So I've lived in the US since middle school ,and way back in high school (definitely over 5 years ago) I got caught drinking underage at a party when I was 17. Since I wasn't 18, it was a violation of the city ordinance (SEC. 17.3-1(B) Unlawful Possession or Consumption of Alcohol By a Person Under the Age). I completed 20 hours of community service as a fine as that was the end of it. No arrest, no court action, no criminal record. Since then I never had any troubles with the law, not even a single speeding ticket. On my citizenship application, I listed this incident. Before the interview I received a paper from the immigration office asking to bring any discharge papers from the judge. Since there was no arrest, I didn't have any discharge papers and never went to court. I called the probation officer at the city court of my hometown and he told me he didn't have any papers to give me, since this matter was settled out of court and this was just an ordinance violation, and I have no record of any sort.
My interview in the beginning of January (very close to 90 ago now)went well, I explained the situation to the immigration officer and she said that's fine. Then she showed me a paper saying "I've been recommended for final approval" and told me to wait for the oath invitation to come in a few weeks.
The same week (4 days later), I get N-14 in the mail AGAIN asking for discharge papers from the judge or other records from city court. This time I went to the city court personally, the person in charge of the juvenile cases there wrote this official letter explaining my situation and attaching the record of my completed community service. He sent that directly to the immigration office. I also took a copy of his explanatory letter and sent it to the immigration office along with N-14. I sent all this within two weeks after the interview.
Here are the questions:
Would this be reasonable for them to deny me citizenship based on this incident that happened many years ago? (Like I said I have no criminal record, no traffic violations, and both of my parents are US citizens if that makes any difference)
When N-14 is submitted, how much longer does it take for everything to get processed?
Also at the interview, I requested to change my name (just a spelling error in my middle name), does that take extra time too? (The immigration officer told me that name change is done by a judge)
It's been almost 3 months now, so it really makes me worried since in June at the latest I need to apply for a foreign student visa (to continue my graduate studies) to Canada, which I was hoping to do with a US passport.
My interview in the beginning of January (very close to 90 ago now)went well, I explained the situation to the immigration officer and she said that's fine. Then she showed me a paper saying "I've been recommended for final approval" and told me to wait for the oath invitation to come in a few weeks.
The same week (4 days later), I get N-14 in the mail AGAIN asking for discharge papers from the judge or other records from city court. This time I went to the city court personally, the person in charge of the juvenile cases there wrote this official letter explaining my situation and attaching the record of my completed community service. He sent that directly to the immigration office. I also took a copy of his explanatory letter and sent it to the immigration office along with N-14. I sent all this within two weeks after the interview.
Here are the questions:
Would this be reasonable for them to deny me citizenship based on this incident that happened many years ago? (Like I said I have no criminal record, no traffic violations, and both of my parents are US citizens if that makes any difference)
When N-14 is submitted, how much longer does it take for everything to get processed?
Also at the interview, I requested to change my name (just a spelling error in my middle name), does that take extra time too? (The immigration officer told me that name change is done by a judge)
It's been almost 3 months now, so it really makes me worried since in June at the latest I need to apply for a foreign student visa (to continue my graduate studies) to Canada, which I was hoping to do with a US passport.