Question about reporting traffic tickets on N-400

[Hedi 24]

Hello fellow VJ members, I have a question regarding my husband's N-400 application. My husband has received two traffic tickets (under $500) which he has cleared through traffic school. In Part 10, Section D, Question 21, we have included that information and my husband has the paperwork for the traffic schools to show at the interview, if necessary. Is this the right way to report this type of information and make sure everything is covered in the application? I have heard that if the citation was a traffic violation under $500 and there was no DUI involved, it is not necessary to include that information on the N-400 form, but I wasn’t certain if that is correct or not.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[elguevon 16]

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Hello fellow VJ members, I have a question regarding my husband's N-400 application. My husband has received two traffic tickets (under $500) which he has cleared through traffic school. In Part 10, Section D, Question 21, we have included that information and my husband has the paperwork for the traffic schools to show at the interview, if necessary. Is this the right way to report this type of information and make sure everything is covered in the application? I have heard that if the citation was a traffic violation under $500 and there was no DUI involved, it is not necessary to include that information on the N-400 form, but I wasn't certain if that is correct or not.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Use the search function in the upper right hand side and search "n-400 traffic".....everything you ever wanted to know is right there along with tons of examples/outcomes. In short, some people have and some people haven't disclosed tickets....and they got their citizenship. Your call really...I'm a believer that if you have doubts whether to include something or not, supply it. Over disclose/document rather than under disclose /document.

Read the search results and you will see what I mean.

[Hedi 24]

Thanks for your reply. We have included the two tickets on the form, and my husband has the proof of payment, as well as clearing the tickets through traffic school, so he can take those to the interview when the time comes.

Thank you again for your advice.

[coco2012 2]

That's the best thing you could have done you always wanna mentioned it because it asks if you have ever been "cited" or detain by a law enforcement officer, you put yes, and exPlain the tickets. I recommend you get an official copy of the tickets from courthouse and showing the "paid" and bring them to the interview... No biggie

[erynaught 43]

Detained by a law enforcement officer? Seriously?

Many years ago I was coming home from college and was pulled over by a cop pulling his gun yelling at me to get out of the car with my hands in the air and lay prostrate in the freakin' highway ... took him about 5m to figure out I wasn't the guy they were looking for, but my car had matched the description of the suspect of an armed convenience store robbery. While I've had some great bar stories out of that incident, I don't think I'd like to put down "detained by police for suspected armed robbery" on any sort of official document. The officer let me go and I did ask him if this meant I had any kind of police record of the incident and he told me 'no, only a record of the radio chatter back and forth confirming my identity and tag number.'

[av8or 34]

you don't have to disclose it on your n400 application.. as stated, if the fine is less than $500 and the ticket is not dui related, the uscis does not care.. everyone gets a speeding ticket.. i never declared my 2 speeding tickets, both on the same year on my n400 application and during the interview itself, the IO asked my if i ever was cited and i mentioned about my 2 tickets.. he asked if it was dui related, and when i said "no", he moved on with the interview..

[Hedi 24]

you don't have to disclose it on your n400 application.. as stated, if the fine is less than $500 and the ticket is not dui related, the uscis does not care.. everyone gets a speeding ticket.. i never declared my 2 speeding tickets, both on the same year on my n400 application and during the interview itself, the IO asked my if i ever was cited and i mentioned about my 2 tickets.. he asked if it was dui related, and when i said "no", he moved on with the interview..

A friend of ours works for immigration here in San Diego and we showed him our application to make sure it all looks good. He told us that I tend to worry about details that won't have much effect on the final outcome of the naturalization process, and reporting the tickets or not won't make a huge difference, as they were under $500 and were for speeding and a red light camera infraction. My husband is not as stressed about all of this as I am (and I am the USC ), so hopefully these 2 tickets will not cause problems for my husband at the interview.

Thanks for all the guidance.

[MarcinL 0]

Per USCIS website you do not have to disclose minor traffic violations unless it resulted in your arrest (Drunk Driving is not considered a minor traffic violation).

Edited February 1, 2013 by MarcinL

[warlord 73]

Per USCIS website you do not have to disclose minor traffic violations unless it resulted in your arrest (Drunk Driving is not considered a minor traffic violation).

Yes and this was backed up by the INS when I contacted them years ago about this, and then further from my IO at my interview when I asked him if I should have disclosed the tickets. Both said no, not unless they were over $500 or it was a DUI...

[NickD 202]

Per USCIS website you do not have to disclose minor traffic violations unless it resulted in your arrest (Drunk Driving is not considered a minor traffic violation).

Was under that same impression also, thought I covered every base for my stepdaughter, but her IO insisted that she show proof I paid a four year old 50 buck semi-rolling stop ticket she received. As her stepdad, had no right to talk to her IO about this, so had to go home and get that proof. Any insurance agent has a database they can access to show all your traffic violations. Contacted my insurance agent first to get that information.

Hell, this happened over four years ago, and did cause an additional one month delay. With most states, if you don't even pay a parking ticket, Wisconsin is that way, they will pull your driver's license, give you and additional fine to get your license back. Seems like just showing your driver's license if you get an IO like that should be proof enough.