please help huge mistake in my I-485!!!!!

[Ricardo23 0]

Hi, i'm freaking out because i was checking my copies of my applications and i just found that my lawyer made a huge mistake. In my I-485 In the part that it says if you been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, fines, blah blah blah, my lawyer respond and checked "NO" and i told her that i had an arrest three years ago and i even show her the letter that i have from the District court stating that it was just a (1st) Drinking in public. She knew tabout this and she made that mistake. Now i have my appointment this 27th and i don't know what to do or how to fix this. If i tell her about this i'm very sure that she is going to say that i never told him about this (she did that before) and i don't have proofs that i show her the paper and she took copy of it.

What i can do? I don't want to lie in the interview. And i don't want to be denied just for her mistake. Please help me!!!

[mrs. wife! 3]

I'd take the court papers with me to the interview and show them if it ever come up. Don't lie!

If it was just drinking in public, I don't think it's that big deal. Talk to your lawyer and ask what should you do. Unfortunately this was her mistake but you are the one who will suffer the consequences, if any.

Hope everything will be ok, good luck!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I'd take the court papers with me to the interview and show them if it ever come up. Don't lie!

If it was just drinking in public, I don't think it's that big deal. Talk to your lawyer and ask what should you do. Unfortunately this was her mistake but you are the one who will suffer the consequences, if any.

Hope everything will be ok, good luck!

Lawyers are great aren't they? Charge you a few thousand to fill out some simple forms and then screw it up. I would ask for my money back. Good luck. Lawyers are not like plumbers, they do not guarantee their work.

Take the court papers with you, tell then at the interview your lawyer messed up and give them the court papers, Public drinking does not disqualify you for AOS but lying about it does. So be up front and you have nothing to worry about.

[Erin B 10]

Lawyers are great aren't they? Charge you a few thousand to fill out some simple forms and then screw it up. I would ask for my money back. Good luck. Lawyers are not like plumbers, they do not guarantee their work.

Take the court papers with you, tell then at the interview your lawyer messed up and give them the court papers, Public drinking does not disqualify you for AOS but lying about it does. So be up front and you have nothing to worry about.

My husband's lawyer did the same thing! We have our interview on the 25th of February, and are not sure what to do. Do we just take the court papers with us, and have it ready if they ask? What do we say if they ask, that it was just a misunderstanding? He was arrested (for possession of a deadly weapon), but then the charges were dropped. So he has nothing on his record, as far as a misdemeanor or a felony. Do you think this will be a problem?

[bassagitator 1]

My husband's lawyer did the same thing! We have our interview on the 25th of February, and are not sure what to do. Do we just take the court papers with us, and have it ready if they ask? What do we say if they ask, that it was just a misunderstanding? He was arrested (for possession of a deadly weapon), but then the charges were dropped. So he has nothing on his record, as far as a misdemeanor or a felony. Do you think this will be a problem?

Take the papers with you. Not sure if it will be a problem or not. If it is a felony it very well may be an issue.

And for future reference don't hijack someone else thread. Start a new thread with your question, because not only will it help you get more naswers, but it won't be ignored in the original posters thread.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

My husband's lawyer did the same thing! We have our interview on the 25th of February, and are not sure what to do. Do we just take the court papers with us, and have it ready if they ask? What do we say if they ask, that it was just a misunderstanding? He was arrested (for possession of a deadly weapon), but then the charges were dropped. So he has nothing on his record, as far as a misdemeanor or a felony. Do you think this will be a problem?

Don't do an 'if they ask' situation. Be up front and tell them that you noticed after your lawyer had filed your documents that he made a mistake, and that you have been arrested and that the charges were dropped, that you told your lawyer this and that he submitted the application the way it was without your permission and you were under the impression that this situation was disclosed. Don't hesitate to heap the blame upon the lawyer's head! Have all of the original documents with you as well as copies for the adjudicator and re-iterate over again that you told the lawyer to disclose this and it wasn't until after the application had been sent that you realized he hadn't. Don't wait for them to ask you for the information - disclose it/volunteer it right up front - because it is a critical piece of information. It is not so much the charge that is the problem but the failure to disclose so you have to provide the best evidence you can that you had no intention of not disclosing this information and are doing what you can now to correct the lawyer's mistake. I would also consider firing that lawyer - and advising USCIS of that action as well.

You will be asked about this same incident again at the Removal of Conditions stage and at the Naturalization stage so you must get it addressed now. Failure to do so will be seen as an intent to misrepresent the situation.

Good luck.

Edited February 15, 2010 by Kathryn41

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Why don't you visit the lawyer who took your money and screwed this up and ask him or her to write a statement of facts that he/she made an honest error in this regard? Don't you want your money's worth?