San Antonio TX - N-400 Timeline

I got a very bad accident last year, and I hurt myself instead of anybody else. I was worried about any questions about traffic violations, too. This is becasue this accident happened due to the fact that I didn't stick to the traffic rules --- I was speedy and tried to pass somebody in front of me on the right.

However, I didn't cause any trouble to anybody else, and I paid the fine (less than $500) immediately.

I didn't put this on the N-400 form. Should I mentioned during the interview or just ignore it --- since it is neither DUI nor DWI?
 
ForCitizenship said:
I got a very bad accident last year, and I hurt myself instead of anybody else. I was worried about any questions about traffic violations, too. This is becasue this accident happened due to the fact that I didn't stick to the traffic rules --- I was speedy and tried to pass somebody in front of me on the right.

However, I didn't cause any trouble to anybody else, and I paid the fine (less than $500) immediately.

I didn't put this on the N-400 form. Should I mentioned during the interview or just ignore it --- since it is neither DUI nor DWI?
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Call up the city court where you had the accident and check your record.
If they list it there, then you should list it on your n-400.
Get the proof that you paid $500 and it was dis-missed or whatever in your case.
 
ForCitizenship said:
Well, my lawyer said I didn't need to put it on n-400 since it is not drunk driving. Besides, the fine is much less than $500.
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agree...you should be fine...i would not bring any of that up in the interview. i did not have any traffic violations and they never asked about any of those.

they usually go through the application just to confirm the answers you arelady provided.
 
Oath letter rcvd-26th Jan-07 for interview on 11/7/06

Thanks all on board for keeping the community updated.
 
Did you put all these traffic violations in N-400? I guess you should be consistent with what is in your N400 during your interview.

Besides, are any of these violations related to alcohol?

Thanks.

aramamo said:
Folks,

My interview is on 22nd Jan. I have a couple of traffic violations in my driving record and was not sure if it would reflect poorly on me. Has one of your encountered questions regarding traffic ciolations during your interview? any tips or suggestions?
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MissMolina said:
Not using your US passport when you travel overseas is illegal.
If your country does not allow you to have dual citizenship, then you cannot use your country passport anymore. You have to get a valid visa on your US passport.
You can do what croATM is suggesting, but that is not lawfull.

Prevention is always better than cure. Goodluck.
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MissMolina said:
Not using your US passport when you travel overseas is illegal.
If your country does not allow you to have dual citizenship, then you cannot use your country passport anymore. You have to get a valid visa on your US passport.
You can do what croATM is suggesting, but that is not lawfull.

Prevention is always better than cure. Goodluck.
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Sorry, I pressed submit too soon !!!!!! The above statement is incorrect, in my opinion. The US immigration law on dual citizenship is rather vague (deliberately) but in essence it says that if your country permits dual citizenship then the US tacitly recognizes this, providing you do not serve in their military or vote etc etc.

They also recognise that some countries REQUIRE that you travel in and out using your original passport.

Thus if you have dual, it is essential that you ALWAYS travel in and out of the US using your US passport. However, you can use your birth-passport in and out of your country of original citizenship.

You are probably better off using your US passport for travel to third countries so that you can avail yourself of US assistance in the event of any difficulty.
 
I had an infopass on Dec 28. The officer told me my case status was "pending oath". She said they were working on oath letters and I should receive mine 1.5 or 2 weeks before the January oath. I asked about the February oath date and place, she did not tell me. Not very helpful.
 
thanks for the update, breez.

another quick question for the ones who have already been interviewed. Does the officer come prepared on your case? does he bring along his own documents pertaining to your case? or does he just go through the N400 application with you? just curious...thnx
 
aramamo said:
thanks for the update, breez.

another quick question for the ones who have already been interviewed. Does the officer come prepared on your case? does he bring along his own documents pertaining to your case? or does he just go through the N400 application with you? just curious...thnx
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do you mean prepared as in IO looked at your case prior to the interview? if so, then i do not think so. i think IP familiarizes him/herself with the case during the interview and by going over the N-400 application.

on the other hand, maybe they do pick-up 2-3 things from the application and check on those while they are escorting you in the elevator and to the office.
 
Breez said:
I had an infopass on Dec 28. The officer told me my case status was "pending oath". She said they were working on oath letters and I should receive mine 1.5 or 2 weeks before the January oath. I asked about the February oath date and place, she did not tell me. Not very helpful.
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hopefully no need for you to know when the february oath is since you should be with us there in january! ;)

holding my fingers crossed.

seems like San Antonio DO should have more frequent oath ceremonies. i was completely done with everything in 2.5 months and have been waiting for my oath for another 3 months. if i had my oath just shortly after the interview, it would have been all done in less than 3 months.
 
online status check

Maybe this is a stupid question. But could anybody tell me how to do this and what information I could expect from this check? Such as FP notice or IL date?

I am also trying to find out the correct link to do it as well.

Thanks in advance.
 
ForCitizenship said:
Maybe this is a stupid question. But could anybody tell me how to do this and what information I could expect from this check? Such as FP notice or IL date?

I am also trying to find out the correct link to do it as well.

Thanks in advance.
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first..don't hold your breath about any detail that you may see here.. :p

go to http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis and enter your receipt number. you will see your case status there.
 
ForCitizenship said:
If a FP notice letter is sent out, should this information appear on this online check?

Thanks in advance.
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No, you will not see any of those details on the online check. Just check your mail regularly.
 
CroATM,

Thanks a lot. You helped me a lot.

BTW, I have noticed many people say that their online statuses disappear for a while just before they get their ILs. Will the event that an IL is mailed out appears in the online status check system?

I actually just registered an email notification service for any online status change. If none of the details would appear in this online system, this email notification seems useless.
 
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