N400 Yellow Letter - Arrest?

[Blablabla1212 1]

Hi Everyone and thanks for the help in advance....

I have applied for N400 and have an interview in a month. I received a yellow letter today saying that i have mentioned I have arrests and that i should bring court records with me to the interview. 1st of all i don't have any arrests, i had 2 traffic citations, one in Plano TX (where i live) and another in California (where i was visiting on vacation)...both where paid and under $500. I have printed my driving record from Texas and i have proof that the fine has been paid in San Diego California via credit card payment on statement...what should I do more other than bring proof of payment....do I need to contact San Diego and Plano courts and ask for a record?

I am so confused, why would it say arrests when i clearly said TRAFFIC CITATION-NO ARREST....i have no other records with any court....PLEASE HELP! I want to go prepared to this interview...

[jkelly07 120]

every body get traffice tickets,if it's under five hundred dollars,i think the IO saw that you put arrested on the n-400 form,it looks like you need to bring them what they ask at the interview, proof thatyou was not arrested, the ticket was paid,a copy the traffic ticket or paid court receipts,other people have the same problem, as long as you have proof and a answer for him it will be okay they understand, don't worry to much about that

[Haarp425 26]

I don't think traffic violation is crime. You should have not included it. Seeing Arrest even though you state No Arrest might have caused red flag on your file. However, since you were told bring documents about your "Arrest" even though you were not arrested, get court records that your case was dismissed after paying the fine.

Get police clearance in Plano, TX and California by mail.

Also, if you want to know if there are some unknown record that you don't know regarding "arrest", get your FBI Identification Record for personal review at

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/background-checks/background_checks

I have to get this FBI Identification Record (personal review) for Computer Forensics class and certification exam I took here in WA.

[NickD 203]

Read a post here before my stepdaughter had her interview about someone having to prove they paid their traffic violations. Just figured that IO had a bug up their butt. But in her case, she was asked by her IO if she had any traffic violations. Since she did, she can't say no, that would be lying. So then she gets a letter, a decision cannot be made until she provides proof these fines were paid and that her drivers' license was not suspended. And they are asking for certified court records with a court seal.

After 9/11 they more than doubled the size of our police department, the DOT came in and added a whole bunch of traffic lights, and replaces all the yield signs with stop signs, have two unmarked cop cars in town. Many speed limits were reduced, even on the county roads, that were 55 mph. If there is a bar on those county roads, suddenly the speed was dropped to 35 mph, so can get trapped, because you drove on that road for years and just don't expect that.

While my stepdaughter was a minor at that time, could talk to the clerk of court, but since she is an adult now, wouldn't give me her records due to some privacy act, even though at the time, had to appear in traffic court with her. Its a bitter thing to get a traffic violation, for the most part, your word against an officer of the law. If you say under oath you stopped completely, and he said you rolled, you get a ticket.

At municipal court, they don't have seals nor certified records, and the clerk asked me what these are for, said immigration, she said we are getting a lot of these requests lately. She said she could print this on the court letter head and sign it, asked her to type, this is a municipal court and we don't provide seals nor have certification, but my stepdaughter is the only one that can pick these up, even though they are listed on the internet as public records.

Appears to be a trend here to either delay or cancel N-400 applications, stepdaughter sure got that threat in her letter. And we can only hope they will accept all we can get. So why are they asking now if you had traffic violations, stepdaughter even told her IO the fines were well less than $500.00, one was $86.00, the other was $186.00, mostly court cost. Did happen to go to our municipal court one day for other business, saw over 200 people in line. Talked to a city cop, hard to keep their job, they have quotas. Not talking about drunken drivers nor accidents, more like going 21 in a 20 or rolling at a stop sign.

Wife works at the hospital only 1.5 miles away, I drop her off and pick her up otherwise she has to walk three blocks in the rain or the snow and always see at least one victim stopped by a cop with the lights flashing blocking traffic. On the main road, recently added a stop sign on a side road rarely ever used. Can always see a cop partially hidden behind a bush. What is this country coming too? Can tell you this, that extra income is sure not reducing our property taxes, can only ask where is it going.

Bad enough having a corrupt police force, now seems dealing with a corrupt USCIS on this issue. Then we get a new senator and congressman that doesn't know anything!

[Haarp425 26]

But in her case, she was asked by her IO if she had any traffic violations.

Well, if the USCIS IO ask you if you have a traffic violations and you know you have one, you better say YES because they have a copy of your moving violations to begin with.

It is the same thing where I work, we have your "rap sheet" when you apply for your license and we ask you if you have been arrested or have traffic violations, etc. If say NO when in fact we have a record of your "rap sheet" showing that you have been arrested, have a traffic violations, you will be denied your license. If you are truthful when we ask you this questions at the time when you getting your license, then we will decide if you need to show documentation regarding outcome of those arrest and traffic violations. We may just give your license if you were truthful and may not ask you to provide documentation.

