it happens to me

[87nan 0]

this is what happen yesterday;

my interview was at 1:20 and i made sure i was there like 30 minutes early. i was very nervous because of some little skelenton in my cardboard.

things like unpaid tickets,putting my nieces and niefews as my son and doughters and wrong departure date aon the applicatioon.Anyway to cut stories short, i was call in around 1:40 by IO. As usual, he started by do you promise to tell the truth. I do off course.

i was very , very nernous.i hinted him that there were a couple of mistakes in my application which i will like to correct if posiible. then he took me through the application. in about 10 minutes i was done and he gave me a congras letter and said wait for the 4;00 aoth. i went to the waiting room and about 5 minutes he call me again. he said i forgot to test you on the civics and history; he added you better pass because i already put in the system pass. he took me through it and i did pass. i took the aoth at 5;00pm. and i am a citizen of the united state.

vj user let prayers lead the way for you and you will be fine.

However, as one journey's ends another one begins and i hope to seeing your wounderful advises, comments and contributions. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making my dream a success

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[senthilskp12 0]

Hi Congrats on your citizenship. And need some help

I am going to apply for my citizenship soon. Just to be proactive I have been looking at the N-400 Appln form. Everything looks pretty simple straight forward questions and I answered all the questions. This was till I came to the Part 10 .. Section D..Good Moral Character...I don't know if I should answer Yes or No for questions 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Here is what I am confused about.

I have one Parking Ticket, think 2 speeding tickets.

Cop had pulled me over and given tickets for these violations. Paid the fines right away. No Court nothing was involved. And all these 3 fines were less than $500.00.

So now

Question 15: Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested

Speeding and Parking ticket is not a crime but an offense. And I was not arrested for this minor traffic offense.

So should I answer YES for this question?

Question 16: Have you ever been arrested, detained or Cited by an law enforcement officer for any reason?

I have never been arrested. But getting those 2 speeding tickets means I was cited by cop (law enforcement officer)and in order to issue those tickets he had to pull me over, run my plates and what not. So is pulling over for a traffic violation being detained?

Since I was cited (issued speeding ticket by a cop)

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 17: Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or Offense?

Again I have not committed any crime. But traffic violation is a traffic offense. Cop did charge me with that speeding

offense.

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 18: Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?

Again I have not committed any crime so never been convicted of any crime. But cop did say I was speeding and issued me tickets and I paid the fines. Does it mean the cop issuing those tickets and me paying those tickets mean I was convicted of speeding? Convicted seems like a word not appropriate for a traffic offense?

Should I answer YES for this question?

Also from what I have read online parking tickets dont matter at all. So should I even mention about that offense on the form?

Thanks to all..

[ManuFred 10]

Hi Congrats on your citizenship. And need some help

I am going to apply for my citizenship soon. Just to be proactive I have been looking at the N-400 Appln form. Everything looks pretty simple straight forward questions and I answered all the questions. This was till I came to the Part 10 .. Section D..Good Moral Character...I don't know if I should answer Yes or No for questions 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Here is what I am confused about.

I have one Parking Ticket, think 2 speeding tickets.

Cop had pulled me over and given tickets for these violations. Paid the fines right away. No Court nothing was involved. And all these 3 fines were less than $500.00.

So now

Question 15: Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested

Speeding and Parking ticket is not a crime but an offense. And I was not arrested for this minor traffic offense.

So should I answer YES for this question?

Question 16: Have you ever been arrested, detained or Cited by an law enforcement officer for any reason?

I have never been arrested. But getting those 2 speeding tickets means I was cited by cop (law enforcement officer)and in order to issue those tickets he had to pull me over, run my plates and what not. So is pulling over for a traffic violation being detained?

Since I was cited (issued speeding ticket by a cop)

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 17: Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or Offense?

Again I have not committed any crime. But traffic violation is a traffic offense. Cop did charge me with that speeding

offense.

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 18: Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?

Again I have not committed any crime so never been convicted of any crime. But cop did say I was speeding and issued me tickets and I paid the fines. Does it mean the cop issuing those tickets and me paying those tickets mean I was convicted of speeding? Convicted seems like a word not appropriate for a traffic offense?

Should I answer YES for this question?

Also from what I have read online parking tickets dont matter at all. So should I even mention about that offense on the form?

Thanks to all..

You have been cited so you want to answer question 16 with yes. The rest doesn't apply to ordinary traffic incidents. In the explanation box you could write something like, speeding ticket and an indication how much you went over, if it wasn't much. I got a ticket for doing less than 10 miles over so I wrote <10MPH and the approximate $ amount of the ticket.

Parking ticket is only to be mentioned if written out in your name or on a license plate of a vehicle you own. If so, just write down the approximate dollar amount so there is some understandig what you're talking about.

Generally, you won't be questioned on minor (<$500) incidents. The instructions say you will not have to submit proof of those. Do however take proof of payment to the interview as some IO's do ask.

[UMUC 3]

Hi Congrats on your citizenship. And need some help

I am going to apply for my citizenship soon. Just to be proactive I have been looking at the N-400 Appln form. Everything looks pretty simple straight forward questions and I answered all the questions. This was till I came to the Part 10 .. Section D..Good Moral Character...I don't know if I should answer Yes or No for questions 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Here is what I am confused about.

I have one Parking Ticket, think 2 speeding tickets.

Cop had pulled me over and given tickets for these violations. Paid the fines right away. No Court nothing was involved. And all these 3 fines were less than $500.00.

So now

Question 15: Have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested

Speeding and Parking ticket is not a crime but an offense. And I was not arrested for this minor traffic offense.

So should I answer YES for this question?

Question 16: Have you ever been arrested, detained or Cited by an law enforcement officer for any reason?

I have never been arrested. But getting those 2 speeding tickets means I was cited by cop (law enforcement officer)and in order to issue those tickets he had to pull me over, run my plates and what not. So is pulling over for a traffic violation being detained?

Since I was cited (issued speeding ticket by a cop)

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 17: Have you ever been charged with committing any crime or Offense?

Again I have not committed any crime. But traffic violation is a traffic offense. Cop did charge me with that speeding

offense.

Should I answer YES for this question?

Question 18: Have you ever been convicted of a crime or offense?

Again I have not committed any crime so never been convicted of any crime. But cop did say I was speeding and issued me tickets and I paid the fines. Does it mean the cop issuing those tickets and me paying those tickets mean I was convicted of speeding? Convicted seems like a word not appropriate for a traffic offense?

Should I answer YES for this question?

Also from what I have read online parking tickets dont matter at all. So should I even mention about that offense on the form?

Thanks to all..

[UMUC 3]

Answer no to the questions but make sure you have proof of payments and reveal it during interview.

I had traffic citation too but answered no and when interview came around I revealed that I wasn't arrested or anything but got citation. The woman asked if they were DUI or criminal, to which I answered no and she moved on.