QUESTION ABOUT N400 FORM

[tyme 0]

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Is getting a speeding ticket regarded as a crime or offense?Do I say yes to this question?

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?

Again,is the speeding ticket a citation?

Thanks for all your help.

[payxibka 10,047]

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Is getting a speeding ticket regarded as a crime or offense?Do I say yes to this question?

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?

Again,is the speeding ticket a citation?

Thanks for all your help.

A speeding ticket is a citation............

According to Wikipedia

A traffic ticket is a citation issued by a police officer to motorists who fail to obey traffic laws. Traffic tickets generally come in two forms, citing a moving violation, such as exceeding the speed limit, or a non-moving violation, such as a parking ticket. Traffic tickets are generally heard in traffic court.

Edited October 9, 2008 by payxibka

[NickD 203]

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Is getting a speeding ticket regarded as a crime or offense?Do I say yes to this question?

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?

Again,is the speeding ticket a citation?

Thanks for all your help.

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Well have you ever committed a crime you were never caught or arrested for? This wouldn't include your speeding ticket, you were caught and cited for that, has to be that secret deep crime nobody knows about, will leave that up to you as to how you answer that.

M-476 and the N-400 instructions clearly state which traffic violations you have to report, will also leave that up to you to read those.

[kmineo 0]

We responded No to 15 and yes to 16.

We brought the court records, but they didn't even check them. I think they just asked my wife what the ticket was for (although there was already and explanation on your application) and then went on from there. We went ahead and put yes, because they don't care about tickets under $500 and also I read somewhere, if it is found out you lied on your application, even after you have your recieved your citizenship they can go back and revoke it. Not likely for a speeding ticket but didn't want that loophole to be tested.

[russian_armenian 4]

You can read in N-400 explanations that traffic incidents are exempt from mentioning if not involved substance abuse (DUI) and under $500.

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Is getting a speeding ticket regarded as a crime or offense?Do I say yes to this question?

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?

Again,is the speeding ticket a citation?

Thanks for all your help.

[kmineo 0]

You can read in N-400 explanations that traffic incidents are exempt from mentioning if not involved substance abuse (DUI) and under $500.

Not really true, if you go to page 25 on the M-476 "Guide to Naturalization" it says:

"Note that unless a traffic incident was alcohol or drug related, you do not need to submit documentation for traffic fines and incidents that did not involve an actual arrest if the only penalty was a fine of less than $500 and/or points on your driver’s license.

Lying. …,If USCIS grants you naturalization and you are later found to have lied during your interview, your citizenship may be revoked."

So yes you are suppose to put it on but you shouldn't need any additional documention for it. However we got a request for additional information to be brought to the interview and it did say court records. However at the interview they did not ask for them. I think it just automatically prints out that request if you check yes to the answer.

So in summary. i would recommend putting it on as a yes, as it does no harm. Do they really care about, not really, would they revoke your citizenship over it, very doubtful. Could they, yes they could if you lied at your interview or on your application. So in theory if you did something that pissed someone high up off, they could get you booted out on a technicality. Again I don't think this would happen, but since the interviewer or the government doesn't care about minor traffic tickets, no reason to hide it in the first place.

[viktoria 0]

You can read in N-400 explanations that traffic incidents are exempt from mentioning if not involved substance abuse (DUI) and under $500.

Not really true, if you go to page 25 on the M-476 "Guide to Naturalization" it says:

"Note that unless a traffic incident was alcohol or drug related, you do not need to submit documentation for traffic fines and incidents that did not involve an actual arrest if the only penalty was a fine of less than $500 and/or points on your driver’s license.

Lying. …,If USCIS grants you naturalization and you are later found to have lied during your interview, your citizenship may be revoked."

So yes you are suppose to put it on but you shouldn't need any additional documention for it. However we got a request for additional information to be brought to the interview and it did say court records. However at the interview they did not ask for them. I think it just automatically prints out that request if you check yes to the answer.

So in summary. i would recommend putting it on as a yes, as it does no harm. Do they really care about, not really, would they revoke your citizenship over it, very doubtful. Could they, yes they could if you lied at your interview or on your application. So in theory if you did something that pissed someone high up off, they could get you booted out on a technicality. Again I don't think this would happen, but since the interviewer or the government doesn't care about minor traffic tickets, no reason to hide it in the first place.

Just speeding ticket under $500 is nothing, under ifluence is the problem

[akdiver 3]

15. Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?

Is getting a speeding ticket regarded as a crime or offense?Do I say yes to this question?

16. Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law enforcement officer (including USCIS or former INS and military officers) for any reason?

The form instructions address your questions.

[russian_armenian 4]

Oh, thanks. I gather now-have to put info on form but dont need to bring court records and show thay you paid for them.

I was a bit confused because I have read that a guy was denied naturalization only because he had too many speeding tickets. I dont remember details but I think he did put it on form. USCIS and appeal court decision said too many speeding tickets equals to lack of good moral character since applicant for naturalization neglets local traffic laws.

You can read in N-400 explanations that traffic incidents are exempt from mentioning if not involved substance abuse (DUI) and under $500.

Not really true, if you go to page 25 on the M-476 "Guide to Naturalization" it says:

"Note that unless a traffic incident was alcohol or drug related, you do not need to submit documentation for traffic fines and incidents that did not involve an actual arrest if the only penalty was a fine of less than $500 and/or points on your driver’s license.

Lying. …,If USCIS grants you naturalization and you are later found to have lied during your interview, your citizenship may be revoked."

So yes you are suppose to put it on but you shouldn't need any additional documention for it. However we got a request for additional information to be brought to the interview and it did say court records. However at the interview they did not ask for them. I think it just automatically prints out that request if you check yes to the answer.

So in summary. i would recommend putting it on as a yes, as it does no harm. Do they really care about, not really, would they revoke your citizenship over it, very doubtful. Could they, yes they could if you lied at your interview or on your application. So in theory if you did something that pissed someone high up off, they could get you booted out on a technicality. Again I don't think this would happen, but since the interviewer or the government doesn't care about minor traffic tickets, no reason to hide it in the first place.