Fined overseas - Please help
Hi all,
I am getting ready to apply for my naturalization next month and have a question about my tickets/fines. I will be listing down all the traffic violations in the form, and I have records of all of them. However I was fined for not carrying an id with me when visiting some place in South East Asia (I guess that country required EVERYONE to carry ids) about 16 years ago. I can't even remember the fine amount, but it wasn't much at all.
I asked an immigration attorney if I should include that in my application. She did some research and told me that I did not need to (she's not my attorney; I just paid her a consultation fee). I do not have any records of that fine, and have been unsuccessful in obtaining any information about it (it's not exactly a first world nation). Some of my friends told me that the country does not keep records of minor fines like that, especially since it was such a long time ago.
I would appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks.
Hi all,
I am getting ready to apply for my naturalization next month and have a question about my tickets/fines. I will be listing down all the traffic violations in the form, and I have records of all of them. However I was fined for not carrying an id with me when visiting some place in South East Asia (I guess that country required EVERYONE to carry ids) about 16 years ago. I can't even remember the fine amount, but it wasn't much at all.
I asked an immigration attorney if I should include that in my application. She did some research and told me that I did not need to (she's not my attorney; I just paid her a consultation fee). I do not have any records of that fine, and have been unsuccessful in obtaining any information about it (it's not exactly a first world nation). Some of my friends told me that the country does not keep records of minor fines like that, especially since it was such a long time ago.
I would appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks.
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