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Ok so I'm freaking out a little bit. I went to my interview and accidentally gave a wrong answer to a question because I didn't understand it at the time. I still passed my interview and I'm waiting on a letter for the ceremony though.

The officer asked me some basic questions regarding my application and I answered them truthfully except one. He asked me if I had gotten a traffic violation within the last year. I answered NO but I had gotten a speeding ticket between the time I sent in my N-400 and my interview. This is my first ever speeding ticket and I didn't know it was considered a traffic offense. I was under the impression that a traffic offense was along the line of a parking ticket or moving violation. I looked at the ticket when I got home and realized my mistake. Now I'm a bit nervous because I answered it wrong when I honestly didn't know. Is there anything I could do to fix this? I did not mean to mislead the officer!

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Ok so I'm freaking out a little bit. I went to my interview and accidentally gave a wrong answer to a question because I didn't understand it at the time. I still passed my interview and I'm waiting on a letter for the ceremony though.

The officer asked me some basic questions regarding my application and I answered them truthfully except one. He asked me if I had gotten a traffic violation within the last year. I answered NO but I had gotten a speeding ticket between the time I sent in my N-400 and my interview. This is my first ever speeding ticket and I didn't know it was considered a traffic offense. I was under the impression that a traffic offense was along the line of a parking ticket or moving violation. I looked at the ticket when I got home and realized my mistake. Now I'm a bit nervous because I answered it wrong when I honestly didn't know. Is there anything I could do to fix this? I did not mean to mislead the officer!

I believe any violation that involved a fine of $500 or more is what they are looking for. I think you are ok if the incident involve a fine of $500 or more.

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I've read about this too. The ticket is definitely less than that, and I plan to pay it within the next couple of days, I'm just worried because I did not provide the right answer and I don't want any problems to arise because I misunderstood the question at the time. Like I said this is my first ever speeding ticket and I have never been arrested so I don't know much about all of it because I have no prior incidents with the law.

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Ok so I'm freaking out a little bit. I went to my interview and accidentally gave a wrong answer to a question because I didn't understand it at the time. I still passed my interview and I'm waiting on a letter for the ceremony though.

The officer asked me some basic questions regarding my application and I answered them truthfully except one. He asked me if I had gotten a traffic violation within the last year. I answered NO but I had gotten a speeding ticket between the time I sent in my N-400 and my interview. This is my first ever speeding ticket and I didn't know it was considered a traffic offense. I was under the impression that a traffic offense was along the line of a parking ticket or moving violation. I looked at the ticket when I got home and realized my mistake. Now I'm a bit nervous because I answered it wrong when I honestly didn't know. Is there anything I could do to fix this? I did not mean to mislead the officer!

I would schedule an infopass appointment at your local USCIS ASAP and clarify. You do not want to run into any problems because of his afterwards. Do you remember the interviewing officer's name? That would be of help.

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Ok so I'm freaking out a little bit. I went to my interview and accidentally gave a wrong answer to a question because I didn't understand it at the time. I still passed my interview and I'm waiting on a letter for the ceremony though.

The officer asked me some basic questions regarding my application and I answered them truthfully except one. He asked me if I had gotten a traffic violation within the last year. I answered NO but I had gotten a speeding ticket between the time I sent in my N-400 and my interview. This is my first ever speeding ticket and I didn't know it was considered a traffic offense. I was under the impression that a traffic offense was along the line of a parking ticket or moving violation. I looked at the ticket when I got home and realized my mistake. Now I'm a bit nervous because I answered it wrong when I honestly didn't know. Is there anything I could do to fix this? I did not mean to mislead the officer!

So, he did actually ask you specifically if you got a traffic ticket? And you answered no even though you just received one for speeding. Well, what is done is done and nothing you can't do to change it. Now, You should go ahead and pay the fine for the ticket if you haven't done that yet and keep proof that you pay for it along with the ticket just in case. The problem is not a traffic ticket, the real issue was not to tell the true even if it was not deliberate. Anyway, I don't know if it's enough serious to be too worried about or not.

When I went to my interview the only single paper that the IO wanted to see was related to a traffic ticket that i got almost 4 years ago. I have it as well as my driving record. Not an issue at all but he wanted the docs.

Off topic: Unfortunately, living in downtown Chicago is 100% guarantee you will get a ticket sooner than later. They give them as candy in a parade. =S

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