[nigel 7]

The N-400 form is a mess TBH...

They say one thing but "can" mean something different,,, they make the questions flexable so they can move the goal post when they feel..

I mean how many post have we have seen where somebody got a driving ticket under $500? show proof that you payed job done right? nope they want more info and the instructions/requirements clearly states this..but when it comes to the bottomline they toss another spanner in the works...

But when you challenge them, on the N-400 instructions and guidelines.....they will say that's all it is.....is guidelines. nothing more nothing less until they say it is..

Same as the 3yr rule....99% of that form is about 5yrs rule....ya think they have a spot for the 3yrs rule? what one question..whoopie wow wee

Very poor form....but that's Goverenment for you...it;s written & designed to make it a favourable form to them, so they can be flexable as much as they wish on there Guidelines..

[NickD 203]

Well, if the USCIS IO ask you if you have a traffic violations and you know you have one, you better say YES because they have a copy of your moving violations to begin with.

It is the same thing where I work, we have your "rap sheet" when you apply for your license and we ask you if you have been arrested or have traffic violations, etc. If say NO when in fact we have a record of your "rap sheet" showing that you have been arrested, have a traffic violations, you will be denied your license. If you are truthful when we ask you this questions at the time when you getting your license, then we will decide if you need to show documentation regarding outcome of those arrest and traffic violations. We may just give your license if you were truthful and may not ask you to provide documentation.

You damn well better tell the truth, can be deported if you don't. If they had the same rap sheet my insurance agent e-mailed me about all of her traffic violations, it showed those two fines were paid and the cases were closed. Also told the nature of those offenses and the amount of the fine. But that isn't evidence, want the court documents instead that say exactly the same thing.

So why are they doing this?

[nigel 7]

You damn well better tell the truth, can be deported if you don't. If they had the same rap sheet my insurance agent e-mailed me about all of her traffic violations, it showed those two fines were paid and the cases were closed. Also told the nature of those offenses and the amount of the fine. But that isn't evidence, want the court documents instead that say exactly the same thing.

So why are they doing this?

Cas they can

Only person who can deport you is a immigration judge not the uscis

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Nigel basically nailed it. The immigration folks are idiots and nobody cares to fix mistakes that are being made for many years.

The yellow letter is a standard response anybody who truthfully marked the field where it asked if you have ever been arrested, detained, cited or whatever.

You truthfully listed 2 traffic violations, as you should, and if they are under $500 each, you don't have to document anything, just mention it to the I.O. at the interview. If you happen to have documentation that you paid the tickets, just take it with you.

Other than that, ignore the letter. It's BS.

[Blablabla1212 1]

Thank you for the replies, well this sucks, i had already spent $80 between the 2 courts to get the documents pulled, and mailed to them and then paying for court to mail to me...plus the waisted time....i mean seriously i have had enough of USCIS, it is enough that they had my file on the shelf for 2 years for so called name check back in 2006. I am at the end of the rope and i know i have to be patient but the way the whole journey was, I don't recommend it to anyone, i think i will take a vacation when this is done with, 5 YEARS OF STRESS so far....we did everything by the book and they still messing with us....god knows what is coming but i am moving with caution as you can see

[NickD 203]

Thank you for the replies, well this sucks, i had already spent $80 between the 2 courts to get the documents pulled, and mailed to them and then paying for court to mail to me...plus the waisted time....i mean seriously i have had enough of USCIS, it is enough that they had my file on the shelf for 2 years for so called name check back in 2006. I am at the end of the rope and i know i have to be patient but the way the whole journey was, I don't recommend it to anyone, i think i will take a vacation when this is done with, 5 YEARS OF STRESS so far....we did everything by the book and they still messing with us....god knows what is coming but i am moving with caution as you can see

Least when dealing with a private corporation, they say they are sorry,still screw you, but say they are sorry while they are screwing you. Never heard that from the USCIS yet. With three "misplaced" under our belt, this is are first, "miscommunication", but all are undue stress, and a lot of chasing around and a lot of chasing around.

Wonder how it will get if congress decides to remove some benefits from federal employees like our state is doing with some odd 68,000 teachers calling in sick. Occurred to me, I never received the state IRS tax form in the mail, called the IRS, said, just download it from the net. Was ironic to hear from the state IRS I don't give a care attitude, but that is exactly how this agent sounded. They are suppose to be servants of the people as well as our leaders, after all, we are the ones that pay their paychecks.

This privacy stuff is BS, like I don't know what's going on with my wife and stepdaughter, THIS IS MY FAMILY! And what affects them, affects me, and they are talking about breaking up my family! Seem to be running more and more into immigrants that became US citizens at the USCIS, least I think they are, can barely speak English. One would think since they came here, would be a bit more compassionate, but they seem to be the worse. Or maybe not, just having problems communicating, thus the miscommunication error as they call it.

Whatever, we pay the price. But if you receive that letter, miscommunication or not, you have to act upon it, if you don't, you are just hurting yourself.