N400 with domestic battery
I want to apply for citizenship.
this is how my case goes:
- 05.2005 I apply for green card 08.2005 I get arrested for misdemeaner battery(wife called cops we had a fight- i was arrested taken to jail, mug shot and signed out right away) 09.2005 went to interview and got the 2 year green card. I was offerd deferrd prosecution for 12 months with Anger Management classes, I completed everything than one year later(10.2006) the charge gets dismissed
- before I applied for the conditions on the 2 year green card to be removed I hired a criminal lawyer to vacate the case, he filed a motion to vacate conviction and the offense was vacated on 06.2007 and the offense was dismissed on prosecutor's motion at that same date. The conditions on the green card were removed and received the permanent green card.
- now I want to file N400 and I am cofused and would like to ask you for advice:
first how do I answer the following questions:
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
16. Have you EVER been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer
(including INS and military officers) for any reason? Yes No
17. Have you EVER been charged with committing any crime or offense? Yes No
18. Have you EVER been convicted of a crime or offense? Yes No
19. Have you EVER been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program
(for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)? Yes No
20. Have you EVER received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation, or been paroled? Yes No
21. Have you EVER been in jail or prison?*
my only other run in with the law is a trrafic ticket(failure to stop at stop sign) paid a fine
should I apply now and get it over with or should I do something else before I apply?
should I get a lawyer or not(why?) does it matter the grounds that the domestic battery was vacated on?*
please let me know if you could help, your advice will be very helpfull
Thank you
I want to apply for citizenship.
this is how my case goes:
- 05.2005 I apply for green card 08.2005 I get arrested for misdemeaner battery(wife called cops we had a fight- i was arrested taken to jail, mug shot and signed out right away) 09.2005 went to interview and got the 2 year green card. I was offerd deferrd prosecution for 12 months with Anger Management classes, I completed everything than one year later(10.2006) the charge gets dismissed
- before I applied for the conditions on the 2 year green card to be removed I hired a criminal lawyer to vacate the case, he filed a motion to vacate conviction and the offense was vacated on 06.2007 and the offense was dismissed on prosecutor's motion at that same date. The conditions on the green card were removed and received the permanent green card.
- now I want to file N400 and I am cofused and would like to ask you for advice:
first how do I answer the following questions:
15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
16. Have you EVER been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer
(including INS and military officers) for any reason? Yes No
17. Have you EVER been charged with committing any crime or offense? Yes No
18. Have you EVER been convicted of a crime or offense? Yes No
19. Have you EVER been placed in an alternative sentencing or a rehabilitative program
(for example: diversion, deferred prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)? Yes No
20. Have you EVER received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation, or been paroled? Yes No
21. Have you EVER been in jail or prison?*
my only other run in with the law is a trrafic ticket(failure to stop at stop sign) paid a fine
should I apply now and get it over with or should I do something else before I apply?
should I get a lawyer or not(why?) does it matter the grounds that the domestic battery was vacated on?*
please let me know if you could help, your advice will be very helpfull
Thank you