mentioning court case when filing for lifting conditions

[kikiyut 1]

background: my wife is from Thailand, and she had a court case brought against her many years ago. (it is, apparently, not unheard of to bribe the police to bring cases for purposes of extortion). she didn't take it seriously (since it was a false accusation) and she didn't hire a lawyer, and was convicted in a lower court. the case was completely dismissed upon appeal.

this happened before the court system was computerised, so it did not appear in her police record.

nonetheless, we reported it on our k-1 application, because it happened, and if it somehow popped up later, i didn't want seem to be in the position of concealing facts.

the interviewer thanked us for sharing this information. it has seemed to give us no further problem, and it might have even helped out credibility. our approvals have been at or better than average times, and we didn't have to have an interview for the conditional greencard.

 

now: we are applying to lift conditions.

question 20 on the I-751 form asks "have you ever been... charged...for...any crime which you were not arrested in the united states or abroad?" this question seems ambiguous, as if we are to self report any infractions for which we were NOT arrested. I'm assuming this is a grammatical error, and they want to know everything, arrested or not.

 

tl:dr my question: do i need to drag out all 60+ pages of documents about her case, or was dealing with it in the k-1 interview sufficient?  thanks.

[Going through 5,671]

5 minutes ago, kikiyut said:

question 20 on the I-751 form asks "have you ever been... charged...for...any crime which you were not arrested in the united states or abroad?" this question seems ambiguous, as if we are to self report any infractions for which we were NOT arrested. I'm assuming this is a grammatical error, and they want to know everything, arrested or not.

It is not a grammatical error.

What that question is referring to, is if she ever---in any country----committed a crime or offense that she was "not caught" for.  For example, if she ever shoplifted from a store in the past and, well, basically got away with it.  If she has never knowingly committed a crime or offense and was NOT charged/arrested for, then she would answer NO.

 

She will need to again disclose her previous criminal history (and submit supporting evidence again) in the other questions pertaining to her past arrest in the other sections of that form.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Going through

[kikiyut 1]

thanks for the quick reply!

i actually couldn't find another place on the form with such a question, so i went to the instructions for the form and there it all is very clearly explained.

 

once again: when in doubt, read the instructions!

[kikiyut 1]

(bottom of page 6 of the instructions for form I-751, in case anyone is wondering)