Dismissed DV simple assault charges affect on US citizenship approval

If its dismissed then there is no conviction, so I suppose it does not affect you in any way. If there was a conviction then it would be a crime of violence which I believe is an aggravated felony under US immiigration laws.
 
If you plead not guilty and charges were dismissed, then it's not a conviction and doesn't affect naturalization. Make sure to bring court documents to interview showing case was dismissed.
 
bjd said:
How 2 pled not guilty, dismissed DV simple assault charges of one incident happened 5 years ago can affect when applying for US citizen? Can it cause deportation?
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As the others above said, if the charges were dismissed, that does not constitute a conviction and should not affect your N-400 application (although the incident still needs to be disclosed at N-400 and you must provide a proof of the disposition of the charges).

However, you really need to make sure that it was a clean dismissal of the charges, with no plea deals and no admission of guilt/liability on your part. The definition of "conviction" for immigration purposes is more broad than for criminal purposes and you need to double-check that in your case it was really a clean dismissal of the charges and not something else.

The reason to be careful here is that any conviction, in the immigration law sense, of a crime of domestic violence makes one deportable - see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sec_08_00001227----000-.html
 
See a very good lawyer before you file anything with USCIS.

Did you have to do anger mangement clases, serve probation, pay a fine?
 
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