Hello I was questioned by police over a crime I was accused of and need to know if I need to include it on my N-400 application? The details are that I was accused of a crime 15 years ago ( back in my home country) when I was a minor (I was 15 years old). I was never charged with anything. Never arrested, or fined or anything at all. Nothing ever came of it. Should I worry about it?
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police questioning and N-400
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sanjoseaug20
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Did you declare that in your green card application? I presume you got GC on your own rather than through your parents.
sanjoseaug20
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First the fact that usually things should be same on GC and N400, so this is a non-issue (non-reportable).
Second it seems it was just some questioning, no arrest, no crime etc ... again seems non-issue (non-reportable).
Is there any reason for you to think you will be questioned about it (like someone complaining)? If not, forget about it.
Second it seems it was just some questioning, no arrest, no crime etc ... again seems non-issue (non-reportable).
Is there any reason for you to think you will be questioned about it (like someone complaining)? If not, forget about it.
Thanks for the reply you have made me feel better. While I was accused of a crime it was by somebody who likes to tell tales so I denied it. So no, I didn't commit any crime, I was accused, questioned and then the police said that they don't have anything so I went home and that was it. I was never arrested etc. So I shall forget it. No one has complained, It has been a non-issue for the last 15 years but I just wanted to make sure before I sent in my N-400.
Thanks for the reply WBH, No I didn't go through formal criminal proceedings. No fingerprints, or arrest, or anything like that. I was just accused and then they questioned me over the accusations and then that was it. I had to go to the local police station and I was there for maybe 15 minutes and then that was it.
Thanks for the reply WBH, No I didn't go through formal criminal proceedings. No fingerprints, or arrest, or anything like that. I was just accused and then they questioned me over the accusations and then that was it. I had to go to the local police station and I was there for maybe 15 minutes and then that was it.
Did you go to the policce station because the police physically brought you there or not?
In the USA, if the police bring you to the police station and you do not have the freedom not to go,
and the police has soem probably cause that you are a suecpect then that can count as detention by the police
or even teh arrest by the police. I don't think in the USA the polcie can issue an order you must go to police on
your own. But in other countries, system can be different. In some countries where there is no such clear
seperation of government power, the police can serve as juding authority on their own for some minor
crimes (or even serious crime).
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The fact that the police questioning happened while you were a minor and in your home country supports the argument that you don't need to disclose it.
USCIS does not say juvvy offenses do not have to be disclosed. Neither do they say events that oiccured in foreign countries do not need to be dislcosed. I think mostr support the argument the OP don't need to disclose it simply because reporting such things is not practically useful to any one involved.
Thank you Bobsmyth! WBH, I was never ordered to the station, the police didn't take me, my father did as I was 15. I had to go to the station to discuss the accusation but I was never ordered or detained or anything like that. My father was in the room with me the whole time while they asked me questions. I denied I had committed any crime and that was that. I also didn't have an appointment to see them. When I found out the police wanted to see me My father and I went down to the station late that night to see them. They asked me questions, I denied any wrongdoing (so did my father who thought the whole thing was a joke) and that was that. So I guess I am worrying over nothing? Thank you to everyone who replied, it is appreciated.
Thank you Bobsmyth! WBH, I was never ordered to the station, the police didn't take me, my father did as I was 15. I had to go to the station to discuss the accusation but I was never ordered or detained or anything like that. My father was in the room with me the whole time while they asked me questions. I denied I had committed any crime and that was that. I also didn't have an appointment to see them. When I found out the police wanted to see me My father and I went down to the station late that night to see them. They asked me questions, I denied any wrongdoing (so did my father who thought the whole thing was a joke) and that was that. So I guess I am worrying over nothing? Thank you to everyone who replied, it is appreciated.
By American standard here, you do not need to report anything. Here the police has no right or power to acuse anyone of anything (that is prosecutor's job) They only have
the rigth to suspect you of doing soemthing wrong and arrest/cite/detain you based upon that. But if they do not arrest/cit you and you voluntarily go to police to clear thing out,
then you just answer No to all questions Q16-21