Being arrested and lifting conditions...please help??

[chloe 1]

Hi there,

Im hoping that someone can put my mind at rest over the following situation.

I recently got arrested for 'Driving without a Licence'. Being a total buffoon, I had been told that my UK licence was good for a year. After being rear-ended on the school run, the police told me differently and arrested me.

This is completely my fault, so please dont lecture me on being a crim, but Im concerned as to whether USCIS will deny me when it comes to lifting conditions.

My court date is in April and Im not due to lift conditions til next year, but Im losing sleep over this in terms of being able to stay in the US with my family.

If anybody has experience of this or knows what is likely to happen, then please advise.

Many Thanks

xChloe

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Hi there,

Im hoping that someone can put my mind at rest over the following situation.

I recently got arrested for 'Driving without a Licence'. Being a total buffoon, I had been told that my UK licence was good for a year. After being rear-ended on the school run, the police told me differently and arrested me.

This is completely my fault, so please dont lecture me on being a crim, but Im concerned as to whether USCIS will deny me when it comes to lifting conditions.

My court date is in April and Im not due to lift conditions til next year, but Im losing sleep over this in terms of being able to stay in the US with my family.

If anybody has experience of this or knows what is likely to happen, then please advise.

Many Thanks

xChloe

Not an issue, unless there are other offenses in your history. Good moral character isn't blemished, for the most part, by traffic violations. And by the way, even though you are asked on the Form I-751 of any citations, charges etc. any impact from what is disclosed is *usually* not triggered until an alien leaves the country, and for some reason when inspected at the POE to re-enter, their a macth with fingerprints or name checks that deem the alien "removable". Same deal when the alien applies for Naturalisation. What I am saying is that the alien with a string of petit offenses, or some major criminal offense that causes USCIS to consider him or her not of good moral character to deserve a green card, would arise after an FBI name check or the like.

Edited March 8, 2008 by diadromous mermaid

[chloe 1]

Thanks so much!!!

Really appreciate your quick response, its doing my head in here!!!

Thanks again

x Chloe

[ladi2005 0]

don't worry about it brah. You did not kill or rob anyone , you should good to go. They might ask you about it , but you should not have any big problems . Good luck. Let us now how it turns out............