Can somebody please explain to me what this letter means?

[mymarley 14]

i remember the movie ERNEST...

[maghfira 2]

This is the very best advice. Never trust that someone answering a phone could or would take the appropriate actions to eliminate you from a jury pool list. From my experience you will most likely never be removed and will continue to get these notices as long as you live in the USA. The clerks office is overwhelmed everyday by numerous pending cases. If you ever have to appear in court just look at the pile of papers public defenders have when they appear before the judge.

Thank you,

that means i probably will receive more letter in the future although i will let them know i'm not USC and they will remove me from the actual list?

if somebody has a now reason from doing this jury duty, they will contact him later ? this is what you mean from your experience?

Edited August 27, 2014 by maghfira

[maghfira 2]

I live in CA, and my husband received a jury summons before he became a citizen. We simply marked "Not a citizen" on the form and sent it back. Shortly after we received a letter excusing him from serving. If you do this and haven't heard back with a letter, you could always go down there and talk to someone, but I doubt that will be necessary. Every person I've known that had a valid reason for not being able to go in and returned the response from with that reason, received a letter excusing them.

Yes this is what i will do , and hopefully i will receive a letter excusing me from serving

did your husband send the original form ? or he kept the original form and sent the photocopy?

in the form there is bring entire form when you report ,

[maghfira 2]

I should add that you can probably do it over the phone too. At the very least you can call and try, and regardless of what they say, mail in the form staying your ineligibility. I recommend making a photocopy of your jury duty summons and keeping it for your records, so that you know your juror ID # and have proof that you mailed back the document staying you are not a U.S. citizen.

Thank you, i will call first, and mail the form , then if there is no reply i will go to the court ,

thank you again i will keep a photocopy for my records

If you are NOT a citizen, you should return back the form with the proper option selected (that you are not). If you are a citizen, then all this is an opportunity to see justice in action and get 6 bucks (at least that's how much you get in TX)

i'm not USC

[maghfira 2]

The Summons they sent you in the back there is a form to be excuse from jury duty, all you have to do is just write the reason why you want to be excused which is you are not a us citizen and send a copy of your greencard I actually was selected three times two times I was LPR. Don't worry all good. Jury duty is just to be at the court with a jurors to discuss a case sometime it takes hours some times it takes days to months

yes in the form there is return the form when you report,with the reporting day and time, and the questions, i'm not sure if i should keep the original form(&send photocopy) form in case if i get no reply to take the original one to the court or i should just send the original form and don't think too much,

in anyway i will go to the court to be safe,

so from what you said i think they keep the names of the excused persons in a list from next jury duty, so probably i will receive again this letter/form

Thanks

Edited August 27, 2014 by maghfira

[David & Diana R 1,005]

THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO IF MY SPOUSES ROC WAS PENDING:

1.) Complete the form that was sent to you checking the box that you are NOT A US CITIZEN.

2.) Make a photo copy of the completed form.

3.) Mail the ORIGINAL form back to the proper authorities in the (Prepaid, pre-addressed enclosed envelope?) Make note of the date you mailed the completed form.

4.) If you don't get an answer back from the court IN WRITING before you are ordered to appear go ahead and appear with the copy of the summons, the copy of the form you mailed in, your LPR card and AT LEAST one other ID. (Not passport. Anyone can have dual citizenship so passport is not good. It does not prove you are not a US citizen) at the appointed date and time. (Remember you are being ordered to appear, not asked)

5.) Show the court clerk your ID's and explain your circumstances. If the clerk has you stay just go through the process with everyone else. Eventually you will be excused from jury duty.

This is what I WOULD DO.

[maghfira 2]

THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO IF MY SPOUSES ROC WAS PENDING:

1.) Complete the form that was sent to you checking the box that you are NOT A US CITIZEN.

2.) Make a photo copy of the completed form.

3.) Mail the ORIGINAL form back to the proper authorities in the (Prepaid, pre-addressed enclosed envelope?) Make note of the date you mailed the completed form.

4.) If you don't get an answer back from the court IN WRITING before you are ordered to appear go ahead and appear with the copy of the summons, the copy of the form you mailed in, your LPR card and AT LEAST one other ID. (Not passport. Anyone can have dual citizenship so passport is not good. It does not prove you are not a US citizen) at the appointed date and time. (Remember you are being ordered to appear, not asked)

5.) Show the court clerk your ID's and explain your circumstances. If the clerk has you stay just go through the process with everyone else. Eventually you will be excused from jury duty.

This is what I WOULD DO.

WAW Big thanks to David and Zoila for the interesting suggestions, i liked the way how you explained to me if you are you, i will do exactly what you wrote above, simply because i see what you said is exactly what i feel like doing

hope this thread will help the others, i will keep update everyone about what will happens , so anyone comes and read this post will understand what to do ,

Thanks again for your answers

your help is great appreciated

Good luck to you and to your spouse

[dawning 212]

Thank you

i'm in California State ,

Well, it could be different in your county... I live in San Luis Obispo county... but I think all the other advice you are getting, about making sure to let them know that you can't serve because you are not a citizen, is good advice... whether they compensate you or not isn't so important, since even if you go in it will just be once. Good luck!

[Kajikit 65]

Since they sent you a form with questions on the back of it and the first says 'are you a US citizen' send the form back to them marked NO and that should be it... if you don't hear anything THEN you can show up at court with your greencard, but most likely you won't have to. Jurors are selected randomly, and they don't have any way of knowing for sure whether you're a citizen unless you tell them...

[menina 50]

Yes this is what i will do , and hopefully i will receive a letter excusing me from serving

did your husband send the original form ? or he kept the original form and sent the photocopy?

in the form there is bring entire form when you report ,

I believe that we did what others have suggested here and copied the form and then sent in the original. Shortly after submitting the form, we received a letter in the mail excusing my husband from jury duty.

[maghfira 2]

Since they sent you a form with questions on the back of it and the first says 'are you a US citizen' send the form back to them marked NO and that should be it... if you don't hear anything THEN you can show up at court with your greencard, but most likely you won't have to. Jurors are selected randomly, and they don't have any way of knowing for sure whether you're a citizen unless you tell them...

Thank you,this is what i will do as soon as possible, i had no information about jury duty before but now i know with the help of VJ friends

[maghfira 2]

I believe that we did what others have suggested here and copied the form and then sent in the original. Shortly after submitting the form, we received a letter in the mail excusing my husband from jury duty.

i may don't receive anything after when i will submit the form, like i have read online they just notify the no granted excuses,

[maghfira 2]

i have a -stupid- question if somebody know the answer i appreciate it

in the form (front and back) there is the header of page then dotted line then the information/questionnaire....2 sides, do i have to cut on dotted line send the content and save the header of page, or just send the form without touching anything

Thanks for your understanding ,

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Follow the instructions if there are any; otherwise, complete the form to show your ineligibility, make a photocopy of both sides, and mail the original back to the address provided.

[begood 8]

I think you should send back the entire form, the headed page for trolley/buses ,, and your information, since you may don't go to the court just send the whole form