Hi,
I'm applying for citizenship and consider myself of good moral character. I have never been arrested, detained, convicted or any of those things, thank God. But I have gotten parking tickets before. The last one was at my college and I paid it off the next day. Does stuff like that count? According to the document checklist, I don't think I even have to mention it on the application. I am planning on getting my DMV record, so that I can take a copy with me. I'm sure I can also obtain proof that I paid this ticket.
I remembered just today that I did have a car in 2000 and 2001 and that I collected parking tickets on this vehicle (paid all of them though). But worse, I also collected a few tickets for expired tags. I simply didn't have the money to fix the car so that it would pass the smog test. The car got finally towed from my house and I haven't heard about it since. I only remember the make and model - I don't have any associated paperwork for it anymore. I understand that driving with expired tags and not paying registration fees could be seen as bad moral character! Is this something I need to worry about? Should that be mentioned as an attachment in the application? If so, where? All the yes and no questions pertain to committing crimes - does this constitute a crime? If it did, would I even have gotten my GC?
I will try to obtain records for this from the DMV as well and I guess I should bring them to the interview just in case? I don't want to lie but I also don't want to open a can of worms. During the interview, can I just omit it? If, of course, any questions are asked that warrant mentioning this issue, I would explain it. I wish I knew how much information they can access! This whole thing happened so long ago under my maiden name when I still had my international license, I think. Sigh.
I'm applying for citizenship and consider myself of good moral character. I have never been arrested, detained, convicted or any of those things, thank God. But I have gotten parking tickets before. The last one was at my college and I paid it off the next day. Does stuff like that count? According to the document checklist, I don't think I even have to mention it on the application. I am planning on getting my DMV record, so that I can take a copy with me. I'm sure I can also obtain proof that I paid this ticket.
I remembered just today that I did have a car in 2000 and 2001 and that I collected parking tickets on this vehicle (paid all of them though). But worse, I also collected a few tickets for expired tags. I simply didn't have the money to fix the car so that it would pass the smog test. The car got finally towed from my house and I haven't heard about it since. I only remember the make and model - I don't have any associated paperwork for it anymore. I understand that driving with expired tags and not paying registration fees could be seen as bad moral character! Is this something I need to worry about? Should that be mentioned as an attachment in the application? If so, where? All the yes and no questions pertain to committing crimes - does this constitute a crime? If it did, would I even have gotten my GC?
I will try to obtain records for this from the DMV as well and I guess I should bring them to the interview just in case? I don't want to lie but I also don't want to open a can of worms. During the interview, can I just omit it? If, of course, any questions are asked that warrant mentioning this issue, I would explain it. I wish I knew how much information they can access! This whole thing happened so long ago under my maiden name when I still had my international license, I think. Sigh.