How can i get court copy for paid traffic ticket?

[skoopie 0]

i'm waiting for my interview letter but wanted to know if anyone knows how to go about getting court documentation to show that traffic tickets have been paid? i have about 5-6 various traffic from different townships but all have been paid (some by going to court to avoid points).

Thanks!

[moonhunt 1]

Request your own driving record copy from DMV.

It will show the exact date and the name of court.

Based on that information, you can contact each court to get the court documentation.

Or you can check whether you still have the ticket and payment record - canceled check, or credit card receipt - or not.

Edited February 1, 2009 by moonhunt

[KyngSilva 0]

Moon advised correctly. Contact the Court Clerks office. I would go in person this always helps, and they can print out the information. Best of luck

[Goran 2]

skoopie,

According to the new N-400 instructions (effective 1/22/2009), you do not need to provide evidence of your traffic tickets if they were under $500 and did not involve alcohol or drugs (See page 5, Step 2, "Other Documents"). I attached the instructions to this post, but it is also available here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Cheers,

Goran

i'm waiting for my interview letter but wanted to know if anyone knows how to go about getting court documentation to show that traffic tickets have been paid? i have about 5-6 various traffic from different townships but all have been paid (some by going to court to avoid points).

Thanks!

[moonhunt 1]

skoopie,

According to the new N-400 instructions (effective 1/22/2009), you do not need to provide evidence of your traffic tickets if they were under $500 and did not involve alcohol or drugs (See page 5, Step 2, "Other Documents"). I attached the instructions to this post, but it is also available here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Cheers,

Goran

We should be very careful about this.

According to the text of N400 instructions, it said "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 or points on your driver's license."

First, how can you prove the amount of fine ? Unless you have traffic ticket, you can not prove it.

So you should have either traffic ticket copy, or court documentation copy.

Second, it said, "a fine of less than $500 or points on your driver's license".

So even if you have a fine less than $500, you still needs to provide the documentation if you have demerit point(s).

But it is varied from USCIS adjudicator to adjudicator. So better be prepared than sorry.

[araz87 0]

skoopie,

According to the new N-400 instructions (effective 1/22/2009), you do not need to provide evidence of your traffic tickets if they were under $500 and did not involve alcohol or drugs (See page 5, Step 2, "Other Documents"). I attached the instructions to this post, but it is also available here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Cheers,

Goran

We should be very careful about this.

According to the text of N400 instructions, it said "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 or points on your driver's license."

First, how can you prove the amount of fine ? Unless you have traffic ticket, you can not prove it.

So you should have either traffic ticket copy, or court documentation copy.

Second, it said, "a fine of less than $500 or points on your driver's license".

So even if you have a fine less than $500, you still needs to provide the documentation if you have demerit point(s).

But it is varied from USCIS adjudicator to adjudicator. So better be prepared than sorry.

[araz87 0]

Actually, the instructions say the following:

"...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 less than $500 and/or points on your driver's license."

My interpretation is that if the fine was less than $500 and/or you only received points, then you need not submit the documentation.

So...if the fine was less than $500 and you also received points...no need to document.

Or...if the fine was less than $500 and you received no points...no need to document.

Or...if there was no fine but you received points...still no need to document.

I don't believe the points matter, only issue is if the fine was more than $500, then you must provide documentation. That's my interpretation anyway.

[Goran 2]

According to the N-400 instructions I downloaded (and attached to my previous post above), it states:

"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 or points on your driver's license."

In other words, you do not need to submit a court disposition if the ticket was less than $500 or resulted in points on your driver's license.

Like many on this forum, English is my second language. However, I am fairly certain that I have interpreted this piece of written federal lingo correctly.

In my humble opinion

Cheers,

Goran

PS. Of course, I am not a lawyer, and am just expressing my own personal interpretation and opinion on this matter. I.e., go with your own "gut."

[moonhunt 1]

According to the N-400 instructions I downloaded (and attached to my previous post above), it states:

"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 or points on your driver's license."

In other words, you do not need to submit a court disposition if the ticket was less than $500 or resulted in points on your driver's license.

Like many on this forum, English is my second language. However, I am fairly certain that I have interpreted this piece of written federal lingo correctly.

In my humble opinion

Cheers,

Goran

PS. Of course, I am not a lawyer, and am just expressing my own personal interpretation and opinion on this matter. I.e., go with your own "gut."

Sometimes even American-born people use different dictionary.

So don't rely much on the semantics.

That's why we have so many attorneys in U.S. considering the number of population.

I think whole U.S. population is about 10% of whole world population, but we have more than 75% of total numbers of attorneys in the world.

If USCIS adjudicator ask for it, and you don't have the documents/evidence with you,

it will delay the decision no matter what.

[Goran 2]

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If USCIS adjudicator ask for it, and you don't have the documents/evidence with you,

it will delay the decision no matter what.

No doubt! The more information you have prepared, the better off you are. However, if it so happens that a court cannot find your traffic ticket and produce a court-signed disposition, which, believe it or not, happens, I think you have some ground to stand on, citing the Service's own instructions.

That's all...

Cheers,

Goran