Hi all,
Last year my wife and I had an argument at home and unfortunately we end up hitting each other and then my wife called the cops. I was arrested and charged with Domestic Violence (felony) and was in jail for a day before getting out on bail. My attorney got it reduced to a misdemeanor ( disturbing the peace). My attorney also mentioned that since the charge for which I'm finally convicted does not fall under COMT (Crime or Moral Turpitude or something like that), I can go ahead and file my naturalization application ( N-400) I have a few question about how should I fill the Moral Character section of application. This is what I'm planning to enter, I'll really appreciate if you could let me know if I'm making a mistake somewhere:
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer for any reason?
Answer: Yes
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense?
Answer: Yes
18. Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?
Answer: Yes
19. Have you ever been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
Answer: No
( I was asked to go for Anger management class before charges were reduced, should I say yes here ?)
20. Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation or been paroled?
Answer: No
( I was under court probation, not formal probation should I say yes)
21. Have you ever been in jail or prison?
Answer: Yes
Also what should I say in the table below in this section:
"Why were you arrested, cited, detained or charged?": Should I say I was charged for domestic violence or disturbing the peace ?
Based on answer to question above, what should say for "Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation, detention or charge (No charges filed, charges dismissed, jail, probation, etc.)".
Will really appreciate if you could answer the questions above.
Thanks
Last year my wife and I had an argument at home and unfortunately we end up hitting each other and then my wife called the cops. I was arrested and charged with Domestic Violence (felony) and was in jail for a day before getting out on bail. My attorney got it reduced to a misdemeanor ( disturbing the peace). My attorney also mentioned that since the charge for which I'm finally convicted does not fall under COMT (Crime or Moral Turpitude or something like that), I can go ahead and file my naturalization application ( N-400) I have a few question about how should I fill the Moral Character section of application. This is what I'm planning to enter, I'll really appreciate if you could let me know if I'm making a mistake somewhere:
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer for any reason?
Answer: Yes
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense?
Answer: Yes
18. Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?
Answer: Yes
19. Have you ever been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program (for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
Answer: No
( I was asked to go for Anger management class before charges were reduced, should I say yes here ?)
20. Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation or been paroled?
Answer: No
( I was under court probation, not formal probation should I say yes)
21. Have you ever been in jail or prison?
Answer: Yes
Also what should I say in the table below in this section:
"Why were you arrested, cited, detained or charged?": Should I say I was charged for domestic violence or disturbing the peace ?
Based on answer to question above, what should say for "Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation, detention or charge (No charges filed, charges dismissed, jail, probation, etc.)".
Will really appreciate if you could answer the questions above.
Thanks