Friends,
I need your advise. I am in the process of filling up my N400 application. I have the following two traffic related incidents(in one I was involved and in another one I was not involved).
1. I got a ticket for a traffic violation (I stopped few feet after the stop sign) in 2004. I could not attend the class since I moved to another state. I contended the ticket at court by post, and paid the fees to the court after my contention was turned down.)
2. One fine day, I received a court summon to appear before court for leaving scene of accident (property damage - hotel). I was not at all involved in this accident. I had enough evidence to support that I was not involved, and municipal court dismissed that ticket. But almost 10 months later, the property owner's insurance company went ahead with the civil suite to claim damages for $10,000. After few rounds of interrogations by questionnaire, this one was withdrawn by the plaintiff(hotel's insurance company) without prejudice(meaning that they can re-file the case any time in next seven years).
Now, which of the following questions in Good Moral Character section of N-400 are to be answered 'YES'. I am confused with the terminologies here. Please help me.
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested? YES/NO
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason? YES/NO
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense? YES/NO
Please suggest which ones are applicable to me.
Thanks in advance.
-vscn400
I need your advise. I am in the process of filling up my N400 application. I have the following two traffic related incidents(in one I was involved and in another one I was not involved).
1. I got a ticket for a traffic violation (I stopped few feet after the stop sign) in 2004. I could not attend the class since I moved to another state. I contended the ticket at court by post, and paid the fees to the court after my contention was turned down.)
2. One fine day, I received a court summon to appear before court for leaving scene of accident (property damage - hotel). I was not at all involved in this accident. I had enough evidence to support that I was not involved, and municipal court dismissed that ticket. But almost 10 months later, the property owner's insurance company went ahead with the civil suite to claim damages for $10,000. After few rounds of interrogations by questionnaire, this one was withdrawn by the plaintiff(hotel's insurance company) without prejudice(meaning that they can re-file the case any time in next seven years).
Now, which of the following questions in Good Moral Character section of N-400 are to be answered 'YES'. I am confused with the terminologies here. Please help me.
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested? YES/NO
16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason? YES/NO
17. Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or offense? YES/NO
Please suggest which ones are applicable to me.
Thanks in advance.
-vscn400