Thanks for the information. I got denied because i didn't mention the marijuana ticket in my first interview or i didn't have court records showing what happened that was what my denial letter said. Yeah the marijuana ticket was for minor possession and got reduced to an infraction when i appeared in court i gave them court certified proof stating that in my N-336. I'm just scared that they are going to tell me a new reason for denial when they send me the letter like having too many traffic citations. I had my interview notes with me just in case they were going to ask any questions but she didn't really ask any of these questions but she took my notes and put them in my file.
1. Why didn’t you tell us about this ticket before in your first interview? I want to sincerely apologize for not disclosing this conviction in my first interview to the officer, I was a minor at the time of this traffic citation and I had honestly forgot about receiving this ticket, also the discussion I had with the officer in my first interview was about having to do with any unpaid/pending tickets at the moment. I told the officer I had a red light and a no seat belt ticket I also told him about one more unpaid ticket that I couldn’t remember at the time, the officer asked me if I can send in a copy of my DMV driving record and the proof that I had paid for the two unpaid ticket that I mentioned to the officer.
2.Why did you get so many tickets? I was being a careless driver and at the same time I didn’t realize the consequences that getting tickets can have on my future and when I seen my DMV driving history I was shocked to see that I had received so many tickets and promised myself that I wouldn’t get any more tickets from that day forward and be more careful when I’m driving. I haven’t gotten a ticket since 7/21/2011 and I promise to keep it like that I also attended four traffic schools out of my eight tickets I had received over time and I want to thank the officer for giving me this second chance to explain myself.
3.Why do you think we should change our decision? Because in my first interview there was a mix up about one ticket I had received when I was a minor and I know I got a lot of tickets in my driving history report but I promised myself that I will not get anymore now I realized on how getting tickets can affect me in the future and make me look bad as a person.
4.What’s your definition about good moral character? My definition on having good moral character is to have self-control and be a responsible adult and being mature and honest also a loyal individual at the same time having a constant pattern with these traits in my personality.
5.What happened on August 3rd 2009? During this time I was a minor, and at the time I only had my driving permit. I was hungry so I picked up my mom’s car and went to get food at in-n-out with a friend I had finished eating and dropped my friend off at his home and was on my way back home when I was pulled over by the police, upon searching the car they found an open container in the back seat which had marijuana inside it. I was cited and my mom came and picked me up, when I appeared in court with my mother the judge dismissed my violation code 308B possession of tobacco also reduced two violation codes 23222B and violation code 12500A to infractions. The judge ordered me to pay a fine of $450.00 total and gave me the time period of 90 days to pay for it the fine was paid for on January 24th 2010. In preparing for the N-400, I had actually forgotten about this incident as it occurred before I received my license and I was a minor. I actually didn’t understand the ramification of my actions at the time or that I was cited with an infraction I knew I had to go to court and my mom paid a fine. During the interview I answered the officers questions to the best of my recollection. At that time our discussion centered around any unpaid/pending tickets, which I did discuss. I apologize for not disclosing the information previously, I honestly had forgotten about this incident it wasn’t until the first time after I had went to the court house and they provided me the information then I remembered exactly what the ticket was for.
6.Why did you provide us with a criminal record search paper? The clerk that day handed me a criminal record search paper with the traffic ticket docket number and that the fine was paid for that’s all it said on that paper and that’s the same paper I sent to USIC in my appeal letter. USIC responded to my letter and set up a date for another interview hearing regarding my N-400 application on April 5th 2012 during the time I was waiting for my second interview I was getting worried because I thought the first paper I had submitted in my appeal letter regarding ticket 23222B didn’t have enough information on it for example the paper didn’t have the exact amount that was paid neither the information stating that ticket was an infraction, so on March 15th 2012 I went to the Fremont Hall Of Justice to see if they could give me better detailed information regarding my ticket I showed the clerk a photocopied paper that I sent in my appeal letter and she said that the clerk that helped me that day was a new transfer and had made an error she provided me with the wrong header she was not supposed to give me a criminal record search paper instead she was supposed to provide me with a traffic division name search she also said that evidence on my traffic file was destroyed but it wasn’t the second clerk gave me all the details about that ticket it was still in their system she provided me with a name search paper which showed the amount paid/ date and whether it was an infraction and the overall status of the ticket.
