Quick question on getting documents ready for interview

[floyd777]

I am putting together all the documents for the interview and I had a few questions on them

The three documents that I am thinking of collecting are :

a) Tax Return Transcripts for the past 5 year (even though I have lived in the US for all the 5 years except for a few occasional trips abroad) - question is - for someone for whom it is not hard to prove residency requirements - do we even need to carry this to the interview?

b) A driver transcript with a history of all tickets etc. I did not put any information about tickets because although I had a few over the past several years (probably 3 or 4), they were all for minor offences and the fines were below $500. But to be on the safe side, I want to get my driving record. I live in NJ - where should I get this from?

c) Selective Service Status letter - I was on valid non-immigrant status when I was 26 and got my green card only at 33 - so again the question is - should I even get this letter and if so, where should I get it from?

Thank You

 

[baikal3]

I am putting together all the documents for the interview and I had a few questions on them

The three documents that I am thinking of collecting are :

a) Tax Return Transcripts for the past 5 year (even though I have lived in the US for all the 5 years except for a few occasional trips abroad) - question is - for someone for whom it is not hard to prove residency requirements - do we even need to carry this to the interview?

If you only had occasional short trips abroad and your N-400 is not marriage-based, you don't need tax return transcripts.

c) Selective Service Status letter - I was on valid non-immigrant status when I was 26 and got my green card only at 33 - so again the question is - should I even get this letter and if so, where should I get it from?

You don't need anything from Selective Service.

b) A driver transcript with a history of all tickets etc. I did not put any information about tickets because although I had a few over the past several years (probably 3 or 4), they were all for minor offences and the fines were below $500. But to be on the safe side, I want to get my driving record. I live in NJ - where should I get this from?

Traffic tickets is a controversial topic, see the thread
http://forums.immigration.com/showt...c-tickets-and-naturalization-(threads-merged)

You can get your driving history/driving record/driver abstract from your state DMV - your case NJ. Do a google search yourself and you'll find where and how.

However, the driving history probably will not show older tickets and it will also not show what the fine amounts were, if any, and whether you actually paid them. To get a proof of payment/disposition for a particular ticket you would have to contact directly the municipal court for the area where the ticket was issued.

Most IOs ignore the traffic tickets and won't ask about them. I suggest that you don't bring them up during the interview unless specifically asked about traffic tickets by the IO or unless you have beforehand obtained proof of disposition for those tickets from the municipal courts in question.