N-445 form discussion

[ThisKittenHasClaw 0]

Hello All,

I received my N-445 in the mail about two weeks ago. YAY! Then last friday I got a speeding ticket, which I have not yet received in the mail. My oath ceremony will be on the 28th of July (next week). Should I tick the number 4 question box yes/ or no? In addition, at the oath ceremony, if you choose not to disclose a ticket, which you plan to fight, how will the IO know that you have a speeding ticket, why would anyone check after becoming a citizen, and in the end does it really matter when I have not been arrested or detained, and the ticket will be less than $500. Has anyone gone through this? And if so, what happens at the oath ceremony, step by step that it?

Any information would be awesome

Cheers S

[nab-400 16]

Hello All,

I received my N-445 in the mail about two weeks ago. YAY! Then last friday I got a speeding ticket, which I have not yet received in the mail. My oath ceremony will be on the 28th of July (next week). Should I tick the number 4 question box yes/ or no? In addition, at the oath ceremony, if you choose not to disclose a ticket, which you plan to fight, how will the IO know that you have a speeding ticket, why would anyone check after becoming a citizen, and in the end does it really matter when I have not been arrested or detained, and the ticket will be less than $500. Has anyone gone through this? And if so, what happens at the oath ceremony, step by step that it?

Any information would be awesome

Cheers S

Check out this is a similar question, hopefully it will answer your concern.

http://www.justanswer.com/criminal-law/4jzes-does-cited-mean-court-appearance-required-i.html

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Should I tick the number 4 question box yes/ or no?

Yes, of course. Isn't that a no-brainer?

Keep in mind that you don't fill the N-445 out until you are there. You have no way of knowing what else will happen until the 28th. You can be accused of rape or murder, and then released an hour later. Happens all the time.

In addition, at the oath ceremony, if you choose not to disclose a ticket, which you plan to fight, how will the IO know that you have a speeding ticket, why would anyone check after becoming a citizen, and in the end does it really matter when I have not been arrested or detained, and the ticket will be less than $500.

Are you a troll?

Are you really asking how they find out that you knowingly misrepresented yourself under oath when becoming a US citizen, risking to have your naturalization annulled with the stroke of a pen by an I.O. alone, all without the needed participation of a judge, and all for nothing but the fact that you are missing a cup in the cupboard or have a short in your brain? Are you serious?

Has anyone gone through this? And if so, what happens at the oath ceremony, step by step that it?

Many people have gone though that.

You fill out the N-445 when arriving at the Oath Ceremony. You get in line, surrender your Green Card. The I.O. will ask if you had any changes since the interview. You'll mention that you've got a speeding ticket which you plan on fighting in court. The I.O. will look at the back of your N-445 and check that. Then he or she will ask if anything else happened since you filled out that form. Then you'll receive the form and sit down to participate at the ceremony.

[Ban Hammer 13,716]

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[NickD 203]

The way question 4 is written, you have to report it, not really a question of the degree of the offense, but a question of being honest.

I know its terrible, got a speeding ticket for driving 57 in a 55 mph zone, and the cop was hidden at the bottom of a very steep hill. JP said the law is like a plate of glass, once broken, its broken.

Don't know about your state, Wisconsin has an open court access law, just type in the name, and you can fine the nature of your ticket and the cost of the fine on the internet. So not that difficult to find out. Stepdaughters, 53 buck fine was listed for rolling a stop sign, and that was four years ago. Really not worth the risk.

If a cop wants to keep his job, has to meet his ticket quota for the month, this really doesn't seem to be a government by the people. No one likes that.