Green card renewal with misdemeanor

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needhelp34

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Hi:
I have my green card since 1996. In 1998 I got arrested for shoplifting. Got 2 years probation and paid fine. No other convictions. It is now time to renew my green card and I was wondering if I had to bring cert. court papers regarding this case to my biometrics appointment. TIA.
 
Yes, it will be beneficial to send the certified copy of the disposition filed with I-90, the folks at biometrics will not take that from you, now you may ask to see the ASC Manager and provide that to him/her.
My brother he filed I-90 in 2005 and you know it is still pending because he has a conviction similar to yours, he got nothing but run around going after that. He then filed again in 2008 and after few months of biometrics appointment went and saw the ASC manager, she was very nice and apologized and she told him all this hold up is because of his conviction, he had his Certified Disposition with him and provided her with that, he got his green card two weeks after that.
Not only that she made that disposition a part of his A-File so there will be no issues later on.
Soon after receiving his new card he applied for Citizenship and became a Citizen.
 
Thank you for your reply. I have tried to get copies of the court papers but I was unsuccessfull. I called the original courthouse where the case was filed and they said it was transferred to archives. So I called archives and they don't file misdemeanors anymore. They gave me another number to call and nobody there picks up the phone. What should I do? I can't get the court papers and I don't have the case number. This was 12years ago.
 
Were you under 18 when you were arrested?
This matter I think you have to personally go to the County where you were arrested and convicted of a misdemeanor. If there are no records that exist, ask the County court clerk to provide you a Certified letter for the non existence of the records and attach it with your I-90.
 
needhelp34 said:
Thank you for your reply. I have tried to get copies of the court papers but I was unsuccessfull. I called the original courthouse where the case was filed and they said it was transferred to archives. So I called archives and they don't file misdemeanors anymore. They gave me another number to call and nobody there picks up the phone. What should I do? I can't get the court papers and I don't have the case number. This was 12years ago.
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You should try going there in person.. They might make you sign something so they can dig it out of archives
If that doesn't work you can ask the court to give a certfied letter saying that they don't have you file or somewhere along those lines. How old were you when u committed the crime?
 
I was 33 at the tim of the arrest. I called the original court house again and they told me they have transfered the files to a different courthouse and then they told me they are in archives court because it was so long ago and then they told me they only keep felonies and traffic tickets. Which courthouse should I go to to get the certi. letter saying that the file doesn't exist anymore? Courthouse number 1,2 or 3? And will this letter be enough regarding the confiction to get my citizenship? TIA.
 
I have one more quick question. How much money do I send to renew my green card? I know it is $280.00. But what about the biomedic fee of $80.00? Can I pay the $80.00 when I get fingerprinted?
 
needhelp34 said:
Hi:
I have my green card since 1996. In 1998 I got arrested for shoplifting. Got 2 years probation and paid fine. No other convictions. It is now time to renew my green card and I was wondering if I had to bring cert. court papers regarding this case to my biometrics appointment. TIA.
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I was on probabtion in 2007 for a Misdemeanor Battery case. Travelled overseas 4 times after the probation with no problems. Applied for Green Card Renewal in December 15, 2009, got finger printed and received my GC on February 4, 2010.
 
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