Good Moral Character - knocked down offenses

[whitby10528 0]

Hallo all

I'm applying for citizenship and am stuck on the 'good moral character' section.

As I understand it, according to the instruction guide, if i have speeding tickets, i don't need to rate them as an offense or crime, but should still tick yes on questions 15 and 16 ('ever committed a crime/ever been arrested or cited).

Given that I was stopped twice for speeding, I intended to answer yes to 15 and 16. HOWEVER - one speeding ticket was knocked down to 'not wearing a seatbelt' and the other was knocked down to 'parking too far from the curb'. So in the explanation section, what do i say i was arrested/cited/charged or detained for? Speeding, or not wearing seatbelt / curb parking?

Thanks for your help - I find this section highly ambiguous.

[Hypnos 6,576]

I personally would just declare them as the offences for which you were arrested; if you meet the provisions (your punishment was either a fine of less than $500 and / endorsement points on your driver's licence, and drugs or alcohol were not involved) you don't have to provide documentation, as you stated.

[Ning 619]

Hallo all

I'm applying for citizenship and am stuck on the 'good moral character' section.

As I understand it, according to the instruction guide, if i have speeding tickets, i don't need to rate them as an offense or crime, but should still tick yes on questions 15 and 16 ('ever committed a crime/ever been arrested or cited).

Given that I was stopped twice for speeding, I intended to answer yes to 15 and 16. HOWEVER - one speeding ticket was knocked down to 'not wearing a seatbelt' and the other was knocked down to 'parking too far from the curb'. So in the explanation section, what do i say i was arrested/cited/charged or detained for? Speeding, or not wearing seatbelt / curb parking?

Thanks for your help - I find this section highly ambiguous.

I doubt you were arrested for those offenses, rather you were citied. Just keep this simple. They are looking for people that committed more serious crimes.

[whitby10528 0]

No drugs, no alcohol, and not a long way over the limit either. Now that i think of it, in fact, one wasn't a speeding ticket. i was spotted coming the wrong direction out of a car park. It had actually been temporarily blocked off, so i had to exit - but this is how the cops fulfill their quotas where i live. The other was at the beginning of a school zone - I was slowing down, but he clocked me exactly as i entered the zone. Seriously - this in over 10 years. Makes you wonder if they have nothing better to do with their time. The two incidents were 3 years ago and only 2 weeks apart when my town was running a police BLITZ. Small town - and police cars on every second corner. It was nutty.

Anyway - thanks so much for your help.