Traffic ticket and citizenship interview
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No you don't have to disclose them you should be o.k. unless they were $500 or over then you have to disclose. make sure you pay it tho they will ask you for proof of payment if it is left unpaid so take care of it.
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Marusia_GC
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Does it say "citation" on the ticket? It is better to pay it off as soon as possible and have a copy of the ticket and a proof for payment - just in case. If an IO specifically asks you about tickets, you may disclose this one. This will not affect your naturalization. However, some people think that traffic tickets (including parking ones) below $500 need not to be disclosed. I am strongly against this. I have the similar situation: I got a $10 ticket from the University campus police for parking in a spot without a sticker (though I got a permission before), and I am planning to disclose it at the oath.
Marusia:
Why would you disclose a parking ticket, particularly one that wasn't even issued by a law enforcement official? There is no need for this...at all.
When I was in junior high school in the early 90s, I got into a fight with a classmate and both of us were taken to the dean's office by the school security guards, who didn't allow us to leave. Based on your way of thinking, I should have reported that on my N-400 as having been detained by a law enforcement officer. Seriously...just go to your oath and stop worrying!
Marusia_GC
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Maybe I am too paranoid, but I believe that there still might be a slight chance that hiding this ticket would cause problems, while revealing would not cause any harm, would it? It's really very minor, and I am sure that an IO would not care about it, but at least would not deny my naturalization at the very oath stage because of GMC related to this total nonsense. Isn't it right? The same is with the other people who got tickets for parking - no matter from LE officers or at private parking spots.
Marusia:
Why would you disclose a parking ticket, particularly one that wasn't even issued by a law enforcement official? There is no need for this...at all.
When I was in junior high school in the early 90s, I got into a fight with a classmate and both of us were taken to the dean's office by the school security guards, who didn't allow us to leave. Based on your way of thinking, I should have reported that on my N-400 as having been detained by a law enforcement officer. Seriously...just go to your oath and stop worrying!
Maybe I am too paranoid, but I believe that there still might be a slight chance that hiding this ticket would cause problems, while revealing would not cause any harm, would it? It's really very minor, and I am sure that an IO would not care about it, but at least would not deny my naturalization at the very oath stage because of GMC related to this total nonsense. Isn't it right? The same is with the other people who got tickets for parking - no matter from LE officers or at private parking spots.
First, is campus police a real police? I have doubt about it.
Second, have you been caught in person or just found a ticket left on your car? It's very different. If you haven't been caught in person you absolutely not need to mention it because there is no evidence the citation is against "YOU", it is just against "the car". Although you're the owner you will be liable but in theory anyone could borrow your car to drive/park illegally.
There is absolutely NO CHANCE that this will cause problems, and no one will deny your naturalization for failing to disclose a parking ticket, let alone one that was issued by a glorified security guard. Again, there will always be a debate about traffic tickets, but just about everyone agrees that parking tickets do not need to be disclosed.
Here's an example for you. I live in NYC, where parking tickets are issued to the vehicle's license plate number. Once the ticket hits the system, the vehicle's registered owner is held responsible for the ticket. Let's say I let one of my friends borrow my car, and he receives a parking ticket while using it. This makes me responsible for the ticket, although I've done absolutely nothing to deserve it. In fact, my friend pays the ticket immediately and doesn't mention it to me. As such, if I was an N-400 applicant and was paranoid enough to disclose parking tickets, how in the world would I disclose it?
The same goes for people wondering if they should report car accidents. All the fear-mongering on this forum is getting out of control. Soon, applicants will start wondering if they should disclose the time they got after-school detention in 3rd grade for not doing their homework, or the time their mother made them stand in the corner for not cleaning their room (especially if their mother was a law enforcement officer).
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yep. You may possibly violated some university rules, but it's only between you and the university management. Under no circumstances it may be counted on your naturalization case.
Marusia_GC
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No, campus police is not the city police. In some cases, though, they do report to the city police. But not about parking. I asked them specifically about this when was paying the $10 fine. Indeed, they do not have any right to fine those people, whose parking lots are under reconstruction. This is a total mess what they do! I was assigned a temporary parking space at the lot "P" (my regular is "L"). BTW, I pay for my regular assigned parking spot every month - this is automatically deducted from my salary. When they transfer people to other parking lots due to the repairs, the University police makes notes in their system, but does not issue any stickers and does not give any temporary paper permits. When I asked for one, they told me, "You'll be fine". Oh, yes, I was fined!!! Every year stickers are renewed on July 31, that's when they promise to send out stickers. Now their stupid guards "catch" those who "violate" parking rules by not having proper stickers. The University police apologizes, but still makes people pay, and asks to appeal through the website with a broken link, because "they cannot merely dismiss parking tickets". I found out that the appeal committee will gather in 2 months. So I decided to pay the fine, because my oath is in two weeks - even though it is not the real police, I do not want to have any outstanding unpaid tickets. Imagine, how much money they will get from people who come to work every day and do need to park somewhere!!! Even if they return money to employees after two months... I decided to work from home as much as possible to avoid new tickets of the same type before my oath.