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shie0023,i'm just curious....were you fingerprinted at the time of your arrest?have you travelled outside the US?did you any problem at the port of entry coming back?
 
shie0023 said:
Oh no, never meant that DUIs are ever OK, NEVER. I was fortunate that my two mishaps did not involve anyone else and I did not hurt anyone. Don't think for a second that I am proud of my DUIs, I'm ashamed of my wrong doings and I learned from my mistakes.

Me stating that I have 2 DUIs are simply demonstrating that applying for N400 with blemishs on your records is still manageable by yourself if you stay clean and lawful for 5 straight years to establish "good moral character" period and no lawyers are needed.

I was seriously worried that my application would be strongly scrutinized because of the repeated offense, but to my surprise, my immigration officer was cool and chill. There's definitely something to say about getting an immigration officer on a good day and in a good mood on your day of interview.
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In that case Congrats again and I am very happy your case went smoothly :)
 
Doesn't probation (without voilation) count towards good moral conduct??

Could one you please explan if probation period cannot be considered towards 5 years of good moral conduct before applying for citizenship.

Here is my spouse case:
Green Card - July 2007
Hit & Run charged - Sept. 2007
Pre-Trail - March 2008 and case was reduced to a California Penal Code 415 (disturbing peace) with two year probation (i.e, March 2010).

Can she apply for citizenship around July 2012 or should she wait until March 2015??

Please advise.
 
CaliGC said:
Could one you please explan if probation period cannot be considered towards 5 years of good moral conduct before applying for citizenship.

Here is my spouse case:
Green Card - July 2007
Hit & Run charged - Sept. 2007
Pre-Trail - March 2008 and case was reduced to a California Penal Code 415 (disturbing peace) with two year probation (i.e, March 2010).

Can she apply for citizenship around July 2012 or should she wait until March 2015??

Please advise.
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She can apply in 2012 as her probationary period will have ended by then. 8 C.F.R. 316.10(c) (1) goes into detail about this.
 
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xd45 said:
shie0023,i'm just curious....were you fingerprinted at the time of your arrest? Yes, in the U.S., everytime you're arrested, you get fingerprinted. I was fingerprinted both time during my arrests. have you travelled outside the US? No, I have never traveled outside of U.S since I immigrated here. To busy with school! did you any problem at the port of entry coming back? Since I never traveled outside of U.S., I didn't have to deal with re-entry procedures.
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CaliGC said:
Could one you please explan if probation period cannot be considered towards 5 years of good moral conduct before applying for citizenship.

Here is my spouse case:
Green Card - July 2007
Hit & Run charged - Sept. 2007
Pre-Trail - March 2008 and case was reduced to a California Penal Code 415 (disturbing peace) with two year probation (i.e, March 2010).

Can she apply for citizenship around July 2012 or should she wait until March 2015??

Please advise.
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Just remember, anytime an applicant is on probation, their N400 will get denied! If your wife's probation ends in 03/2010, then she will be eligible to apply for N400. If she wants to applyin 07/2012, then I say go ahead. If you want to be 100% safe, then applying in 03/2015 would be the safest!

My probation period ended in 04/2003, sure, I could've applied in 05/2003, but I waited until 07/2007 to apply (anticipating that by the time I get my interview, I will be 5 years after my probation period had ended.
 
Congratulations Shie0023, Got a question about your move. I have heard that moving into a different DO jurisdiction will cause a 90 day delay. I notice that did not happen to you. Did you move within the same DO area?
 
Haha, I can't believe you pulled an April Fool joke on an IMMIGRATION FORUM!!!!!!!!!!! That's balls. Anyway, I have a question. It has nothing to do with run ins with the law, but the fact that when I apply for citizenship in 2009, out of the 5 years prior to the date I will be eligible to apply, I would have been outside the country for VERY SLIGHTLY LESS than half the time. I know that I will have to have been in the US for at least 2.5 out of the 5 years, without having left for more than 6 months at a time. So, will the fact that I will be cutting it extremely close (within days of the limit) lead to a denial of my application? I make sure to come back to the US every 5 months at least, and I'm only abroad to do a master's degree.

Any advice regarding this would be much appreciated. Thank you.
 
cafeconleche said:
Haha, I can't believe you pulled an April Fool joke on an IMMIGRATION FORUM!!!!!!!!!!! That's balls. Anyway, I have a question. It has nothing to do with run ins with the law, but the fact that when I apply for citizenship in 2009, out of the 5 years prior to the date I will be eligible to apply, I would have been outside the country for VERY SLIGHTLY LESS than half the time. I know that I will have to have been in the US for at least 2.5 out of the 5 years, without having left for more than 6 months at a time. So, will the fact that I will be cutting it extremely close (within days of the limit) lead to a denial of my application? I make sure to come back to the US every 5 months at least, and I'm only abroad to do a master's degree.
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Depends on how close together your trips were. If you were in the US for 6.5 months every year, you shouldn't have a problem. But if you have a stretch of (for example) 3 or 4 consecutive trips of 5 months each with 1 month or less in between, it may be looked at as one big long trip and they'll probably say you broke continuous residence even though no individual trip was over 6 months.

See http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1759394#post1759394
 
Can someone point me to a reference where it mentions you have to or should wait 5 yrs after your probation period is over before applying for Citizenship???
 
mwalam said:
Can someone point me to a reference where it mentions you have to or should wait 5 yrs after your probation period is over before applying for Citizenship???
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No where states that you should wait 5 years AFTER your probation period is over, it was a lawyer to informed me "to be safe", I should wait 5 years after my probation period.

Since I was denied once already because I was still on probation, I wanted to play safe. I waited 4 years and 300+ days (just before 5 years after my probation period) to apply.

Waiting for 5 years after your probation period is NOT part of the requirement for N400 applications. Please do not get confused, it was just my experience.
 
usaangel2006 said:
Ok now u are an American, I hope you keep up the American pride and not bring shame to many of those in the pipe line

But trust me, I have reason to believe that down the line, you will end of in trouble with law some how...any way we dont want you here any more...
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Wow, friendster here! Going back to read all your posts, you never had anything nice to say to anyone. Not surprised to read negativity from your posts!

Well, I have reason to believe that you're a happy friendly person and you have many friends. :rolleyes:
 
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mwalam said:
Can someone point me to a reference where it mentions you have to or should wait 5 yrs after your probation period is over before applying for Citizenship???
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There is no rule saying you must wait 5 years after your probationary period is over before applying before citizenship. However, an application for naturalization cannot be approved until probation , parole or suspended sentence has been completed.
8 cfr 316.10 (c)(1) goes into detail about this:

c) Proof of good moral character in certain cases—(1) Effect of probation or parole. An applicant who has been on probation, parole, or suspended sentence during all or part of the statutory period is not thereby precluded from establishing good moral character, but such probation, parole, or suspended sentence may be considered by the Service in determining good moral character. An application will not be approved until after the probation, parole, or suspended sentence has been completed.
 
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