Traffic Violations prior to citizenship

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KDS95AB

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Consider this scenario:

During citizenship interview the officer asks about traffic violations. The applicant states the traffic violations (no DUI /DWI); which were not mentioned on the original application.

My question is:

If you do not mention the violations on the initial application and officer asks during inteview and you disclose it and the officer does not add that to the application saying traffic violations (non DUI /DWI) are not a big issue (some officers do not add the information to the application); and approves your application and you become citizen.

Years later is it possible, that you may have a brush with law and at that time they check you thoroughly and that that BCIS /INS can raise this issue and say that you did not disclose traffic violations (non DUI / DWI) and try to cancel your citizenship?

Please reply. Thanks in advance
 
KDS95AB said:
Consider this scenario:

During citizenship interview the officer asks about traffic violations. The applicant states the traffic violations (no DUI /DWI); which were not mentioned on the original application.

My question is:

If you do not mention the violations on the initial application and officer asks during inteview and you disclose it and the officer does not add that to the application saying traffic violations (non DUI /DWI) are not a big issue (some officers do not add the information to the application); and approves your application and you become citizen.

Years later is it possible, that you may have a brush with law and at that time they check you thoroughly and that that BCIS /INS can raise this issue and say that you did not disclose traffic violations (non DUI / DWI) and try to cancel your citizenship?

Please reply. Thanks in advance
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You are under oath during the interview process...always be truthful and disclose all the required information asked for in the application.
 
Actually it maybe a good idea to have at least one speeding ticket. If you dont have any speedng tickets the IO may get very suspicious since almost everyone has a speeding tickets. I advise those who dont have a speeding ticket to immediately go and get one before applying for cz. ;)
 
The question is that one did not mention the tickets on the initial application because it was not known that they have to be mentioned. Later on during interview you disclose them (non DUI / DWI) and the officer says no big issue and does not manually write them on the application; but approves your application and you become citizen.

Years later you may have a brush with law and BCIS / INS come to know that you had traffic violations before citizenship interview but none are written on the application (BECAUSE THE INTERVIEWING OFFICER DID NOT WRITE IT EVEN THOUGH YOU DISCLOSED THEM AT THE INTERVIEW). In this situation is it possible that BCIS / INS may cancel citizenship due to above scenario.
 
KDS95AB said:
The question is that one did not mention the tickets on the initial application because it was not known that they have to be mentioned. Later on during interview you disclose them (non DUI / DWI) and the officer says no big issue and does not manually write them on the application; but approves your application and you become citizen.

Years later you may have a brush with law and BCIS / INS come to know that you had traffic violations before citizenship interview but none are written on the application (BECAUSE THE INTERVIEWING OFFICER DID NOT WRITE IT EVEN THOUGH YOU DISCLOSED THEM AT THE INTERVIEW). In this situation is it possible that BCIS / INS may cancel citizenship due to above scenario.
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It depends on the type of violation and whether the DMV/court still has a record of it. For most traffic infractions the DMV does not have a record and the court will delete the record after awhile. If there is no record INS cant find out about it. In my case I have one speeding ticket. My DMV record does not have it and the court has no record of it (I checked). Even then I mentioned it on my application although if I had not mentioned it there is no way for INS to find out about it.
However, if you have lots of tickets then its possible DMV has a record of it. Even then it only goes back 7 yrs or so.
 
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