring any documentation if you were involved in any traffic indicents that were alcohol or drug related or you were arrested for the incident, or if the penalty resulted in a fine of more than $500 and/or points on your driver's license
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sounds to me like you don't need to bother as you were: not arrested, not fined over $500.
 
What was cited above relates to traffic violations. Mala was cited for using a student train pass and having an open container. It doesn't make you inadmissiable. Since the crime didnt involve moral turpitude and the penalty wasn't more than 1 year in jail it doesnt rise to the level for inadmissability.
You're ok, but you should disclose it.
 
If you weren't fingerprinted, photographed, etc., you weren't arrested/convicted. I don't think you need to mention anything on your form. While it is true they have your SS#, minor violations (ie., misdemeaners) don't show up on background checks..unless you've committed a felony.

Good luck

ULTRON

malakai1104 said:
Thank you all, i'll be honest and hope for the best, when mailing in my app.
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ULTRON said:
If you weren't fingerprinted, photographed, etc., you weren't arrested/convicted. I don't think you need to mention anything on your form. While it is true they have your SS#, minor violations (ie., misdemeaners) don't show up on background checks..unless you've committed a felony.

Good luck

ULTRON
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Sorry, I dont know where you got the idea that misdemeanors don't show up on background checks. I worked in the district attorney's office for a long time and on defendant's background checks everything shows up including: number of times a background check has been done, number of arrests, juvenile case dispositions, infractions, expunged convictions, misdemanor charges and convictions, felony charges and convictions, parole violations, probation violations, drug court dispositions prop 36 and many other things.

Of course misdemeanor convictions show up, often multiple offenses for the same misdemeanor result in a felony charge, ex: dui.
The same goes for infractions. Repeat infractions result in misdemeanor charges. They don't just forget.
 
ndc121 said:
Sorry, I dont know where you got the idea that misdemeanors don't show up on background checks. I worked in the district attorney's office for a long time and on defendant's background checks everything shows up including: number of times a background check has been done, number of arrests, juvenile case dispositions, infractions, expunged convictions, misdemanor charges and convictions, felony charges and convictions, parole violations, probation violations, drug court dispositions prop 36 and many other things.

Of course misdemeanor convictions show up, often multiple offenses for the same misdemeanor result in a felony charge, ex: dui.
The same goes for infractions. Repeat infractions result in misdemeanor charges. They don't just forget.
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Very well put ---- you'd better declare that. And as for ULTRON, I am sure that you were not advocating lying on a government form, were you? Construing your advice in the best possible light, it was foolish.
 
I see. Do fines show up? My uncle was charged with "inability to control a child," he was fined $150 but not fingerprinted, arrested, etc. It was registered as a misdemeaner...but the jail sentence was "less than one year." 2 years later, we did a check on www.PublicRecords-Search.com, and nothing showed up except the usual...speeding tickets...etc. I'm not sure how that worked out...but I would like to hear from you since you worked in this department. But I guess it would be best not to hide anything from the government. Thanks,

ULTRON

ndc121 said:
Sorry, I dont know where you got the idea that misdemeanors don't show up on background checks. I worked in the district attorney's office for a long time and on defendant's background checks everything shows up including: number of times a background check has been done, number of arrests, juvenile case dispositions, infractions, expunged convictions, misdemanor charges and convictions, felony charges and convictions, parole violations, probation violations, drug court dispositions prop 36 and many other things.

Of course misdemeanor convictions show up, often multiple offenses for the same misdemeanor result in a felony charge, ex: dui.
The same goes for infractions. Repeat infractions result in misdemeanor charges. They don't just forget.
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