I-485 and Criminal Record

Ben E.

Registered Users (C)
I had an incident of shoplifting 12 years ago in Canada for which I received a discharge (found guilty but not convicted); the penalty was 20 hours of community service. This discharge has been expunged from my record. So, technically, my record is clean. Do I have to declare this in my I-485? I have been told that since it has been expunged, it means that it never happened and I should not mention it in my I-485.

Thanks for any information.

Ben E.
 
Please Help Me

Dear Friend,
Please help me in giving some suggestions for me. I humbly request you to help me.
Friend, last week, I went to a bookshop and took two books and came out. I forgot to pay the amount for the books. Outside of the bookstore, Suddenly two people caught hold of me and asked me that, Are there any books in the bag. Then I said them that I forgot to pay the amount for them and I\'m ready to pay for it. They said that it is a shoplifting case and immediately took me to a room and made me to sit. I requested them that I did not do any mistake and Please leave me. They just ignored and called police. The police came and took my id and arrested me and me to sit and kept asking questions about my contact details and SSN Number. He then checked that I did not have any criminal history via mobile and said me that the cost of the books, which I had in my bag is around 160 dollars and he could not take me to jail (It is 200 dollars or more they would have taken me to jail). So he has written some papers and also took some paper by the Book Store person (Book store person has written that I took some books from the shelf and went through them and finally before leaving the store, I kept them in my bag). I completely forgot to pay for them and when I tried to inform the, they did not listen to me. Police asked me to come to court and pay fine.
I don\'t know exactly what to do and I\'m in a state of confusion. I\'m not a person to steal books; just I forgot to pay for them.
Please let me know, how I can defend the case and what all information I can provide the court to see that I\'m not the culprit.
I request you to please help me in this regard with your valuable suggestions. I don\'t have money to pay for attorneys.
Please help me.
Thanks,
I will be eagerly waiting for a reply from you.
My email id is satnetintcom@hotmail.com
This incidence happened in the state of Virginia.
I humbly request you to help me.
Thanks,
Sat Net
 
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