Juvenile charge - effect on ROC?

[leeen21 27]

My stepdaughter (15) had a huge error in judgement and was caught with a vape at school last week. She was not arrested, but she was charged by a local PD officer at the school with possession of paraphernalia (class c misdemeanor), and even though the vape was not empty, they did not charge her with what they could have (felony possession of a controlled substance), so in that, she got extremely lucky. We will eventually get the court summons (they said March or April), and we will be seeking either immediate or deferred dismissal, after which we'll fight for expunction.

 

We will be submitting our paperwork for removal of conditions for my husband's, hers, and two other stepdaughters' green cards in June. Because they are his dependent children who all entered the U.S. within 90 days of their dad, my understanding is that we will only need to submit one application and list the three children on there with their A numbers. Question 20 in Part 1 of I-751 seems to only reference the applicant.

 

So, my questions:

1. Because she is a minor, do we need to include this information on the application? If so, where? (possibly under "Additional Information?")
2. If there is not an appropriate place to include it on the application, should we still include the documents in the package?
3. What are the chances of this affecting her permanent resident status? Could they deny the I-751 only for her based on this? (particularly thinking about the current administration)

 

This is a huge life lesson in actions/consequences for her, and I am not trying to skirt around anything for her. I just want to be sure that it would be required to disclose a minor's criminal history, and if so, where it makes sense to include.

 

[Lemonslice 4,980]

Others will have better answer than I do to your questions. 

However, you might want to would look at the benefits of your husband applying for citizenship earlier (when eligible) rather than later.  

[Crazy Cat 42,464]

I think consultation with a good immigration attorney might be in order regarding the child's possible legal difficulties.