Criminal Arrest and Good Moral Character (no conviction)

Look: I understand your frustration (I was stuck in the name-check myself for over 2 years - see my sig), but you really should be more careful with giving people advice, like "So all the arrests with no conviction or pleadings do not make a difference." Your brother was lucky that his application went smoothly and there were no problems. In general, a great deal in the N-400 process depends on luck (both in terms of the name-check and in terms of what kind of an IO will get your case). However, for people with criminal offenses/arrests there is a real substantive risk that their offenses might be deportable. See jackolantern's posts above. In such cases it is definitely worth the trouble to consult an attorney first, before filing N-400, to make sure that the applicant is not deportable.

I fully agree. I think BobSmyth's question clarified it the best. Was it a misunderstanding or did the OP beat the system? Immigration will look at these two scenarios very differently.
 
Bobsmyth is probably correct, it most likely will not be treated as a conviction. However, he has not seen the court paperwork, neither have any of us. Sometimes those papers have damning or cryptic information that the lawyer negotiated and the defendant didn't realize or understand what was being said/written. Breitling should consult a professional who will look at the court papers to determine exactly what it is based the actual facts on paper, instead of relying solely on comments from an anonymous message board of people who haven't seen the exact details.
 
You guys are right, but he should seek the advice of a immigration attorney, his last post indicated he was goon go back to his criminal attorney, it will be best that he goes to a attorney that deals with Criminal/Immigration.
We got my brother the best two in one attorney that worked out the best deal for him otherwise the prosecution was at first offering a plea that was making him inadmissible and he would not have been able to travel until naturalized.
My brother knew someone that got bad advice from a good criminal attorney that was not aware of a immigration consequence and later he had to spend four times more money to have that set aside and reopened the case to save his status. Immigration/Criminal attorneys are expensive but I think it's worth it. His attorney said he wouldn't have any issues with Nat'z after his probation is over and yeah he got his citizenship smoothly and quickly.
 
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