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sarath48

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The notification for the oath ceremony has eight questions and one question relates to traffic fines paid as shown below.

4. Have you been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, including traffic violations?

I have paid traffic fines a couple of times, for speeding and running a red light over five years ago. Will this delay the oath taking. I do not have any receipts or information on the traffic offenses. Will they require me to produce proof of the nature of the violations (speeding, running a red light etc).

Thanks in advance.
 
sarath48 said:
The notification for the oath ceremony has eight questions and one question relates to traffic fines paid as shown below.

4. Have you been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, including traffic violations?

I have paid traffic fines a couple of times, for speeding and running a red light over five years ago. Will this delay the oath taking. I do not have any receipts or information on the traffic offenses. Will they require me to produce proof of the nature of the violations (speeding, running a red light etc).

Thanks in advance.
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If you read the header above these questions on the oath letter more carefully, you will see that they are asking if any of these things happened AFTER the interview. Specifically it says "AFTER the day you were first interviewed..." If the traffic tickets in question were before your interview date, you should answer "No" to question 4.
 
sarath48 said:
The notification for the oath ceremony has eight questions and one question relates to traffic fines paid as shown below.

4. Have you been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, including traffic violations?

I have paid traffic fines a couple of times, for speeding and running a red light over five years ago. Will this delay the oath taking. I do not have any receipts or information on the traffic offenses. Will they require me to produce proof of the nature of the violations (speeding, running a red light etc).

Thanks in advance.
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It mentioned "only after the interview", not for 5 years. It means on the interview day (right after the interview was ended) or between the interview day and the oath day. Do you have any traffic citations after the interview? If not, say no.

Congratulations on your becoming a US citizen! :)
 
Thanks for your help. You are right it says AFTER the date you were first interviewed on your Application for Naturalization.
 
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Can you explain the process of oath after the interview?
Do we get a form in the mail to fill and send back for a date?
I passed my interview today. My appointment was at 9 AM, I showed up at 8:30. I got called in around 10:15.


Local DO Washington Field Office - Fairfax, VA
07/30/04 Green Card
04/30/09 UPS N400 to Lewisville, TX (Day 0)
05/01/09 Application Package Rec'd at Lewisville, TX (Day 1)
05/01/09 Priority Date (Day 1)
05/05/09 Cheque Cashed (Day 5)
05/05/09 Notice Date (Day 5)
05/08/09 Rec'd I-797C NOA (Day 8)
05/13/09 I-797C Fingerprint Notice Date (Day 13)
05/16/09 Rec'd I-797C NOA Fingerprint Notice (Day 16)
05/19/09 FP done (Walk in) at Alexandria ASC (Day 19)
06/05/09 Fingerprint Date - Scheduled (Day 36)
06/15/09 Interview Letter Notice Date (Day 46)
06/18/09 Interview Letter Received (Day 49)
07/22/09 Interview Date (PASSED ) (Day 83)
XXXXXXX Oath Letter Rec'd
XXXXXXX Oath Ceremony
 
Three weeks after the interview, I received a letter (Form N-455, Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony), giving the time, date and place of ceremony (US Federal court house).

It has eight questions which refer to changes after the interview. ie If you got married after the interview, you need to take your marriage certificate to the oath ceremony, also if you have changed your mind on the promises given at the first interview such as joining the communist party, claim exemption from military service, willingness to bear arms on behalf of US, etc, they need an answer yes or no.
 
ridiculous said:
Can you explain the process of oath after the interview?
Do we get a form in the mail to fill and send back for a date?
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If your application has been recommended for approval, you'll receive an oath letter in the mail, usually within a few weeks of the interview.
 
If I want to contest the Traffic Ticket, I would presume my oath will be delayed until the court adjudicates the case?
 
sarath48 said:
The notification for the oath ceremony has eight questions and one question relates to traffic fines paid as shown below.

4. Have you been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, including traffic violations?

I have paid traffic fines a couple of times, for speeding and running a red light over five years ago. Will this delay the oath taking. I do not have any receipts or information on the traffic offenses. Will they require me to produce proof of the nature of the violations (speeding, running a red light etc).

Thanks in advance.
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BTW, Did you mention them in your N-400 form or during the interview?
 
baikal3 said:
If the traffic tickets in question were before your interview date, you should answer "No" to question 4.
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I guess the OP did not disclose these pre-interview traffic violation on his N400 forms because he did not think he needed too since N400 form did not say "including traffic violations", Now the N445 specifically say "including
traffic violations" so it prompt him to such a question
 
USGC485 said:
It mentioned "only after the interview", not for 5 years. It means on the interview day (right after the interview was ended) or between the interview day and the oath day. Do you have any traffic citations after the interview? If not, say no.

Congratulations on your becoming a US citizen! :)
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Just wanted to point out that one doesn't become a citizen until completing the oath. So, I guess Sarath48 is still not a citizen, as it seems the oath ceremony hasn't taken place yet.
 
You are right, one can become a US citizen only after the oath ceremony. My oath ceremony is scheduled for 14th of Aug. Until such time I will be just a green card person.
 
Huracan said:
Just wanted to point out that one doesn't become a citizen until completing the oath. So, I guess Sarath48 is still not a citizen, as it seems the oath ceremony hasn't taken place yet.
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What if someone claims to be USC after the interview but before taking oath? What are consequences? If one does this before interview, they're screwed...but what if after the interview? There is no option on the oath letter to this effect....after reading several of WBH type questions...I got this Q... :D:D
 
milk said:
What if someone claims to be USC after the interview but before taking oath? What are consequences? If one does this before interview, they're screwed...but what if after the interview? There is no option on the oath letter to this effect....after reading several of WBH type questions...I got this Q... :D:D
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After the oath, is it a crime for a citizen to claim to be a non-citizen? What
if you are a citizen and write NO to the citizenship question a juror solicitation letter? Or you are tired of neighbor asking about your status
and just tell your neighbior :"I am an unlawful alien what are you going to
do?"
 
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